Posted on 10/15/2011 11:22:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday in Rome as violent protesters turned a demonstration against corporate greed into a riot, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles.
The protest in the Italian capital, which left dozens injured, was part of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations against capitalism and austerity measures that went global Saturday.
Tens of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" marched in major cities across Europe, as protests that began in New York linked up with long-running demonstrations against government cost-cutting and failed financial policies in Europe....
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
s/b “Protests Continue Their Pattern of Violence, Spread to the United States Under the ‘Occupy’ Brand Name”.
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.
Damage: Demonstrators walk past a broken statue of the Virgin Mary during worlwide protests against corporate greed and austerity measures
Italy: Masked protesters wore masks and carried weapons as they took to the streets of Rome to protest
Read more: HERE
Ah, the Spanish Civil War all over again?
Those DemocRats..their such cards ....lol
Time to let a few grizzly bears loose in the park. That ought to help them commune with nature and get the closer to their goddess Gaia.
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