Posted on 10/15/2011 5:05:44 PM PDT by SkyPilot
Italian riot police fired tear gas and water cannons Saturday in Rome as violent protesters hijacked a peaceful demonstration against corporate greed, smashing bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles.
A protester hurls a canister during clashes in Rome, Saturday. Protesters smashed the windows of shops in Rome and torched a car as violence broke out during a demonstration in the Italian capital.
Elsewhere, hundreds of thousands nicknamed "the indignant" marched without incident in cities across Europe, as the "Occupy Wall Street" protests linked up with long-running demonstrations against European governments' austerity measures.
Heavy smoke billowed in downtown Rome as a small group broke away and wreaked havoc in streets close to the Colosseum and elsewhere in the city.
Clad in black with their faces covered, protesters threw rocks, bottles and incendiary devices at banks and Rome police in riot gear. With clubs and hammers, they destroyed bank ATMs, set trash bins on fire and assaulted at least two news crews from Sky Italia.
Riot police charged the protesters repeatedly, firing water cannons and tear gas. Around 70 people were injured, according to news reports, including one man who tried to stop the protesters from throwing bottles.
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LOL. Perfect.
EU’s a global competitor .
Let them destabilize their economies.
Make ours stronger.
Notice that the canister is not in focus, but the rioter and the people in background are. This means that the canister is closer to the camera - closer than the "infinity."
As a secondary observation, notice that the canister is obscuring every other object in the picture and it is brighter illuminated (which suggests it's past the smoke cloud.)
“That is kind of an odd photo. Is the guy even there and why is the can behind him if hes throwing it in the fire?”
I find it weird as well but not good at photshops - thinking back to Lebanon the AP are experts.
What a sad, evil picture.
That is clearly photo shopped.
I bet others on the net notice this as well.
AP will either deny it, minimize what they did, pull the photo, or ignore the criticism.
The MSM has been pushing this “movement” since day one. It’s no surprise that they would continue to lie
Yes Sky, very sad and if one looks closely at the “yutes” they could be from the Religion of Piece(s).
Thanks SkyPilot. A(git)P(rop) strikes again.
They have.
By the way, my local newspaper led the Sunday morning edition with a huge picture of the AP photo shopped rioter with his black "mask" and "underwear."
The headline reads "PEACEFUL PROTESTS IN ITALY HIJACKED!"
Unbelievable.
It brings back memories of Reuters.
LOL!
You did that in 15 minutes? Impressive.
I wish I was that fast. I made it when the story first broke.
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