Police Break Bad
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The 2013 protests in Turkey started on the 28th of May 2013, initially to contest the urban development plan for Istanbul's Taksim Gezi Park. The protests were sparked by outrage at what they perceived as a brutal eviction of a sit-in at the park protesting the plan. Subsequently, supporting protests and strikes took place across Turkey, protesting a wide range of concerns. As protests continued across Turkey, police use of tear gas and water cannons led to injuries running into thousands, including critical injuries, loss of sight, and a number of deaths. Over three thousand arrests were made. Police forces repeatedly used unnecessary and abusive force to prevent and disperse peaceful demonstrations. As a result, it is estimated that there were 11 fatalities and least at least 8,163 injuries.Music: Session by Linkin Park
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The 2012 Quebec student protests were a series of student demonstrations led by student unions such as the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSÉ) and their supporters against a proposal by the Quebec Cabinet, headed by Liberal Premier Jean Charest, to raise university tuition. In the spring of 2012, a massive student strike in opposition to a tuition hike rocked the streets of the Montréal for over six months. Protests became part of the daily and nightly reality of
this Canadian province. Several times during this revolt, the numbers in the streets would reach over one hundred thousand. Police regularly attacked students and their allies, deploying chemical weapons, rubber bullets, and conducted mass arrests.
Music: The Reflecting God by Marilyn Manson
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The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 (Revolution of 25 of January), also known as the Lotus Revolution, was a diverse movement of demonstrations, marches, occupations, non-violent civil resistance, acts of civil disobedience and labor strikes which took place following a popular uprising that began on 25 January 2011. Millions of protesters from a variety of socio-economic and religious backgrounds demanded the overthrow of the regime of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. There were also important Islamic, liberal, anti-capitalist, nationalist, and feminist currents of the revolution. Violent clashes between security forces and protesters resulted in at least 846 people killed and 100,000 injured.
Music: The Way (Instrumental) by Zack Hemsey
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Kelly Thomas (April 5, 1974 -- July 10, 2011) was a homeless man diagnosed with schizophrenia who lived on the streets of Fullerton, California. He died five days after an altercation with members of the Fullerton Police Department on July 5, 2011. Fullerton police Officer Manuel Ramos was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Cpl. Jay Cicinelli was charged with involuntary manslaughter and excessive use of force. On January 13, 2014, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli were found not guilty and acquitted of all charges in relation to the death of Kelly Thomas.
Music: Le moulin by Yann Tiersen
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The 2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests began one week ahead of the summit of the leaders of the G-20 on 26-27 June in Toronto, Canada. The protests were for various causes, including poverty and anti-capitalism. Downtown Toronto was quickly transformed into a police state by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was determine to send his repressive message to the population of Canada. The message was received loud and clear by thousands of people. The essence of the message was that their rights were null and void to accommodate the world leaders of the G20 summit. Police from around the country stepped up to enforce the heavy hand of the state, tactics included the use of chemical weapons, violent kidnapping, physical assault, and inhumane detention. Nearly a year after police undertook the largest mass arrests in Canadian history at the G20 summit, the vast majority of the 1,105 people arrested on June 26 and 27 were released without charge or had their charges dropped. Brutality inflicted on the people by the Police at the G-20 Toronto summit, has been compiled to create the first installment in this series. Music: Thaeter by Marilyn Manson
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The Occupy movement is an international protest movement against social and economic inequality, its primary goal
being to make the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed.
Local groups often have different foci, but among the movement's prime concerns deal with how large corporations and the
global financial system control the world in a way that disproportionately benefits a minority, undermines democracy and is unstable. The first Occupy protest to receive widespread attention was Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, which began on 17 September 2011. By 9 October. Although most active in the United States, by October 2012 there had been Occupy protests and occupations in dozens of other countries across every continent except Antarctica. For its first
two months, authorities largely adopted a tolerant approach toward the movement, but this began to change in mid-November 2011 when they began forcibly removing protest camps. By the end of 2011 authorities had cleared most of the major camps, with the last remaining high profile sites – in Washington DC and London – evicted by February 2012.
Music: La moglie più bella - Pt. 2 by Ennio Morricone
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The Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, from July 18 to July 22, 2001, was a dramatic protest, drawing an estimated 200,000 demonstrators. Dozens were hospitalized following clashes with police and night raids by security forces on two schools housing activists and independent journalists. People taken into custody after the raids have alleged severe abuse at the hands of police. Many demonstrators were injured and dozens more arrested over the course of the event. Most of those 329 arrested were charged with criminal conspiracy to commit destruction; but they were in most part released shortly thereafter because judges declared the charges invalid. On July 20, a 23-year-old activist Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Italian Police officer, Mario Placanica. According to the official ruling, Mario Placanica acted in self defense and was acquitted from any wrong doing. Music: If I Was Your Vampire (Instrumental) by Marilyn Manson
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The Genoa Group of Eight Summit protest, from July 18 to July 22, 2001, was a dramatic protest, drawing an estimated 200,000 demonstrators. Dozens were hospitalized following clashes with police and night raids by security forces on two schools housing activists and independent journalists. People taken into custody after the raids have alleged severe abuse at the hands of police. Many demonstrators were injured and dozens more arrested over the course of the event. Most of those 329 arrested were charged with criminal conspiracy to commit destruction; but they were in most part released shortly thereafter because judges declared the charges invalid. On July 20, a 23-year-old activist Carlo Giuliani of Genoa, was shot dead by Italian Police officer, Mario Placanica. According to the official ruling, Mario Placanica acted in self defense and was acquitted from any wrong doing. Music: If I Was Your Vampire (Instrumental) by Marilyn Manson
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The Waco siege was a siege of a compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by American federal and Texas state law enforcement and military between February 28 and April 19, 1993. The group was suspected of weapons violations and a search and arrest warrant was obtained by the ATF. The incident began when the ATF attempted to raid the ranch. An intense gun battle erupted, resulting in the deaths of four agents and six Branch Davidians. Upon the ATF's failure to raid the compound, a siege was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the standoff lasting 51 days. Eventually, the FBI launched an assault and initiated a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out. During the attack, a fire engulfed Mount Carmel Center and 76 people. Music: Scary Dark Rap Instrumental Memories of Nihil by Hard Rap Beats