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Proof?: Swedish Police Violent Crackdown On Dancing Led to Deadly Shooting

by subbrian
Video from IMC Sweden shows that a violent police crackdown on DANCING is what led to the use of DEADLY FORCE against protesters.
Length 6 min. 28 sec.
Video from IMC Sweden shows that a violent police crackdown on DANCING is what led to the use of DEADLY FORCE against protesters.
Length 6 min. 28 sec.

Link to video:
http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/sweden/reclaim.ram

Link to site of videographer?:
http://kulma.net/katalyytti/
Thanks for your journalism under fire!

This is important video footage.
Most media is placing all the blame on protesters.
This video seems to prove that it was police stupidity, and possibly police hatred of dancing, music, fun, happiness, young people, etc.- that led to the use of deadly force against protesters.
Even if the police shot in justifiable self-defense, which other footage seems to show they did not
(http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/sweden/vrt010616-34.ram),
this video shows that unprovoked and totally unnecessary police violence started the chain of events that led to the shooting:

1. Young people enjoy themselves- dancing, music, smiles, fun.
2. Police decide fun cannot be allowed.
3. Police get in a tight bunch and seem to move to the music in a funny way - as if they can't decide whether to dance or attack people.
4. They decide to attack people.
5. People don't like being kicked, beaten, yelled at, arrested, for dancing.
6. People chase police and throw stones at their BODY ARMOR & SHIELDS.
7. Police shoot people (and possibly KILL person).
8. The police are murderers.
9. George Bush is a mass murderer.
10. The current world economic system and those who control it are mass murderers.
11. Back to the issue at hand...

IMPORTANT NOTE?
From 3:00.0 to 3:03.3 on the video) The person who was trying to get the police to back off and leave the dancers alone (wearing dark gray jacket with black hood/light gray pants) seems to be the same person who was later shot in the abdomen.
This seems significant to me.
What do you think?

Link to other video:
http://clients.loudeye.com/imc/sweden/vrt010616-34.ram
by Mix-Master FlashDance
Why be all negative about it? Forget it, let's just dance! I think Ace of Base came out of Sweden or Finland or something. Rave! Rave! Rave! Dance! Dance! Dance! Do that Disco dance! Woo-hoo, now we're talking! Who wants to do some ecstacy and go fuck in the back seat of my igloo?
by 2 million inmates in USA.
If you choose to do politically incorrect drugs (anything other than alcohol and cigarettes), and then further choose to dance in a politically incorrect way (to anything other than top 40 music), then you risk going to jail. For example, raves are being busted solely on the FEAR of certain drugs.

This century, music and musical lyrics, have frequently been at the cutting edge of change and nonconformism. It is pervasive and the authorities can do little to stop it, because they are FUN. FUN is the most subversive thing there is.

*Majority of the 2 million U.S. inmates are in due to drug war! The Drug-War Industrial Complex. The U.S. drug war inmate MAJORITY is shown by adding together drug crimes, crimes to get money for drugs, drug-related parole violations, etc.. The USA has 5% of the world's population, 25% of the world's prisoners, and the world's highest incarceration rate. Statistics, references, CHARTS.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/majority.htm -latest revision.
http://members.fortunecity.com/multi19/majority.htm -older copy.
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