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Violence Strikes Stuttgart – Over Old Trees and a Railroad Station

by: Victor Grossman, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis
A retired engineer of 66 loses an eye when it is forced from its socket by water cannon at short range. High school kids in an approved protest demonstration get beaten and excruciatingly blinded by pepper gas. Over 400 people are injured in a major police attack, which failed completely in its aim: to end the protests. It happened on the now-historical date of September 30, 2010. A whole city was in a state of near shock and anger – and all because of a railroad station and some ancient trees?
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2 Responses to “Violence Strikes Stuttgart – Over Old Trees and a Railroad Station”

  1. amht says:
    October 29, 2010 at 1:57 am

    You’re right Mariane, there’s a worldwide trend … corporations are the government … BUT people will only be pushed so far!

  2. mr.wilson says:
    October 30, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    strange that this protest has not been reported by the corporate news media here in Canada.

    as time goes by it is becomeing more and more obvius the agenda of corporations is not the same as human beings.

    they are sociopathic and antidemocratic by nature a a new lever to limit their influence over government is needed.
    what should we do?

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