{"id":3218,"date":"2011-11-20T09:34:16","date_gmt":"2011-11-20T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=3218"},"modified":"2011-11-20T09:34:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-20T14:34:16","slug":"nature-of-the-state-revealed-in-one-minute-39-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/nature-of-the-state-revealed-in-one-minute-39-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature of the State Revealed in One Minute 39 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The police response to the nonviolent protests at the University of California Davis is a stark lesson of how much abuse some government officials feel entitled to inflict on anyone who does not kowtow. <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q09i3PKIf50&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Q09i3PKIf50&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;version=3\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Watching this video, I wonder how much more violence the police would have inflicted if they had been confident that they would not have been captured on film. <\/p>\n<p>I have seen numerous assertions about the involvement of federal Homeland Security officials in the nationwide crackdown on the various Occupy protests.  I hope we can get the facts of the matter and damn fast.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the brutal reaction in Oakland, UC Davis, and elsewhere against the Occupy protestors will help awake a new generation to the perils of our Leviathan. <\/p>\n<p>James Bovard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police response to the nonviolent protests at the University of California Davis is a stark lesson of how much abuse some government officials feel entitled to inflict on anyone who does not kowtow. 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