Editorial: Democracy teeters in nation's big cities as press is silenced

Posted on November 17, 2011 |

• Editorial

By Angelo S. Lynn

hat’s going on in our nation’s big cities? Police are swooping in with full-on military tactics, including air support from helicopters in one city, riot gear, pepper spray, tear gas and automatic weapons to do what? Bust up non-violent groups of American citizens protesting the corporate greed that has decimated the nation’s middle class and enriched the rich? That hardly justifies a military-style assault.

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