The group of law enforcement agencies charged with handling security during the Republican National Convention had $50 million to spend on weapons and equipment.
However, the greatest advancement in the age-old grudge match between an angry citizenry and the state was not found on the side of the police. A free and public social-media website called Twitter, which publishes brief messages sent in from cell phones and computers, was a game-changer for protesters, organizers, and journalists covering the event.
Protest organizers were able to use social-networking tools to quickly assemble and disassemble groups of demonstrators, summon media and legal observers, and keep track of the arrested and detained.
By the end of the convention there had been 1,375 sources posting more than 17,000 messages about the events inside and outside the RNC convention.
However, the greatest advancement in the age-old grudge match between an angry citizenry and the state was not found on the side of the police. A free and public social-media website called Twitter, which publishes brief messages sent in from cell phones and computers, was a game-changer for protesters, organizers, and journalists covering the event.
Protest organizers were able to use social-networking tools to quickly assemble and disassemble groups of demonstrators, summon media and legal observers, and keep track of the arrested and detained.
By the end of the convention there had been 1,375 sources posting more than 17,000 messages about the events inside and outside the RNC convention.
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- SushiBandit
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We can take our country back and it won't be by voting, be ready for the stolen election and the crack down after that facade.
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Unfortunately, it didn't stop the arrests and detentions, it only publicized them. We need to bring so much pressure to bear on these activities that there will be serious consequences for their actions. Where was the army of ACLU lawyers while our Civil and Constitutional rights were being trampled?
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beautiful. social networking is a tool. people think its just a forum or whatever. it made to make communication more instantaneous and frequent.
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- thenumbertoo
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