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James Akena / Reuters
Anti-riot police officers use colored water to disperse opposition supporters in the Kireka area on the outskirts of Kampala on August 17. Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse opposition supporters who had gathered in a Kampala suburb on Wednesday to mourn people killed during demonstrations earlier this year, witnesses said.
James Akena / Reuters
Opposition supporters run as anti-riot police officers use colored water to disperse them in Kireka area, on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, August 17. Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse opposition supporters who had gathered in a Kampala suburb on Wednesday to mourn people killed during demonstrations earlier this year, witnesses said.
James Akena / Reuters
Ugandan anti-riot police officers use coloured water to disperse opposition supporters in Kireka area, on the outskirts of the capital Kampala, August 17. Ugandan police fired teargas and water cannon to disperse opposition supporters who had gathered in a Kampala suburb on Wednesday to mourn people killed during demonstrations earlier this year, witnesses said.
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Looks like they all just robbed a bank the dye pack exploded.
Except the dye packs used in banks are not laced with deadly chemicals! LOL
Since when do protestors wear business suits?
lynseypug - good eye, good observation. Up to this point the only time in History that I'm aware of where rich people rioted is in Chavez' Venezuela.
Suits only protest like this when the local Starbucks runs out of their flavor.
If you look at the captions you'll see that they were gathered to mourn those killed in protests earlier this year. So one could surmise they were dressed respectfully, as for a memorial service.
nice observation, also to fuzzy - what the heck is wrong with the internet today?
Why purple "water" - so they can find them later and kill them? We will know something is up when we read next about a bunch of dead purple people killed in the middle of the night. It may even be laced with some deadly chemical - it would not surprise me one bit.
Conspiracy theorists? I bet you think Bush ordered the Twin Towers down.
He didn't?
Of course it is to mark them. It's not like the riot police are all that festive.
Remember Uganda? Do a little searching.
These people will end up in jail or worse if they can't get the ink off before being spotted.
I wonder when that will start happening in the U.S.? I hope this doesn't give them any good ideas.
@ Skiddy,, wrong, it was Cheney and Rumsfeld. W isn't smart enough to plan anything like that.
Oh, and you dummies believe it.
Okay, I don't understand. Why is the water colored? Does the color not come off? Do the police get to go door to door to see who is covered in the dye? Or does it alow them to track the protesters as they disperse?
Could be a form of psychological warfare the Ugandan government is waging against the protestors.
It's so that the armed gangs can find and beat the protesters later. This is a pretty common tactic in that part of the world. It's purple because it's a color they associate with homosexuality, which the population doesn't think is inborn and immutable, and downright HATES. The protesters, thus, are essentially green-lit as gays and gay supporters (even if they are neither) for any angry thug who wants to hurt or kill someone. Long story short, this tactic is to allow for violence without accountability.
Thanks. I am sorry to learn of such sad circumstances. I am almost sorry I asked.
UK should have used this type of disbursement of crownds and thugs
At first, I was wondering "why colored water?"- then I realized this could have a more sinister reason: The protesters are all dyed pink, as well as their clothes. This will enable the corrupt Ugandan police to track them down and arrest them or worse.
Exactly Medic! There is some serious evil in the works here! I think those people are in danger of being eliminated!
As a native Ugandan I can tell you they selected pink to humiliate them.
BS. The Brits should have marked their protesters. Now they need to prosecute the hoods they arrested.
As long as they didn't use black paint.
I don't think it's PC to say "colored".
Tell that to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Actually, that organization was founded 100 years ago, when it wasn't against the PC police.
Wow, protesters organizing a protest and striving to gain their humanity. Unlike the panty wastes SF protesters crying about their internet being turned off on the subway. GO GO GO
LOL - Electable - it really makes you put things in perspective doesn't it? Some of the "struggles" we face are no where near the struggles of others.
Yeah, it doesn't make sense for it to be colored, unless they're using it to MARK the protestors as well. That camo'd officer in the last picture is pretty happy about it all too!
I know - all you can see is a bunch of teeth! You know they don't care about taking some folk out. They have been doing it all year. Isn't it a shame - they have no voice.
I do like the potential though. If the police had used something like this in the UK riots, it would have made IDing them easier later. Maybe riot guns should fire paint pellets instead of rubber bullets.
Looks like an Easter egg hunt gone wild
If they did this in the US, of course, it would be called racist and likened to Jim Crow. BTW: Ever noticed how all these flash mobs that are becoming an epidemic in the US are ALL BLACK PEOPLE? Just like almost all the rioters in London were black? Oh yeah, we aren't supposed to ignore the obvious.
COLORED WATER....why do I find this rather humorous considering the country.
Laugh all you want, these are price riots and we, the US, are next.
Oz....oh believe me...our time is coming I agree.
Ha! Colored people!!
I just died laughing, you made my day!
Anyone ever notice that countries with gun control like to get rid of their own citizens when they are in disagreement? Do Hillary and Obama have a plan?
(name)-(six digit), aka newsvine-bot
Actually, under Obama, federal gun laws were relaxed.
Really, John? In what way? (this is a serious question, I would like to know)
hXXp://www.dallasnews.com/news/nation-world/nation/20100224-Gun-laws-become-looser-under-Obama-3371.ece
Yup, Obama is fighting really hard to take your guns away. Rename my acount to Igoogle4U, sigh...
I agree, I think they're being dyed to detain them at a later time.
I "dyed" laughing at these colored people.
This is really, really sad. Pink? Couldn't they have at least made the "dead men walking" happy by placing "white" paint in the water? Where's the compassion in this world? *actually this is horrible, but the news is so bad these days, we have to make jokes in order to get by* Not liking the outlook for the next few years. Maybe the crazies are right and somthing big will happen in 2012. Did I really just say that?
What a cynical and sh*tty lead in.."purple rain"..I would LOVE to see the person who came up with this snide remark walk ONE DAY in the shoes of these people...shame on you...
That's is correct. They were gathered to mourn and were dressed respectfully. Furthermore, it was not uncommon during the Civil Rights era for protestors to dress well. Dr. King and others often wore suits.
You guys are reading too much to this. They colored the water in an attempt to "Punish" them because in Uganda, you don't have washing machines and dryers in their houses and apartments. Most actually go down a river to wash it by hand and hang it for the Sun to dry it. Incoveniencing and time consuming. In most cases the clothes are ruined because they can't afford bleaching agents. Very incoveniencing when you barely have one or two pairs of clothes. If they use normal water, there wouldn't be any consequence to it. At the end of the day, they rather get dispersed using colored water as opposed to rubber or live bullets.
Wow... we really don't know much about the world outside of our borders. Thank you for sharing that. I feel better about the story knowing it wasn't a "mark" on them in order to punish them. However, sad about how little they have and how hard basic amenities are to come by there.
Don't give our government any ideas.
I think the pink is cute! If you know the color they will use in advance, you can co-ordinate your protesting clothes so that you don't clash...
Come on? What are the suits all about? you know they don't have jobs. I wonder if there pimps or drug dealers like the rest of the blacks..........yeah!