Ah, look at all the straw men. But since you made 'em, you can tidy 'em up. I'm too busy today.

Go watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ6mhRZ8LjM

Now we can see the police and FBI behavior toward the civil rights movement for what it was: the police helping people in power stay in power.

One of the defaults on Hacker News is a general skepticism toward increasing police power. It's amazing to me how quickly that can switch to justification when it's the "wrong" people getting policed. The reason Aaron Swartz got pursued so vigorously is exactly the reason that Occupy did: they were both (correctly) perceived as a political threat to people with power and wealth.