I am not sure either -- just summarizing the other side of the story. There is one. I *will* say that I did personally see streaming video of a van, apparently the same van, being banged on and almost rocked. I could understand feeling threatened, even refusing to stop. I am not sure the speed I saw was necessary though. Withholding judgement for now.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I am not sure I am buying the police response to that... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:48 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > #1 looks like the black bloc stuff I was talking about, did not see a > complete tape on this > #2 police really do seem to be hitting and hitting people who are already > down > #3 saw a raw livestream on this. Protesters had that van surrounded and > were > banging on it. Police version is that someone broke a window and hit the > driver, who was by himself, in the head, and that he had a concussion and > felt he had to get out of there. Not sure if that makes it ok. > Reserving judgment, > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOImv8e14RE > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M97GDTzmyR4&feature=related > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7cNXNwSN4o > > > > There's a few > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:13 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > > > > This reads as "we're protesting anything and everything that anyone > > has ever been upset about". > > > > ...and I'm not saying that the police always act right, but the > > Chicago Trib link that started this thread was primarily of peaceful > > protests. I saw a few injuries oh unknown origin, and a protestor who > > got punched in the face after hitting a police officer over the head. > > > > I guess I am not seeing the overwhelming police brutality angle. I am > > definitely seeing the random "protest everything" angle. > > > > -Cameron > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > NATO Summit... protesting the war in Afghanistan as well as other > > > military actions taken by NATO, plus all the other occupy stuff like > > > income inequality, healthcare, etc... There was a big protest in > > > front of Boeing HQ today "Healthcare not Warfare"... It's a shame > > > the FB links are not working right. A friend of mine got some > > > really good pics of it...plus a priceless one of someone who got > > > booted and just took the tire off and left it and the Denver boot at > > > the curb hehehe > > > > > > Lots of police brutality going on...I have a ton of pic pof people > > > that were injured in the protest by police. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351061 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
