if true the comment applies to that particular situation. But apparently they never did use the tear gas.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I haven't heard that (about the police) but it is possible. I am skeptical > of what the MSM is reporting as they were saying that many of the injuries > were self-inflicted...definitely not buying that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:56 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > nod, what defused the situation at Michigan and Cernak as I saw it was that > protesters near the rear moved a barricade so they could move back and give > the front line protesters a place where they could move back without > trampling each other. I also heard but did not see that some of the > journalists and observers started yelling to the police that people had no > place to go and the police listened and backed off for a few minutes (?) > Not > sure of my source on that though. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > Overall...they did do a lot better...I wish I could post the pic here, > > but I have one on FB that has cops in riot gear pushing a group of p > > eople up against the fence and one cop has a taser (not the projectile > > type...the one that just arcs at the end...i forget what it is called) > > up against one guy's neck. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:27 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > > > > mind you "what I expected" is a low bar indeed. > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > there was some disproportionate force. But on the *whole* Chicago > > > did better than I expected. What was so important about Michigan and > > > Cernak though? Getting to close to McCormick Place and triggering > > > security concerns I am guessing? Been meaning to look that up. That > > > might actually be kind of legitimate if so, and if that's what it > > > was then the protesters trying to push through the police were the > > > problem imho. In that > > > *particular* situation> > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Cameron Childress > > <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Eric Roberts < > > >> ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and > > >> beating > > >> > the protestors... > > >> > > >> > > >> I only watched the first, but it sure looked like the protesters > > >> were trying top break the line and the police responded. There > > >> really isn't enough context to judge wether the force they used was > > >> reasonable, maybe it wasn't. > > >> > > >> But this pretty clearly isn't a case of "aw those poor little > > >> peaceful protesters" to me. > > >> > > >> -Cameron > > >> > > >> ... > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351063 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
