-Caveat Lector- "Crowd Control"; News management & Martial Law in Seattle - Expert eyewitness account. > Interview with Seattle MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Byron Weeks) > (posted 12-4-99) > > My name is Richard DeAndrea. I'm a medical doctor. What I saw up here > was martial > law. This turned into a police state. Everything you have seen on > television regarding > local news broadcasts including national public radio was a blackout. > The police were > using concussion grenades. They were using shooting tear gas canisters > directly at > protesters facing. They were using rubber bullets. Some of the damage I > saw from these > rubber bullets took off part of a person's jaw, smashed teeth in their > mouth. I saw the > police arrest people who had their hands up in the air screaming we are > peacefully > protesting. The amount of looting that took place was so minimal I don't > even know > where they got the footage from. I am saying this beyond a shadow of a > doubt. This is a > definite sign that American is heading towards a police state unless > people start standing > up for their rights as individuals. I am actually shocked and ashamed. I > am ashamed of > the police force, I am ashamed of the mayor I am ashamed of Bill > Clinton. I am ashamed > of the whole thing. > > Jared: These rubber bullets - what are they? > > Dr. DeAndrea: They are made of polyester type material. They are like a > hard plastic > toy. The idea i9s to hit your body, do damage, not actually penetrate. > But I did see > penetration wounds, I did see people bleeding. I did see teeth loss, I > did see broken > bones. There were children present, there were families present, they > were firing upon > families, mothers, grandmothers,. They were just firing at them. They > came out in full > police force. They brought out swat teams, they had the national guard > up here, there > was CIA surrounding the delegates' buildings. It was very obvious that > there was an > institutional control that had no regard of human rights whatever. > > > > In addition we have video footage of protesters being taken away as well > as human rights > being violated. Prisoners were taken and they were tortured. There is a > case, I believe > his name is Holm, Keith Holm. He was tortured because he would not give > his name. > They handcuffed, laid him on the floor, they smashed his face against > the concrete, they > grabbed his hair, they ripped out a lock of hair. and then placed > pencils between his > fingers on them until he would give his name. They were also banging his > head against > metal objects. He was actually the first protester released because the > Internal Affairs > came in to do an investigation and they wanted him gone because he would > be able to > give testimony. > > We're treating people in a studio loft downtown. I just treated an ear > wound. People have > been treated for concussion injuries. There have been people who have > been treated for > plastic bullet wounds. Lots of tear gas injuries, lots of damage to > cornea, lots of damage > to the eyes and skins. They were using a pepper spray, a tear gas and > they were also > using some sort of nerve gas. We had reports of many demonstrators > winding up with > seizures the next day. It causes muscles to clamp up, muscle > contraction, seizures. > > They have done several illegal things regarding these people in jail. > They have been > telling them that they would not be let out, not have their bail set if > they didn't get their > names. Its their legal right not to give their name. They don't have to > speak at all. > Attorneys came up and said we are representing these people. The police > called their > attorneys liars. At this point they have still refused to let any of > them see their clients. > There are close to 600 people who were arrested and they have been > holding them for > two days on charges that are mostly misdemeanors - refusal to disperse. > A lot of people > in there have not gotten medical attention, either. I have gotten calls > from young ladies in > there who have had all sorts of emotional problems as well as physical > problems. They > have called me for medical attention from inside the jail. There are > people still sitting in > there who have not even been processed. > > Today there were fewer attacks by police, but they did arrest more > people. And there > was no violence today by the marchers and all through the day yesterday > it was the > same. What you are seeing on television about looting and anarchistic > protesters - > there's straight-out blackout they are basically pushing that. There is > not much damage > to property here. There are not many windows that have been damaged or > stores that > have been looted. Those are extremely rare cases. > > I used to believe newspapers were telling the truth. But now I am no > longer behind that. > > > This shouldn't happen in America. > > This is still America, isn't it? I'm beginning to wonder. > ===== DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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