When I came in from Bike night and found the videos and pictures in the previous post:
America goes to Armed war against it's own people-1 I started shaking almost uncontrollably. When I spoke to my lady who is out of town to tell her about what was going on I started choking up. Flashbacks from the Vietnam era and the civil strife that occurred were overwhelming. Then I just stared at the one video showing all the police in full battle gear carrying arms and night sticks looking like they wanted more of the Unarmed helpless American Citizens.
Then I stared unbelievably at the video showing in slow motion a flash grenade lobbed into a group of protestors trying to help the veteran hit in the face by a rubber slug. Why unbelievably? After all, the National Guard in Kent Ohio used real bullets killing four. Why unbelievably when we posted about and told people at Occupy Tallahassee that your intentions maybe peaceful, but you can not control the intention of those who oppose you? Unbelievably maybe because we ourselves are afraid of the consequences.
Will the college aged protestors now see that it is real and like during the Vietnam era go back to school, get their degrees and become part of the system that has just demonstrated that the U.S. Constitution is no longer worth the paper it was written on?
Or now, in the time of instant worldwide instant communication will the whole world watch to see if the American people will allow the U.S. government do to them what their own governments did and our leaders preached FREEDOM.
And as I write, I get angrier and angrier, IS THIS THE AMERICA OUR SOLDIERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR. Our U.S. servicemen and woman have honor!
WHAT DO ANY OF THOSE FREAKING POLICE HAVE??? A bunch of brand new enemies!Add to Technorati Favorites
America goes to Armed war against it's own people-1
The last word we have is that the Mayor of Oakland claims the police fired bean bags. TV reporters reported finding rubber slugs. It has been reported that the veteran hit in the face is in the hospital in critical condition with brain swell.
Veterans for Peace member and Iraqi war veeteran Scott Olsen was wounded by a less-lethal round fired by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police on October 25, 2011 at 14th Street and Broadway in Downtown Oakland Oakland Mayor contact details:http://jeanquan.org/contact-mayor-quan/ Pictures of injured vet: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/25/18695124.phpAnother rubber bullet injury: http://twitpic.com/75xmoc Used rubber bullets found by reporter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sO1a092bxk&feature=watch_responsehttp://www.occupyoakland.org/
Footage from the Occupy Oakland protest, October 25th, 2011. After protesters ran to the aid of a badly-injured person, Oakland Police deliberately lobbed a flash grenade into the crowd. Whatever you think of the Occupy movement, police behavior of this kind is criminal and should be prosecuted. The original footage is here: http://www.ktvu.com/video/29587714/index.html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OZLyUK0t0vQ" width="500">
After police moved a metal barricade onto a woman's foot she asked them to move it off, she asked them twice. They refused to move it so she pushed on the barricade to free her foot. When she did that the cops went crazy grabbing for her and started beating on her. Another cop shouted "grab them" and cops just started reaching, pushing and hitting anyone in their reach. They got one other woman and started beating on her. You are hear the woman in the background screaming as they drag her across the concrete and continue to hit her with their fists and night sticks.
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Veterans for Peace member and Iraqi war veeteran Scott Olsen was wounded by a less-lethal round fired by either San Francisco Sheriffs deputies or Palo Alto Police on October 25, 2011 at 14th Street and Broadway in Downtown Oakland Oakland Mayor contact details:http://jeanquan.org/contact-mayor-quan/ Pictures of injured vet: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/25/18695124.phpAnother rubber bullet injury: http://twitpic.com/75xmoc Used rubber bullets found by reporter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sO1a092bxk&feature=watch_responsehttp://www.occupyoakland.org/
Footage from the Occupy Oakland protest, October 25th, 2011. After protesters ran to the aid of a badly-injured person, Oakland Police deliberately lobbed a flash grenade into the crowd. Whatever you think of the Occupy movement, police behavior of this kind is criminal and should be prosecuted. The original footage is here: http://www.ktvu.com/video/29587714/index.html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OZLyUK0t0vQ" width="500">
After police moved a metal barricade onto a woman's foot she asked them to move it off, she asked them twice. They refused to move it so she pushed on the barricade to free her foot. When she did that the cops went crazy grabbing for her and started beating on her. Another cop shouted "grab them" and cops just started reaching, pushing and hitting anyone in their reach. They got one other woman and started beating on her. You are hear the woman in the background screaming as they drag her across the concrete and continue to hit her with their fists and night sticks.
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