Group of females corralled then pepper sprayed by cops, WTF? (NYC Protests)

[kahless]

Some interesting signage.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/58678621@N05/6181891227/

All
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=occupywallstreet+&m=tags

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Here is another example of a total melodramatic reaction. I don't like cops, but occasionally some people deserve a tasering or pepper spray.

I have much harsher words for you, which I won't say, but what you are doing here is trying to pit the people against the cops to see which ones they like better. This is not the way to figure out what is just. You can't respond to an obvious case of police brutality by giving us another case of police brutality in which the woman is a bitch. It's still police brutality.

But really, what makes you pathetic is that you assume the woman WANTED it for the camera. There is no way you can substantiate that, and no way you can tell someone how they should feel when they get a bunch of mace in the face. You're really reaching low, and I will have no sympathy for you if you ever are caught under the hand of brute force by the police.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

And everybody just stands around and watches.

If they had opened fire on these people, everybody would have done the same thing.

Just another day in Amerika.

Looks like a public sidewalk, isn't there something about "peaceably assembling" and "redress of grievances" written down somewhere?

AF, I'm not sure what the 'k' in Amerika is supposed to mean, but if it has something to do with Germany, I might remind you that the Third Reich is long past. They still use that spelling. I think it's disrespectful to link this to Germany when their violent past as a nation is long gone.

 

[kahless]

You can't respond to an obvious case of police brutality by giving us another case of police brutality in which the woman is a bitch. It's still police brutality.

+1.

The animal cop justifies his savage behavior by saying he has been tazed before and knows what it feels like. He is a strapping young healthy, physically fit guy whom could not have possibly known what the health situation of this woman was. The taze could have very well ended her life.

I know allot of people that look fine on the outside but considering their underlying health problems would likely not have survived that taze, end up in cardiac arrest or have other permanent damage.

 

[Anti Federalist]

AF, I'm not sure what the 'k' in Amerika is supposed to mean, but if it has something to do with Germany, I might remind you that the Third Reich is long past. They still use that spelling. I think it's disrespectful to link this to Germany when their violent past as a nation is long gone.

My usage isn't Germanic mockery, it's Soviet Russian mockery, as in "Your objection to my spelling of the country is duly noted Komrade, and overruled."

 

[wgadget]

They've been protesting for over a week now. I saw a tweet put out by someone complaining that the cops had barricades all over Manhattan because of the United Nations shindig that was being held this weekend. I wonder if that figured into any of this background scenery?

Anybody know?

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Yup. Pepper spray sucks but really c'mon >_>

No, I'm not saying the cops were right to do that.

It's not just the pepper spray either. She was obviously upset at the notion of being coralled against her will, and if she gets attacked like that, well, women tend to get pretty emotional. It wasn't "acting." I mean, come on, people. They were women.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Hard to tell exactly what happened. I hear some guy saying he was maced.

I could tell exactly what happened. There was obviously something being sprayed. You can see that. It happened twice. The women were coralled and then sprayed. Not much to it. I wouldn't defend the cops from ignorance if I were you.

 

[amy31416]

It's not just the pepper spray either. She was obviously upset at the notion of being coralled against her will, and if she gets attacked like that, well, women tend to get pretty emotional. It wasn't "acting." I mean, come on, people. They were women.

You don't get many second dates, do you?

 

[playboymommy]

It's not just the pepper spray either. She was obviously upset at the notion of being coralled against her will, and if she gets attacked like that, well, women tend to get pretty emotional. It wasn't "acting." I mean, come on, people. They were women.

You say emotional like it's a bad thing, kind of like passion for freedom and liberty, ask a metal head who is more emotional.

 

[Philhelm]

You don't get many second dates, do you?

I don't get many first dates these days.

 

[Rael]

But really, what makes you pathetic is that you assume the woman WANTED it for the camera. There is no way you can substantiate that, and no way you can tell someone how they should feel when they get a bunch of mace in the face. You're really reaching low, and I will have no sympathy for you if you ever are caught under the hand of brute force by the police.

Most protesters are not friends of liberty. They usually are kids with alot of free time on their hands, often socialists and commies, who just want to go out and be angry at something. See this thread http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...n-Sheep-s-Clothing-yeoman-s-work-by-Eric-Odom

And yes, many of them ask to get brutalized for the attention. It doesn't necessarily make the cops right for doing it, especially if the cop didn't have enough self control and just sprayed someone because they pissed him off. But the protestor who asked for it is still an idiot and will garner no sympathy from me.

I don't know why they were corralled, but it makes me question if they were "peaceful" protestors. Out of all those people protesting, why were only those few corralled?

 

[amy31416]

I don't get many first dates these days.

I find that hard to believe, you're a handsome, intelligent and funny guy.

You didn't take my advice and tell chicks about your IBS issues up front, did you?

 

[Anti Federalist]

I find that hard to believe, you're a handsome, intelligent and funny guy.

You didn't take my advice and tell chicks about your IBS issues up front, did you?

Poor Phil, is he still battling the drizzling shits?

(see, and I'm married!)

 

[Ronulus]

I don't get many first dates these days.

You still have opportunities, some of us married guys wish we could say the same.

 

[Rael]

You didn't take my advice and tell chicks about your IBS issues up front, did you?

That's some crazy shit.

 

[AFPVet]

At any rate, this never should have happened.... So they use chemical irritants (some which cause minor chemical burns) on some women who were back into a corner... yet, they can't use CS/OC on dogs instead of firearms? I was always trained to use the UOF Model (force ladder) and escalate force based on risk perception, subject action and my response (officer response). In other words, if a subject pulls a firearm or a knife, I would pull my firearm. Conversely, if a subject is passive resistant (not attacking me), I would use verbal commands and spatial positioning.

 

[eric_cartman]

Look what happened in Toronto, Canada at the G20 in the summer of 2010.

Under Occupation: Toronto G20 Operation - FULL MOVIE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YqU9lr9G-0

Check out all three documentaries at http://www.underoccupation.com .... the third doc, (global hostile takeover) has a lot of Ron Paul in it.

 

[affa]

Most protesters are not friends of liberty. They usually are kids with alot of free time on their hands, often socialists and commies, who just want to go out and be angry at something.

Why do you constantly dismiss, demean, trivialize, and condemn our fellow citizens at the drop of a hat? That's a terrible thing to do.

It's the same thing people do on other forums - dismiss people like us out of hand as this, that, or the other thing.

Don't let them divide us. Unless that's what you're trying to do?


EDITED: to be kinder.

 

[kylejack]

Most protesters are not friends of liberty. They usually are kids with alot of free time on their hands, often socialists and commies, who just want to go out and be angry at something. See this thread http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...n-Sheep-s-Clothing-yeoman-s-work-by-Eric-Odom

And yes, many of them ask to get brutalized for the attention. It doesn't necessarily make the cops right for doing it, especially if the cop didn't have enough self control and just sprayed someone because they pissed him off. But the protestor who asked for it is still an idiot and will garner no sympathy from me.

I don't know why they were corralled, but it makes me question if they were "peaceful" protestors. Out of all those people protesting, why were only those few corralled?

Just stop. There is no way to rationalize macing people who are standing behind the net barrier snapping pictures. They were not being violent, they were not trying to escape, and they weren't interfering in police duties.