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In reply to the discussion: Police are always right. Do what they say. Trouble is never their fault. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Where is your link to the claim you just made about Scott Olsen? Why was he not arrested do you think? Charged even?
And you don't know what happened to Sabeghi? I'm sure if you did, you would blame him too. How about the 82 year old woman? Or the disabled woman in a wheelchair? Just to mention a few more. The list is very long.
I believe I told you this already, but the brutality of the police during these protests has caused International Human Rights Orgs to intervene by demanding that the US Govt protect its citizens from the police.
And, FYI, 22 cases of arrests at OWS protests have now dismissed because the police LIED, under oath, with more expected to be dismissed. So any claim by the police from now on that 'laws were violated' will simply be dismissed in court or out of court. No one believes them anymore.
Huge lawsuits are also being filed, with more coming up, possibly now with all these dismissals and documented proof of cops lying under oath and making false arrests etc, a Civil Rico Suit is likely against the police. Elected officials in NYC joined Journalists who falsely arrested and injured this past week to file a suit against the police.
But, back to your comment. Please post a link to back up your claim that Scott Olsen violated a law. In fact after that brutal assault, and it was by far not the only one in Oakland that night, the outrage was so intense the mayor had to keep the police away from the protest that brought over one hundred thousand people into the streets a few days later. AND caused military veterans organizations to join OWS to protect the protesters from the police.
That huge crowd demonstrated all day, joined the Longshoremen and shut down the ports, with almost zero police presence and there was not a single violent incident.
Isn't it strange that the violence only starts when the police show up?
They are not called 'riot police' for nothing.
Btw, where do you get your information? What sources are you using? Because you are so misinformed, worse, the information you post regarding this movement is so distorted, that I am curious why you never post links to back it up.
Scott Olsen violated no laws that night, he was not charged or arrested for violating laws, but for you to say that someone in this country should be nearly killed by the police for standing on the street, wow, that is scary.