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In reply to the discussion: Video of UTC student arrested near evangelist goes viral, sparks controversy [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,307 posts)37. And the policeman tried to use mace too - fascist apologist Cindy Carroll weighs in
Last edited Sat Nov 16, 2013, 09:37 AM - Edit history (1)
(it's not often I call people a fascist, but I think this really does apply to this police officer and his lickspittle Assistant Director of University Relations):
24-year-old Cole Montalvo was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, obstruction of justice and inciting to riot. Police say he tried to ride his bike through their coned-off barrier separating students and a controversial evangelist. (ed: that's a lie - he was trying to push the bike, and the 'security' guy in the yellow shirt (who's paying for his time there - and why isn't the police officer out trying to arrest real criminals?) blocked and pushed him)
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The video shows one sergeant spraying his can of mace and missing. He didn't spray again after they "finally had him on his stomach and hands behind his back and cuffed."
"It was strictly trying to get him into a situation where they could arrest him, and since it fell to the ground... They arrested him there," Carroll said.
"We have to remember our police are sworn to protect everyone and that's exactly what they were doing at the time of this arrest," she said.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23981508/video-of-utc-students-arrest-goes-viral
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The video shows one sergeant spraying his can of mace and missing. He didn't spray again after they "finally had him on his stomach and hands behind his back and cuffed."
"It was strictly trying to get him into a situation where they could arrest him, and since it fell to the ground... They arrested him there," Carroll said.
"We have to remember our police are sworn to protect everyone and that's exactly what they were doing at the time of this arrest," she said.
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23981508/video-of-utc-students-arrest-goes-viral
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Video of UTC student arrested near evangelist goes viral, sparks controversy [View all]
d_r
Nov 2013
OP
I like that. If the wackjob tries to get him to admit to doing something to prove it, one could say,
freshwest
Nov 2013
#68
I disagree - he won, because the police assault on him is now on YouTube
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2013
#9
Someone at Oregon State stood near him and started preaching from his statistics text
yurbud
Nov 2013
#67
Wasn't Jesus non-violent, and didn't he preach to turn the other cheek and forgiveness?
George II
Nov 2013
#10
The woman in the video already disparaged religion more than any detractor ever could. n/t
Gore1FL
Nov 2013
#50
So far...Ah, but Chaney has to live everyday in fear that his next breath might be his last..
busterbrown
Nov 2013
#34
Did that woman have a loudspeaker? How is that not infringing on the rights of everyone else?
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#27
It's religion protesting using intellect and reasoning skills, which are threatening things to the
blkmusclmachine
Nov 2013
#36
And the policeman tried to use mace too - fascist apologist Cindy Carroll weighs in
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2013
#37
That situation is crying out for all the bystanders to walk into the circle
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2013
#42
The Christian Fundamentalists are the same as the Muslim Fundamentalists and Jewish Fundamentalists.
The Stranger
Nov 2013
#56