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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Wall Street Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)45. looked like a nutball to me
with the cops just standing there not responding to his lengthy and loud outburst. I couldn't stand to listen to him anymore after getting most of the way through the video. No idea what he was talking about with these officers supposedly hurting people - nothing about that is in the video.
You certainly could have picked a video that actually showed cops being aggressive with the protesters (which there are plenty) rather than this one that shows them doing what they're supposed to in not responding at all to him though he gets more and more irate and in their faces yelling the same things over and over again. Frankly, he came off as a loony losing control while the cops just calmly stood there letting him.
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Occupy Wall Street Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer [View all]
Hissyspit
May 2014
OP
More justice! Corruption from sea to shining sea. Ever since they awarded Dubya the presidency.
Enthusiast
May 2014
#11
In reading the comments at the link there were several that said things to the effect that, "The
Dustlawyer
May 2014
#14
So were the "more than 30 police officers lining the room..." present throughout the trial...?
Earth_First
May 2014
#28
I wonder if there are high powered invisible hands behind this. Occupy made the Wall Street
GoneFishin
May 2014
#35