Sheriff Confirms ‘Occupy San Diego’ Protesters Forced to Urinate, Defecate in Bus

[Hissyspit]

Source: San Diego CityBeat / Raw Story

Sheriff confirms ‘Occupy San Diego’ protesters forced to urinate, defecate in bus

By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department has acknowledged that “Occupy San Diego” protesters who were arrested in late October had no choice but to relieve themselves while detained in buses and vans.

Police in riot gear arrested protesters at downtown encampments in Civic Center Plaza and Children’s Park on October 28. The 36 men were placed in a Sheriff’s bus and the 14 women were put in Sheriff’s vans.

Because there were no restroom facilities available for the arrested protesters, some of them had to urinate and defecate while detained in the vehicles.

“For the Sheriff’s Department to provide mutual aid in this kind of mass arrest circumstance is not unusual; this unfortunate result is very unusual and it is currently being reviewed,” the Sheriff’s Department said in a statement sent to San Diego CityBeat.


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[mpgalloway]

1. They do this on purpose to teach protesters a lesson...

I was witness to several mass protest arrests by overzealous sadistic cops.
They get off on making protesters suffer because they know they won't be
punished for it.

Beating and kicking is the norm.

I wonder when they hire how they can find so many inhuman types to give
a badge to?

[appleannie1]

2. The go to Tea Party members and ask if their kids need jobs

[sakabatou]

3. This is inhumane.

[OnyxCollie]

4. Borrowing tactics from Guantanamo.

Prolonged diapering is next.

[KoKo]

15. That was my first thought when reading this, also. Humiliation by

forcing people to "soil themselves" and that's the first step. Who knows what the next step will be if the OWS movement grows stronger?

This has to be stopped now or we are heading down the road to Gitmo.

[No Elephants]

5. And some DUers self righteously condemn the protestors for this, that and the other. Unreal.

The only thing I have to say to the ocuupiers are thank you and bless you.



.

[valerief]

6. Torture police. They're the norm now. nt

[Maraya1969]

7. if you ask an officer for their badge number or name do they have

to give it to you?

[provis99]

11. No, they don't.

It's an urban legend that they have to give you their name and badge. But legally, the cops are allowed to lie to you. So they can either ignore your request, or even stand there in their uniform and deny that they are cops.

[zbdent]

17. I remember seeing something on DU where the cops had their badge numbers

obscured ... even had a photograph where they could not be ID'd by the badge number because the number was covered over.

[Hotler]

19. Never ever talk to a cop unless you have an attorney present.

Just walk away. keep your thoughts to yourself and do not make eye contact.

[Melinda]

22. Short answer, in California, is yes.

"Any uniformed peace officer shall wear a badge, nameplate, or other device which bears clearly on its face the identification number or name of the officer."
-CAL. PEN. CODE § 830.10

"Shall" means mandatory, of course this applies, under this section, to mean uniformed officers only.

[Vincardog]

27. They have to have their badges on display for you to see

[SoapBox]

8. Time for the 99% to take back law enforcement from the Police Militias that have taken over...

Outrageous, the way Americans are treated by these Goons.

And to think, the Goon Squads are paid for with the tax dollars from those that are being harassed.

...disgraceful.

[Dawson Leery]

9. The uniform serving the one percent.

That's the way it's always been.

[aquart]

10. They also confiscated and trashed personal effects leaving several barefoot.

Furious about those shoes.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. WHY NOT JUST SHIT AND PISS ON THE BUSHES? or let a dog piss on them

[IamK]

13. How long were they on the buses? n/t

[Islandlife]

20. I don't think it matters

Defecation seems to be the highest form of nonviolent protest to some.

:eyes:

[barbtries]

21. you don't think it matters?

according to a comment at the link, over NINE hours for the men.
i think it matters. the sheriff wanted to humiliate the protesters.

NINE HOURS - yeah it matters.

[cui bono]

24. "Defecation seems to be the highest form of nonviolent protest to some."

Why do you say that? And why do you roll your eyes?

[Vinca]

14. That's inhumane. They should sue.

[dotymed]

16. Destroying your dignity and your civil rights. bastards.

Do they really believe that they are immune from the Union attacks going on in our nation? They "enforce" ( harm, humiliate and strong-arm citizens who have the right to defend their country and in many cases their Union) and they don't have the foresight to realize that when (if) they are no longer needed to protect the 1% from OWS, their jobs and Unions will be prime targets for privatization. It is like that old proverb, "then they came for me."

[a simple pattern]

26. I don't think they even care about that.

They can afford to work for minimum wage if the real money is in shakedowns.

[Blacksheep214]

18. The way it should be.

[Odin2005]

23. The latest RW idiot mean was that the protestors did this on purpose.

:crazy:

[Harmony Blue]

25. This is not the America I grew up in

absolutely terrible.

[Uncle Joe]

28. The protesters didn't have a choice but the Sheriff's Dept. did and they

shit all over themselves with this kind of needless, sadistic abuse.

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.