Veteran EPIC rant against NYPD brutality: "This Is Not War-No One Has Guns" - Times Square

[kpete]

Run time: 01:29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgymHDUYVQ   Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2011 By YouTube Member: fitzgerald1971 Views on YouTube: 303   Posted on DU: October 17, 2011 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 1959

 
Sun Oct 16, 2011 at 07:41 PM PDT
Veteran Tells NYPD-"This is Not War, No One Has Guns"

[jwirr]

1. but that veteran definitely has honor. He is great.

[chollybocker]

2. "There is no honor in this."

Kick for this guy.

[BeHereNow]

11. I think that was what sent the cops scurrying away.

Several cops in my area are former military.
That statement would stop them in their tracks,
coming from another vet.
BHN

[kestrel91316]

3. K&R

[midnight]

4. K&R....

[givemebackmycountry]

5. Oh, hell yes.

"There is no honor in this"

You better recognize.

[SwampG8r]

6. my brand new hero

honor is important

[Enthusiast]

7. K&R!

These police must stop working on behalf of the 1%. They won't win anything with aggression anyway.

[kas125]

8. Wow, that was truly beautiful and very moving. Thank you

very much for posting it.

[blackspade]

9. A credit to the uniform!

:toast:

[unionworks]

10. i am running out of tears

From watching these OWS videos. Recommended viewing for anyone who has lost faith in the people of America.

[silenttigersong]

12. This Man is a hero nt

[sabrina 1]

13. He is right, what are they doing this for?

'This is not war'. He is right, they have behaved as if they are in a war zone facing a violent enemy, instead of their fellow citizens who are peaceful and unarmed. It has shocked the world to see their behavior.

And that Soldier is a hero.

I loved the applause he got at the end.

And I love the comments on Utube. Going to be hard for the fringes on the right to argue with him.

[butterfly77]

14. I wish ...

Gil Scott Heron was here to see this...

[civilisation]

15. more public shaming or those misusing/abusing power.

Did you see that the cops just walked away,. did this outburst cause even one of them begin to re-think what the should be doing? I suspect it made damn near all of them have a good think about it,. . real emotion is an effective tool to convince people of the wrongness of their actions.

[BanzaiBonnie]

16. USMC Sergeant Shamar Thomas, you are my hero

You are a righteous and honorable man.

I want to see more of him and the other vets who served to defend our Constitutional Right to freedom of speech stand with all US citizens of good conscience who are speaking out about injustice.