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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:34 PM Oct 2012

Harrisburg cops assault disabled protesters

Background: The national disability rights group ADAPT is having its fall action in Harrisburg, to protest devastating cuts to Medicaid foisted on them by frack-happy, Penn State-pedophile-enabling repuke Gov. Corbett. Here we go...



Not even the police at the U.S. Capitol, which interacts with ADAPT on an annual basis, has ever behaved like this. Anyone out there have experience with Harrisburg's gendarmerie? Is this SOP or are we getting singled out for extra special treatment?
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Harrisburg cops assault disabled protesters (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2012 OP
This needs to go viral as quickly as possible. nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #1
Growing up, I was told that the police are there to help us... Cooley Hurd Oct 2012 #2
"To Protect and to Serve" is still on LAPD squad cars today. KamaAina Oct 2012 #3
I'm sure Gov. Corebutt directed them to do this... Freedomofspeech Oct 2012 #4
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
2. Growing up, I was told that the police are there to help us...
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:38 PM
Oct 2012

Considering my Dad was a cop, I took it to heart. Since then, I've been the victim of police brutality and have been watching them harrass, beat and MURDER people ever since.

I no longer feel they're there "to help us." They're there to collect a paycheck by doing whatever their superiors (including the governor of PA) tell them to do.

"To Protect and to Serve" was on the cars in ADAM-12. What bullshit that has become...

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
3. "To Protect and to Serve" is still on LAPD squad cars today.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 05:44 PM
Oct 2012

Just as it was on Stacey Koon et al.'s car.

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