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In the discussion thread: Couple arrested for dancing while waiting for the train in New York. [View all]

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 08:26 PM

jtuck004 (5,070 posts)

11. Suspicions were raised when, without warning, they did a "terrorist ass-bump" during the Charleston.

I hope they prevail in their lawsuit. Maybe they could get enough to donate thousands of cameras to people who spend a lot of time on the street, because video is about the only chance of raising public awareness that "you" could be next.

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116 replies	Author	Time	Post
Couple arrested for dancing while waiting for the train in New York. [View all]	DaveJ	Jul 2012	OP
Isn't this the same city that doesn't want people to be fat, so they are taking away the big cup	midnight	Jul 2012	#1
Just a sad, sad statement	Smilo	Jul 2012	#2
It's those scary Jew couples gay couples and everthing else Y'oud understand if you you were there.	DCKit	Jul 2012	#54
It's like the f*cking taliban.	bananas	Jul 2012	#3
Damn, it's like you can't even have a little fun anymore without the	RKP5637	Jul 2012	#27
So I can understand sometimes police make mistakes but...	limpyhobbler	Jul 2012	#4
I consider police corruption and brutality to be a disease, like rabies	Scootaloo	Jul 2012	#6
I think you may be burying the lead here	Son of Gob	Jul 2012	#5
That was the "perpetrator" who called them "ninjas"	JustABozoOnThisBus	Jul 2012	#66
ROFL! Good one. If only they weren't known to be such violent clowns.	Lionessa	Jul 2012	#108
OK, can someone tell me why this is police brutality and not fascism??	PDJane	Jul 2012	#7
You're right, it's fascism.	DaveJ	Jul 2012	#12
Police State-	Huey P. Long	Jul 2012	#45
That it is. My first thought.	emilyg	Jul 2012	#57
Ready to risk dancing?	Stryder	Jul 2012	#8
Wow, that's freaking ridiculous. So there was someone playing music, they started	IndyJones	Jul 2012	#9
Nobody puts Georgie in a corner.	JBoy	Jul 2012	#10
Suspicions were raised when, without warning, they did a "terrorist ass-bump" during the Charleston.	jtuck004	Jul 2012	#11
You need a wearable video camera that streams straight to the net	Ghost Dog	Jul 2012	#80
Exactly.	jtuck004	Jul 2012	#93
Where's Kevin Bacon when you need him?	baldguy	Jul 2012	#13
In an NYPD jail...	awoke_in_2003	Jul 2012	#35
Heh, I know all about the Six Degrees thing ...	Kennah	Jul 2012	#43
They do allow flash Dancing at the Gentlemans Club.	Historic NY	Jul 2012	#14
This message was self-deleted by its author	bupkus	Jul 2012	#15
Really, police brutality, or overzealous actions by police/military in general, is	DLnyc	Jul 2012	#16
Ineffective apathetic law enforcement is never a good social sign...	bettydavis	Jul 2012	#17
Check out the original 'I Love New York' tourism campaign....	radhika	Jul 2012	#18
Too bad they couldn't get any stars to do that spot.	Beartracks	Jul 2012	#21
I remember some of those from when I was a really young kid.	a la izquierda	Jul 2012	#67
No rhythm, no peace!	marble falls	Jul 2012	#19
They can just ask anyone for ID now?	arcane1	Jul 2012	#20
In many areas, law states you must carry ID, and present to police upon demand	Hugabear	Jul 2012	#51
No they can't. They still do it though.	truebrit71	Jul 2012	#72
Worse, NYPD can "stop and frisk" anyone, provided they're "scary" - young, non-white, and not rich.	leveymg	Jul 2012	#79
Shades of Footloose! nt	valerief	Jul 2012	#22
I'm guessing	PatrynXX	Jul 2012	#23
"I'm a dentist and I'm 55" sorry he got abused and arrested but there is elitism in his statement	Liberal_in_LA	Jul 2012	#24
I don't take that as elitism	TlalocW	Jul 2012	#30
Well then he should have been tasered too.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2012	#39
Apologetics!	chervilant	Jul 2012	#65
Might want to look at my comment on usage before you start using it.	yellowcanine	Jul 2012	#75
I think you mean "apologists". Apologists are people. Apologetics is the discipline of	yellowcanine	Jul 2012	#74
writing apologies for nonsense is a form of apologetics.	Warren Stupidity	Jul 2012	#104
"I'm a dentist and I'm 55 is elitist? I don't think so.	yellowcanine	Jul 2012	#42
How is that elitism?	davidthegnome	Jul 2012	#70
More disturbing were the "suggested stories" linked at the bottom of the page...	Beartracks	Jul 2012	#25
What happened?	TomClash	Jul 2012	#26
Are you kidding me? The police were completely justified ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jul 2012	#28
Police assaults on innocent citizens/civilians	The Wizard	Jul 2012	#29
This is the beginning of the Upper West Side...	smirkymonkey	Jul 2012	#115
So the charge was reportedly "disorderly conduct "to prevent the flow of traffic.""	redqueen	Jul 2012	#31
How did this happen?	Brigid	Jul 2012	#32
I feel so much safer.	tabasco	Jul 2012	#33
My college roommate went to the USSR in 1980	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#34
fuck tha police	frylock	Jul 2012	#36
Why do you need an ID to take the train? Or to dance?	nilram	Jul 2012	#37
That is fucking ridiculous...nt	and-justice-for-all	Jul 2012	#38
I am beginning to wonder if we might be better off without police.	mysuzuki2	Jul 2012	#40
No.	aquart	Jul 2012	#49
It's not whether we might be better off without police -- they are a necessary evil -- but	coalition_unwilling	Jul 2012	#53
Of course we would be better off.	Prometheus Bound	Jul 2012	#64
how the hell would we be better off	sabbat hunter	Jul 2012	#77
Filing in the "Somebody somewhere might be having fun and we must stop that at all cost." file.	yellowcanine	Jul 2012	#41
So much for "Land of the free"	tawadi	Jul 2012	#44
Testing...	Godot51	Jul 2012	#46
This article does give only their side.	treestar	Jul 2012	#47
"Hess allegedly was beaten down to the surface of the platform..."	William Seger	Jul 2012	#58
Was he injured? Resisting?	treestar	Jul 2012	#81
Uh hunh.	Hissyspit	Jul 2012	#87
Eh? You asked a question	William Seger	Jul 2012	#89
Police make false arrests constantly	Savannahmann	Jul 2012	#110
Why do you suppose the charges were dropped, treestar?	tblue37	Jul 2012	#101
I don't know, that article doesn't say why they dropped the charges	treestar	Jul 2012	#109
That is completely insane.	aquart	Jul 2012	#48
Maybe we should stage a flash mob	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#50
There will always be testosterone cowboys prowling around out there in cop suits.	Fridays Child	Jul 2012	#52
Do you know what would REALLY be news???	ret5hd	Jul 2012	#63
I guess we really don't know how often honest cops have tried to blow the whistle.	Fridays Child	Jul 2012	#116
He tried to be romantic but damn it backfired	Ter	Jul 2012	#55
We Gotta Get Rid of Raymond Kelly	SoDesuKa	Jul 2012	#56
His boss is Bloomberg, get rid of that POS Bloomberg first...	MicaelS	Jul 2012	#84
But wait, you haven't heard the whole story! ...	eppur_se_muova	Jul 2012	#59
King Michael of New Yawk, sez......	DeSwiss	Jul 2012	#60
Ah, New York City. Such spontaneity. Such energy. Such joy.	Nye Bevan	Jul 2012	#61
Shithead cops.	truthisfreedom	Jul 2012	#62
I was in the NYC subway just a week and a half ago...I have never	CTyankee	Jul 2012	#68
"Your Papers, Please!!"	Iggy	Jul 2012	#69
Well, now I know what to do next time I'm in New York	davidthegnome	Jul 2012	#71
What the hell?	Aerows	Jul 2012	#73
So being in love and happy in public is now a crime?	Remmah2	Jul 2012	#76
It's as though	Aerows	Jul 2012	#78
I proposed to my wife on top of the Empire State Building.	Remmah2	Jul 2012	#82
If you're married, you are	nichomachus	Jul 2012	#83
Shhhhh...............	Remmah2	Jul 2012	#91
rofl.	Ghost Dog	Jul 2012	#100
That NYPD officer better check himself before he wrecks himself	Blue Owl	Jul 2012	#85
This is Soviet East Germany stuff	NBachers	Jul 2012	#86
Apparently	eaglesfanintn	Jul 2012	#88
Did I just not see an OP	libodem	Jul 2012	#90
What's missing here?	savalez	Jul 2012	#92
This is classic fascist bullshit but............	SILVER__FOX52	Jul 2012	#94
These knuckle dragging cops .............	SILVER__FOX52	Jul 2012	#95
Please... impeding the flow of traffic around midnight (3 people) not valid reason for arrest.	Tigress DEM	Jul 2012	#96
well my goodness someone had to stop them.What if this caught on and people started dancing, singing	Douglas Carpenter	Jul 2012	#97
Remember when the park police arrested people for	tblue37	Jul 2012	#98
I am glad they are suing:	tblue37	Jul 2012	#99
Take note, Gene!!!	KansDem	Jul 2012	#102
Yup, I want to do more to stop police brutality	duhneece	Jul 2012	#103
Fucking. Pigs.	kath	Jul 2012	#105
This just confirms what I already expected	99th_Monkey	Jul 2012	#106
No Surprise Here	Steerpike	Jul 2012	#107
Referring to NY Police as New York's Finest needs to be stopped.	LiberalFighter	Jul 2012	#111
There is always more to a story like this.	randome	Jul 2012	#112
For all the vitriol about al quaida being evil	Callmecrazy	Jul 2012	#113
I got jumped by 4 cops for talking back to one of them.	ErikJ	Jul 2012	#114

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