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Tue Jan-09-07 09:35 PM
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| -Historian Cuffed and Jailed for Jaywalking in Atlanta; Over $1,000 Bail |
snot |
Jan-09-07 09:34 PM |
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K&R.nt |
nam78_two |
Jan-09-07 09:35 PM |
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What in the world? |
dammitann |
Jan-09-07 09:44 PM |
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Was he wearing an anti-war button or shirt? |
aquart |
Jan-09-07 10:06 PM |
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No, if you continue reading ... |
dammitann |
Jan-09-07 10:18 PM |
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he asked the cop for identification |
orangepeel68 |
Jan-09-07 11:15 PM |
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another city to boycotte and avoid |
antifaschits |
Jan-09-07 09:46 PM |
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Unfortunately, I can't avoid or boycott Atlanta. |
RebelOne |
Jan-10-07 06:18 AM |
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Jaywalking is not fuuny, |
bahrbearian |
Jan-10-07 07:26 AM |
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You ever seen a pedestrian after a car hit them? |
GreenZoneLT |
Jan-10-07 07:50 AM |
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Have you ever seen the result of disease |
Toots |
Jan-10-07 08:02 AM |
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I had to do coummunity service for jaywalking in Los Angeles. |
Sequoia |
Jan-10-07 11:11 AM |
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How grotesque! Recommended #4 |
Benhurst |
Jan-09-07 09:50 PM |
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Rec #5 - holy crap... |
lvx35 |
Jan-09-07 09:53 PM |
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Pathetic. |
silverweb |
Jan-09-07 09:58 PM |
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And yet these are the same type of cops that |
Dr_eldritch |
Jan-09-07 10:06 PM |
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K&R |
libnnc |
Jan-09-07 10:17 PM |
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used to love watching Atlanta cops on "Cops" |
provis99 |
Jan-09-07 10:19 PM |
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What a shame. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jan-09-07 10:23 PM |
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Four of my closest friends were there. I can't wait to email them about this! |
nealmhughes |
Jan-09-07 10:49 PM |
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How funny |
pettypace |
Jan-09-07 11:53 PM |
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Seattle has always been hell on jaywalking |
eridani |
Jan-10-07 12:23 AM |
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Bastards. |
ellisonz |
Jan-09-07 11:08 PM |
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the thugs are trying to make sure that everyone is made very afraid... |
NotGivingUp |
Jan-09-07 11:40 PM |
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sue the bastards . . . big time . . . n/t |
OneBlueSky |
Jan-10-07 12:53 AM |
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Do not mess with the Atlanta police |
GreenZoneLT |
Jan-10-07 01:46 AM |
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there's no excuse for police brutality |
Don Claybrook |
Jan-10-07 07:30 AM |
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What brutality? |
GreenZoneLT |
Jan-10-07 07:44 AM |
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Wow...just wow... |
Junkdrawer |
Jan-10-07 07:51 AM |
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I know. But that's okay... |
libnnc |
Jan-10-07 09:25 AM |
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Thanks GreenZone for a voice of sanity |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 09:32 AM |
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Oh now that's funny. Voice of sanity? |
libnnc |
Jan-10-07 09:37 AM |
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What's so funny about it? |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 09:46 AM |
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How were the police endangered by the professor? |
libnnc |
Jan-10-07 10:23 AM |
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Read the articles in my post below... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 10:33 AM |
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He asked them for their ID, they got pissed and dropped him |
libnnc |
Jan-10-07 10:35 AM |
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That wasn't what the manhandling was for |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 10:47 AM |
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Don't worry. I'll never go to Atlanta. They don't need my money. |
libnnc |
Jan-10-07 11:19 AM |
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Nice paintbrush you got there |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 11:26 AM |
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Sorry, not buying apologetics for police thuggery and overreactions |
High Plains |
Jan-10-07 11:05 AM |
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Ignoring a cop's order to stop, however... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 11:47 AM |
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That ain't "welcome to the big city" |
JHB |
Jan-10-07 11:57 AM |
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violation is a violation |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:00 PM |
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Come on, PJM... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 12:30 PM |
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i thought he was being busted for being |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:33 PM |
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Mindlessly waiting on a light? |
Rosemary2205 |
Jan-10-07 12:10 PM |
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This is why I hate cops and their defenders |
alarimer |
Jan-10-07 12:34 PM |
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wow...read and learn rather than sounding so uninformed |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:39 PM |
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Do you wear knuckle guards? |
NEDem |
Jan-10-07 05:14 PM |
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so because they are poorly paid its ok for them to take their aggression out on a mere jaywalker? |
lionesspriyanka |
Jan-10-07 10:24 AM |
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There's no excuse |
alarimer |
Jan-10-07 12:32 PM |
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you obviously haven't read both sides of the story |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:35 PM |
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That's really easy to say when it isn't you that has to take on "the machine" |
kdpeters |
Jan-10-07 05:58 AM |
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"Right Wing Wages War on History" |
ellisonz |
Jan-10-07 02:01 AM |
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Horrifying. An academic convention is not a drunken frat party |
Hekate |
Jan-10-07 02:26 AM |
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"An academic convention is not a drunken frat party" |
LostinVA |
Jan-10-07 07:28 AM |
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Well, I guess the annual American Academy of Religion may not be representative... |
Hekate |
Jan-10-07 01:42 PM |
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Incredible. An SFPD officer just an hour ago was harassing a man for jaywalking |
kdpeters |
Jan-10-07 05:52 AM |
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My first exposure to police brutality was APD. Beat and taunted my friends .. |
kdpeters |
Jan-10-07 05:56 AM |
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Put a uniform on some people and they become power mad |
alarimer |
Jan-10-07 12:37 PM |
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Good fugging grief |
malaise |
Jan-10-07 05:55 AM |
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Conventions should Boycott Atlanta if they give freepers badges.... |
Junkdrawer |
Jan-10-07 06:53 AM |
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I just sent the story to DemocracyNow... |
Junkdrawer |
Jan-10-07 07:14 AM |
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He asked to see the police ID---that is what started it; here |
rodeodance |
Jan-10-07 07:24 AM |
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Isn't CNN Atlanta too? |
OregonBlue |
Jan-10-07 07:26 AM |
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You can try, but CNN is a big promoter of Atlanta... |
Junkdrawer |
Jan-10-07 07:29 AM |
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TAKE A DEEP BREATH PEOPLE... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 09:25 AM |
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People read the blog should read your post and links. |
aikoaiko |
Jan-10-07 10:49 AM |
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THANKS - the police report certainly sheds a different light on this. |
Rosemary2205 |
Jan-10-07 11:38 AM |
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Shades of Nazi Germany in the 1930s |
indepat |
Jan-10-07 09:29 AM |
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My very first thought. Or Pol Pot, by jailing anyone that was a teacher or wore glasses. nt |
Javaman |
Jan-10-07 10:16 AM |
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oh criminy...so this is what my advisor was talking about... |
michele77 |
Jan-10-07 09:32 AM |
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WTF?! |
sakabatou |
Jan-10-07 10:36 AM |
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This reeks of politics big time |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 10:48 AM |
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in what way? |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 10:50 AM |
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A little out of hand? |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 10:58 AM |
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he walked away from an officer preparing to cite him |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 11:02 AM |
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Where are you getting your information? |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 11:10 AM |
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officer's report |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 11:13 AM |
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He asked to see the policeman's Id cause he |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 11:18 AM |
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unfortunately, that is wrong |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 11:22 AM |
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Do you always take the word of the police? |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 11:27 AM |
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but why is the arrestee right in your mind |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 11:32 AM |
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Because this guy was a foreigner in every sense |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 11:36 AM |
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did you even read what was written? |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 11:42 AM |
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The cop DID try to reason with him... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 11:44 AM |
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To the above two posts.... |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 12:03 PM |
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don't know |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:05 PM |
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This is reason I have questions... |
dogday |
Jan-10-07 12:09 PM |
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i would GUESS that his 'out of towner' status |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 12:18 PM |
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Not at all... |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 12:39 PM |
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I bet they thought he was an illegal immigrant |
DesertedRose |
Jan-10-07 10:56 AM |
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i doubt that |
ProdigalJunkMail |
Jan-10-07 10:58 AM |
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I count eight officers in that picture, including someone in a suit. |
hedgehog |
Jan-10-07 11:12 AM |
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True enough. |
kay1864 |
Jan-10-07 11:51 AM |
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Okay, I read both sides... |
djohnson |
Jan-10-07 12:25 PM |
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I lived in the USA for over a year before I was told 'jaywalking' was an offence |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jan-10-07 04:02 PM |
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How fast did all those officers arrrive? |
hedgehog |
Jan-10-07 03:39 PM |
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Here's the cop's side of the story |
GreenZoneLT |
Jan-10-07 12:29 PM |
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Probably the closest to the truth... |
Virginia Dare |
Jan-10-07 12:36 PM |
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The policeman's badge was covered by a bomber jacket. The historian |
snot |
Jan-11-07 12:17 AM |
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They're always arresting people for jaywalking in Seattle |
LisaM |
Jan-10-07 01:07 PM |
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Ah "the City Too Busy To Hate" |
RubyDuby in GA |
Jan-10-07 02:59 PM |
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Freedom! |
Joanne98 |
Jan-10-07 04:30 PM |
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Who gave the orders to harass and intimidate in this manner? |
Kurovski |
Jan-10-07 08:53 PM |
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Probably a habitual offender |
rpannier |
Jan-10-07 09:06 PM |
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Yet another place I'm never going to again.... |
cdnwannabe |
Jan-10-07 09:48 PM |
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Yeah... |
DrewL |
Jan-10-07 10:02 PM |
#105 |
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