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In reply to the discussion: Georgia Police Used Taser Like A Cattle Prod To Force Black Man To Walk Until He Died [View all]KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)77. I can't find anything about students in prison
there were on going protests, 39 arrested at one on Nov 9, 2011:
Video footage of the afternoon confrontation showed police beating protesters with batons and dragging two protesters by the hair, one of whom was UC Berkeley English professor Celeste Langan. Thirty-nine protesters, including Langan, were arrested for charges including "resisting and delaying a police officer in the performance of their duties, and failure to disperse when given a dispersal order."
10 more arrests on Nov 18, the day the military grade pepper spray was used. Langan and others were release after about 6 hours of BS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Davis_pepper-spray_incident
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MrScorpio
Aug 2014
OP
The only good thing in all this is that these cases are coming to light
Jackpine Radical
Aug 2014
#6
Is there any other country in the world with private prisons, or are we the only ones? It's
Cal33
Aug 2014
#44
Well not plantation owner, the slaves were property. The last thing they wanted to do was
LiberalArkie
Aug 2014
#13
You're saying slaves, especially field hands weren't whipped by the foreman and punished
aint_no_life_nowhere
Aug 2014
#32
Oh of course not. But to kill them, it would have to be something real bad and to teach other
LiberalArkie
Aug 2014
#38
I live in the South and that sounds more like small-town bullshit than a desire to reinstate slavery
Hosnon
Aug 2014
#41
Glad to see "ruled a homicide" in there; but the officers have not yet been charged
muriel_volestrangler
Aug 2014
#36
The problem is that if the Black Community revolt, as they have good reason to,
rhett o rick
Aug 2014
#65
Just wondering, who gave the order to the cops that they can now kill at will?
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2014
#48
Never ceases to amaze me how cops can de-humanize the public and commit atrocities.
WCLinolVir
Aug 2014
#58
Tasers should only be used as a last resort in place of guns, not for fun
Live and Learn
Aug 2014
#72
blasted for "violating their own rules" and not for "torturing a person to death".
DireStrike
Aug 2014
#78