So walking rapidly is a crime that needs riot police to stop it? (Reply #40)

In the discussion thread: Today in Chicago I saw the effects of police brutality against peace activists with my own eyes [View all]

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Sun May 20, 2012, 10:51 PM

Bjorn Against (12,041 posts)

40. So walking rapidly is a crime that needs riot police to stop it?

The march was rather slow moving so I did not see many people walking rapidly, but even if they were that seems like a rather lame excuse to send riot police after them.

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118 replies	Author	Time	Post
Today in Chicago I saw the effects of police brutality against peace activists with my own eyes [View all]	Bjorn Against	May 2012	OP
Thank you for sharing this	Autumn	May 2012	#1
Growing up in the 60's I can certainly attest to the fact that much learned in	RKP5637	May 2012	#2
Chicago	elleng	May 2012	#3
Big protests in Chicago this week against NATO summit	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#4
'68	TahitiNut	May 2012	#32
Yes, I was there,	elleng	May 2012	#38
I was there too.	xtraxritical	May 2012	#72
chicago democrats know how do do a beatdown.... n/t	IamK	May 2012	#5
Shades of Daley!	postulater	May 2012	#6
The whole world is watching	The Wizard	May 2012	#64
And no one is doing anything about it...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#112
So you didn't see what happened.	randome	May 2012	#7
I saw people with blood gushing out of their heads and police threatening violence	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#9
Amen to that. I was there, too.	Peregrine Took	May 2012	#16
Thanks for being there, and thanks for confirming that I am not making this up	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#27
How were the police threatening violence? By forming a line?	randome	May 2012	#19
You have a very short attention span. n/t	Peregrine Took	May 2012	#20
Which is why I appreciate short and concise posts.	randome	May 2012	#23
Right, and even so, the OP said nothing about having witnessed any violence.	elleng	May 2012	#39
I did witness violence	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#41
No, threatening people with weapons is NOT violence,	elleng	May 2012	#44
Fine it is assault then, how does that excuse it exactly?	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#48
Yes, in an ideal world people should be able to speak their minds without being threatened.	elleng	May 2012	#50
Wow, we obviously disagree very strongly on this.	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#52
On the 'same side?'	elleng	May 2012	#55
If you support assault and battery against people exercising the first amendment...	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#57
You appear not to have understood:	elleng	May 2012	#59
Assault and battery are not acceptable	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#60
I would consider holding batons up at protesters to be threatening violence	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#26
I would suspect that if you saw thousands of people coming toward you and taunting you...	randome	May 2012	#29
But there were not thousands of people coming towards the police	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#31
There are no easy answers IF...........	socialist_n_TN	May 2012	#45
I would suspect someone harrassing a peaceful protestor	just1voice	May 2012	#92
Please dont think your pretense fools anyone. Time and time again police have beaten	rhett o rick	May 2012	#107
No, you don't know what side I stand on.	randome	May 2012	#109
I do know you are not standing on the same side as me. You try to rationalize police brutality.	rhett o rick	May 2012	#110
Thanks.	elleng	May 2012	#10
There's all kinds of evidence all over the Internet today.	Hissyspit	May 2012	#13
But I did see what happened, maybe not every detail of it but I saw a lot happen with my own eyes	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#14
I've seen it happen at an OWS protest in New York.	UnrepentantLiberal	May 2012	#47
I believe you. Let those who question you, take part in a protest , let them	crunch60	May 2012	#62
How Jesuitical of you.....	Peregrine Took	May 2012	#11
Oh, christ...	Hissyspit	May 2012	#12
Why bring Him into it??? That's the best ya got?? n/t	Peregrine Took	May 2012	#22
Well, you did too. :-)	Hissyspit	May 2012	#61
Don't worry, there will be video as there always is, which is why the police tried to make taking	sabrina 1	May 2012	#53
witnesses said black bloc did attack the police first	2pooped2pop	May 2012	#80
I don't understand how anyone can tell who is who.	randome	May 2012	#85
yes. they wear all black	2pooped2pop	May 2012	#103
k & r	girl gone mad	May 2012	#8
at what point do we beat back?	Go Vols	May 2012	#15
Being peaceful is the ONLY thing that works	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#18
the general public...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#113
It's OWSers on DU who always claim Black Bloc are the violent culprits.	randome	May 2012	#17
Individuals may have made that claim, that does not mean that they are right	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#21
I heard of ONE violent effort from the protesters.	randome	May 2012	#24
The police don't need hundreds in riot gear batons in hand for a non-violent protest	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#25
There were thousands of protesters in Chicago.	randome	May 2012	#28
If they don't know who did it they should investigate, they should not go into riot mode	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#30
Sporting events are contained facilities.	randome	May 2012	#34
The riots at sporting events usually occur when people leave those contained facilities	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#35
I'm sure some cities ARE prepared for violence when a championship game is being played.	randome	May 2012	#68
I doubt you've ever been to a protest march.	lob1	May 2012	#105
I suppose you've seen this thread.	randome	May 2012	#106
I suppose you've seen threads like this.	lob1	May 2012	#111
Put yourself in the shoes of an overwhelmed minority.	Zanzoobar	May 2012	#33
An overwhelmed minority? Not even close.	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#36
I understand, but you were milling about.	Zanzoobar	May 2012	#37
So walking rapidly is a crime that needs riot police to stop it?	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#40
I apologize	Zanzoobar	May 2012	#42
Your flippancy was out of place. If you meant to be sarcastic, and I can't imagine you were serious,	sabrina 1	May 2012	#54
You need images?	starroute	May 2012	#43
Thanks, I did not take pictures of that incident because the medics wanted privacy	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#46
Off topic . . .	RZM	May 2012	#65
No, it's from Louis Jordan's jump blues hit from 1946	starroute	May 2012	#67
Thanks. That must be where they got the bit for the movie	RZM	May 2012	#69
This is horrifying	Catherina	May 2012	#73
The guy in the middle pic ....	Fantastic Anarchist	May 2012	#74
1968, but with less hair.	amandabeech	May 2012	#102
"they stormed the horses. Blood was everywhere"	2pooped2pop	May 2012	#49
I don’t doubt that there are some in the Black Bloc who might	tblue37	May 2012	#84
yes. i agree with that	2pooped2pop	May 2012	#101
Video of the brutality.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#51
Thanks for the vid.	Mc Mike	May 2012	#66
those of us who couldn't be there with you, Thank You All, Dude.	marasinghe	May 2012	#56
k&r	Starry Messenger	May 2012	#58
Today I can say that I am ashamed to call myself an American and	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#63
I'm proud to call myself a Democrat and an American. And I'm proud of the protestors.	AnotherMcIntosh	May 2012	#75
Then you're too nuanced for this thread.	randome	May 2012	#78
Proud of the cops, are you? N.B.: Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's first Chief of Staff) is their boss. Or,	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#87
I had to share this	JonLP24	May 2012	#77
I am a proud democrat...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#114
I am surprised that anyone is surprised	Doctor_J	May 2012	#70
War!	Eddie Haskell	May 2012	#71
The dumbest post on this thread. Violence is never the answer.	randome	May 2012	#76
Non Violence is the way to go but...	RitchieRich	May 2012	#81
Terrorists???	RitchieRich	May 2012	#82
No, they can't be locked away without a trial.	randome	May 2012	#83
Obama’s Signing Statement on NDAA: ‘I have the power to detain Americans… but I won’t’	RitchieRich	May 2012	#88
i conceed	RitchieRich	May 2012	#89
I despise the NDAA. And the Patriot Act.	randome	May 2012	#90
and things cannot become law...	awoke_in_2003	May 2012	#115
Just how ...	Eddie Haskell	May 2012	#93
How's non-violent resistence been working over the last 20 years	Doctor_J	May 2012	#94
Do you seriously want to start killing people?	randome	May 2012	#96
The protests aren't working	Doctor_J	May 2012	#98
You can't tell me what I have to love.	randome	May 2012	#100
So if the tanks are rolling down the streets, as long as the guns are not pointed at you	Doctor_J	May 2012	#116
No, apparently the answer is to lie back and think of England.	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#99
Thanks, brother.	Zorra	May 2012	#79
We now see what they meant by, "9/11 changed everything."	Rex	May 2012	#86
Congress used that to prove their own relevance.	randome	May 2012	#91
a poor memorial to those who've died for us...	RitchieRich	May 2012	#95
Not to mention the Iraqis who died needlessly.	randome	May 2012	#97
Rahm is just another over proud 68 R. Dailey. But in the end he like Dailey will find out that they	jwirr	May 2012	#104
Thanks for sharing your first hand experience about what is going on in Chicago...	midnight	May 2012	#108
I want to see you criticize the Black Bloc as much as you do cops.	bluestate10	May 2012	#117
I will criticize all those who engage in violence	Bjorn Against	May 2012	#118

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