'Lone Gunman' in Tiananmen Square? (1:35)

[underpants]

Run time: 01:36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-R-wX2gUzU   Posted on YouTube: June 04, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 04, 2009 By DU Member: underpants Views on DU: 1308

 
I noticed this too yesterday
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5776384&mesg_id=5776384

[NewJeffCT]

1. Interesting

tens of thousands of protesters boiled down to 1 lone gunman!

[FailureToCommunicate]

2. "Gunman"!?! That famous guy probably was one of the world's most courageous

persons ever captured on video. Or maybe the dumbest, considering the tank(s) wouldn't even have felt it if they rolled right over him...
What ever happened to him? (It would've made a great pick-up line: "I'm the guy...")
Thanks for posting. Mangled by FOX or not it was great to see that old footage again!

[NewJeffCT]

4. I know he managed to "hold them off" for about an hour

though I don't know if they just then ran him down/over, or if he escaped when all hell broke loose.

[geomon666]

6. Nobody really knows what happened to him.

It's assumed that he was executed but nobody can confirm that.

[Captain Hilts]

12. Folks came a grabbed him, but it's not clear if they were doing to so protect him or kill him. nt

[bdamomma]

21. I wish he was still around to tell his story, but no way in China

[Why Syzygy]

3. I don't know anything about their

teleprompter quarrel, because I don't watch raw sewage, but it wouldn't surprise me if they thought the man was armed.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Fox watchers & the dittoheads

think Obama is stupid because he reads speeches from a teleprompter.

[Celtic Merlin]

7. He was armed alright...

With two bags of groceries!

They Foxed this one up. Earning them their "Foxed-up News" nickname yet again.

Celtic Merlin
Carlinist

[underpants]

17. I remembered it as groceries too

but a closer look shows that he has a jacket in one hand

Any way Welcome to DU :hi: if'n I haven't before

[Celtic Merlin]

20. Thank You for the welcome.

I post under this same name over on DKos. You can learn alot about me from reading my diaries and comments there - if'n ya wants ta do some background ckeckin'. :0)

DKos has been disappointing me lately. I've come here for an alternative outlet to express myself. So far, I like it here.

Celtic Merlin
Carlinist

[rockstar7]

8. Wow

hough I don't know if they just then ran him down/over, or if he escaped when all hell broke loose.

Mic | Rock Star

[underpants]

9. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[frog92969]

10. Fellow protesters(?)

ran out and dragged him (nonviolently) to the side of street.
After that is anybody's guess.

[Captain Hilts]

11. "Gunman?" 'Tankman' is the world's bravest unarmed man. nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

13. "Unarmed" except for loads of righteous indignation and nerves of steel! I doubt I

would have courage enough to stop a dozen tanks, and then climb up on one. Pretty sure I wouldn't.

[Captain Hilts]

14. Don't bring a grocery bag to a tank battle....nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

18. Right, but it clearly worked for that guy. Maybe the tank drivers were so stunned

that he was just packing shopping bags, they didn't know what to make of him...
I'm guessing no matter what happened to the guy, the tank commanders got court martial-ed, or worse, for giving the world one of the most enduring iconic images of 'the power of one'

[underpants]

16. Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose

[Politicalboi]

15. I always thought he got killed by the tank

:shrug:

[Captain Hilts]

19. No!