What The Media's NOT Telling You About Iran's Police Brutality

[kpete]

Run time: 01:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbMK2oTPkc   Posted on YouTube: June 22, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 22, 2009 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 1324

 

[proud patriot]

1. that very thought has been running through my mind

we tried to stop the invasion of Iraq ..

where was the media then , oh yeah
we are our own media .

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. that is what Twiter will be used for

as well as the blogs

But it has always been like this

You think they reported on US Labor actions in the Thirties, think again

Civil rights... not until it became convenient or hard to ignore

And so it goes

[jhrobbins]

3. I couldn't get it to play in DU-it said 'invalid parameters'

whatever those are _I mean I know what they are in the real world, just not the virtual one. However, I clicked the link to YT and it played there just fine.

It was a terrrific video

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended for some good banjo music too.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[Postman]

5. That was "Arkansas Traveler" done clawhammer style.....

[defendandprotect]

6. Good video . . . bad media . . . corporate-press has to ignore this . . .

So does the Supreme Court -- of course the right-wing Supreme Court loves it --

a legitimate progressive/liberal Supreme Court would be looking for lawsuits to

overturn fascist government!!!

[bertman]

7. Beautiful. Thank you, Lee.

Recommend.

[trthnd4jstc]

8. Great Post. nt

[balantz]

9. Exactly. K&R

[annm4peace]

10. Awesome video. I'm sending to my Democrat City Council member in Minneapolis

She, like the rest of the DFL (Democrat) City Council Members supported and applauded the work of law-enforcement before and during the RNC Police state in the Twin Cities of MN.

The trials of those illegally arrested and charged are still going on. 3 are in Prison,, after pleading guilty to over charged charges. If you had 6 FBI agents staring you down day after day at trials and threatening to add more charges what would you do?

Not one Democrat State or City Leader has condemned the Military Style police state. Not ONE !

See incredible documentary "Terrorizing Dissent".
http://www.terrorizingdissent.org/

then donate some money to those who are trying to house and feed those awaiting trials, and for money to get them to and from them homes so they don't have to take the plea deals just to survive.
and for court costs.. even when they take plea deals they end of having to pay 200-1000.00 each.
We are running out of money.

http://rnc08arrestees.wordpress.com/about/ There were over 800 arrested.


Both Minneapolis and St. Paul have DEMOCRAT Mayors.. supposedly PROGRESSIVE D. Mayors... and they support and applaud the terror imposed by an corrupt Sheriff who crossed county and state lines to spy on and raid "protesters" (aka low level terrorists), and Barney Fife style cops, Secret Service and Others (aka Blackwater).

see this incredible database.. from weapons used by police, to coverage day by day, to what is happening with the trials, to see what Democrat leaders are running for what office (no wonder they did the bidding of the GOP and Corporations)

http://rnc08report.org/must-see-items/index.shtml

[annm4peace]

11. Statement from Amnesty International after Police state in ST. Paul 2008

PRESS STATEMENT
For immediate release:
Friday, September 5, 2008
Contact: AIUSA media office
202-544-0200 x302

Use of Force Against RNC Protesters “Disproportionate,” Charges Amnesty
International

--Amnesty International is concerned by allegations of excessive
use of force and mass arrests by police at demonstrations in St. Paul,
Minnesota during the Republican National Convention (RNC) from September
1-4, 2008. The human rights organization is calling on the city and
county authorities to ensure that all allegations of ill-treatment and
other abuses are impartially investigated, with a review of police
tactics and weapons in the policing of demonstrations.

The organization’s concerns arise from media reports, video and
photographic images which appear to show police officers deploying
unnecessary and disproportionate use of non-lethal weapons on
non-violent protestors marching through the streets or congregating
outside the arena where the Convention was being held.

Amnesty International urges that an inquiry be carried out promptly,
that its findings and recommendations be made public in a timely manner.
If the force used is found to have been excessive and to have
contravened the principles of necessity and proportionality, then those
involved should be disciplined, measures put in place and training given
to ensure future policing operations conform to international standards.

Police are reported to have fired rubber bullets and used batons, pepper
spray, tear gas canisters and concussion grenades on peaceful
demonstrators and journalists. Amnesty International has also received
unconfirmed reports that some of those arrested during the
demonstrations may have been ill-treated while held at Ramsey county jail.

Amnesty International is also concerned at reports that several
journalists who were covering the RNC were arbitrarily arrested while
filming and reporting on the demonstrations. They include host of
independent news program Democracy Now!, Amy Goodman, and two of the
program’s producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, who were
both allegedly subjected to violence during their arrest. A photographer
for the Associated Press (AP) and other journalists were also arrested
while covering the demonstrations.

Kouddous described his arrest to media, “…two or three police officers
tackled me. They threw me violently against a wall. Then they threw me
to the ground. I was kicked in the chest several times. A police officer
ground his knee into my back…I was also, the entire time, telling them,
‘I’m media. I’m press….,’ but…that didn’t seem to matter at all.”

Amnesty International recognizes the challenges involved in policing
large scale demonstrations and that some protestors may have been
involved in acts of violence or obstruction. However, some of the police
actions appear to have breached United Nations (U.N.) standards on the
use of force by law enforcement officials. These stipulate, among other
things, that force should be used only as a last resort, in proportion
to the threat posed, and should be designed to minimize damage or
injury. Some of the treatment also appears to have contravened U.S. laws
and guidelines on the use of force. The U.N. standards also stress that
everyone is allowed to participate in lawful and peaceful assemblies, in
accordance with the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.

[annm4peace]

12. I wonder if we threw rocks in St. Paul,

would have been shot also? No one threw anything, yet we were gassed and pepper sprayed.

We really aren't free are we?