I want to see an anti police brutality comment that is not laced with anarchist, or merely biased derogatory sayings. I am against the tactic of singling out a protester and then attack the whole lot claiming self defense. Didn't see that here. I think the police did their job.
dont really see how they were being over zealous. i see a bunch of men and women doing their jobs and a bunch of stinky little anarchists being assholes.
I tell you what Police have turned into an occupying Army. They dont even look like police. They look like a military regime now. America is no longer free. We are a red nation now thanks to our new Police/KGB force.The people need to rise up and rid ourselves of the occupying force. If we cant do it alone then we need to ask help from other nations willing to send their military to help us. This Police force are Traiotrs to the American people.
what i never understood is how a protest can be legal. i've helped organize protests and we NEED PERMITS its ridiculous. a real protest does not have permission thats the point. it's not a protest if you are allowed to do it.
I would like to walk down the street to the store without having to wade through a swarm of protestors or do you plan to take MY right to a peaceful day away from me? If you want to make a difference go to school, study law, run for mayor or president, vote, build a website, pull funds to get a commercial aired, there are many peaceful ways to let yourselves be heard and noticed. I'm glad police are doing their jobs of keeping my town peaceful and free of protests that can turn into riots.
I think its rediclous how that one woman with the megaphone says to be peaceful now look what she is doing...so their is no excuse to put toward the police
They should all be arrested for being so incredibly gay. I love seeing losers like these getting owned by riot police. I don't know how the cops can even put up with those fucking annoying chants for more than 15 seconds.
@travisspangler unlawful assembly means they assembled AND broke another law in the process...ie obstructing a roadway. Has nothing to do with free speech. Had it been a march protesting law police pay same thing would have occured UNLESS they obtain a permit to block the road, which is easy. And its NOT a permit to protest its a permit to block the road.
If i'm going to have a parade or a bike race I have to obtain the same permit, why shouldnt other people who gather in the same manner.
@2204Alpha The "unlawful assembly" law in Minnesota states that it's illegal for three or more people to assemble "with intent to carry out any purpose in such manner as will disturb or threaten the public peace." So basically you can be arrested for protesting in Minnesota--WITHOUT breaking any other law in the process--if the police determine your assembly meets the rather vague criterion of "intending to disturb public peace."
@travisspangler they were disturbing public peace by blocking the road. the unlawful bit about their assembly was the blocking of that public road. they could have got a permit, but they chose to challenge the police by not getting one. while i do believe in freedom of expression, you shouldn't take away other peoples freedoms in that process.
also, one of the guys had a gas mask, so it might not have been that peaceful.
@2204Alpha - how do you expect anyone to protest, let alone conduct a demonstration, without blocking public road? Perhaps you'd just rather they sat at home at voiced thier oppinions? Apparantly you don't take you own Constitutional Rights very seriously.
@babubabumand they could have easily got a permit ahead of time, so the police could arrange different routes for vehicles. they were not being peaceful when they decided they could just block off traffic on a busy road and waste the police's time.
when there's a big group of people the police target 1 individual treat um like shit. this is to try get a reaction from the crowd so the police can say they had a reason to fight.....the police are there to fight not to protect us
Well, I hope you're proud of who you elected instead, a globalist puppet (though I'm sure McCain wouldn't have thought twice about doing their bidding...problem is, you believed the BS the so-called post-American usurper was selling).
See might be alot of college kids with strong desires but you get about 1000 angry Antwans and Maurices all carrying base ball bats this would have been a nice war....trust me..
listen here you dumb fuckers it is easy dont make them come out and do what they say if they do and you dont have to worry. but wen you fuck with them and say shit they gonna get you. so dont do what you doing you dumb fuckers. all yall are crybabys that put shit on here and cry after the police arrest you and you get your feelings hurt. fuck you bastards.
What people don't realize is that the police offices get a Mob mentality as-well as the protesters. As a group they do things they would never do as individuals. Sometimes protesters get violent and start riots for no reason, sometimes police arrest and tackle people for no reason, its not politics its phycology.
They need to be ass kick based soley for getting zero done at these protests. Seriously, Chanting like you have torrets syndrome gets nothing done. The rich who are in controll really love how good all you zombies are at being stupid.
This is fucking disgusting that police are allowed to do this, in this USA or anywhere. Unfortunately it's even worse in a lot of countries. If anybody these police should be under arrest for ASSAULTING those people at the end. Police should not be above the law that they enforce. None of these protesters had pepper spray or billy clubs.
@Mikeygnoth you think human rights are dumb shit? You think it's silly that people are mad that the government and police can do whatever they want but nobody else can? I think you need to wake up buddy, you can't just sit around and let this happen to innocent people.
Would you like to explain to me how these people aren't innocent? None of these protesters had weapons, the police did, which make no sense.
They're attention whores because they're bringing attention to important issues? Well then you're right in that sense, although there's nothing wrong with that. I guess there's no point with arguing over an ignorant person over Youtube.
@Cgrrp they can protest,march whatever they just neeed to go and talk to the state and ask them if they could if they did that they wouldnt get in trouble but they didnt therefore they where arrested of course police had weapons this thankfully may not had been a violent protest but just to be safe they where prepared is their something wrong with being prepared look at G20
goatbut29: you truly are whats wrong with this country your ignorance cause people to wake up and realize everyday what the hell is wrong you right wing ass hole
I honestly have no sympathy for the media who get fucked up during protests like this... the mainstream media is largely responsible for the disinformation plaguing American society today. As far as I'm concerned, the more journalists that get pepper sprayed the better.
No offense, but that's pretty ignorant. These were independent journalists. They weren't safe inside the barrier fence with the mainstream media... they were being maced and arrested for trying to give a voice to the protesters.
Their "independent" status notwithstanding, they're still media and still partially responsible. Just because they're indie journalists doesn't mean they don't still have a bias or an agenda.
And just because they're journalists doesn't mean they're spreading propaganda and misinformation. I agree that there are a lot of irresponsible journalists in this country, but I don't agree with your "throw the baby out with the bath water" philosophy.
first of i have been to work with my dad. they are not a joke. the fool is you. because they do more good for the world in one week then you will accomplish your whole lifetime. second. my parents are still together and happy
Before this newest comment theme continues, I feel I should point out that I was not protesting, I was videotaping. If I was protesting I would have been arrested. I was in fact following police orders when I was maced.
Hmmm, looks like you ignored a direct police order to cease all activities. Your right to protest wasn't contested, it was where you were doing it that was. This area of the capitol was clearly marked as off limits to large crowds for the safety of the candidates. If you missed that? Not the police's fault. They were telling you what was going on and why.
this shit is just repetitive... the hippies show up just so the cops will show up and look like the bad guys.. and the cops show up because they know the hippies are gonna show up... it was the same after the Rage against the machine concert in minneapolis... hippies showed up to make a seen and the cops were forced to show up... Fuck all of em cops and hippies.. the sixties ended 39 years ago
lmao i agree, but if the dumbass protesters werent there to begin with (PROTESTERS: YOUR IDIOTS BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE WILL NEVER LISTEN!) then the police wouldnt have to be there... it is all just a huge waste of tax dollars
What they want is just what you see here.most of these people have no understanding in the nature of authority.They want you to act like this just so they can come in and bust your heads,as well as you do deserve.your silly little chants don't mean shit if you turn and run from the battle as you always do.These so called protest are a waste of taxpayer money and only further the cause of the NWO.The police simply use them for training,everytime.and you dumbasses go for it,everytime.
You are the one running from the battle. They were armed with cameras. Every time they get this on tape and post it, they are getting a better hit on cops than they got on them. They are getting support. Eventually this support will include tougher people and these pigs will be OVERWHELMED. That is our key word OVERWHELMED! Watch.
you know what? violence is not the answer to stopping unruley protesters. I know we don't want war because it may kill innocent lives and may shake some others. But war may be nessesary only if there is some "nut-case" terrorist on the loose (such as Osama Bin Laden for example). but I believe the way to change things is to have just the right person in congress and the right president because we want a safer world
We are under Martial Law people! Wake up now before it's too late!! It's already too late and it's gonna take alot to get our country back. The longer we wait the harder it will be.
The words "Your all under arrest!" Should never ever come out of an officers mouth at a protest.
Sure if you have to break up the crowd and send them all home that's one thing, but saying you are gonna arrest everyone and then start macing for no reason. Thats a little much no?
Everyone knows that these people asked for trouble. If the are walking down the street with a friend and a cop asked them to move, I bet they would. They feel empowered by the numbers to be an unlawful mob, which is exactly what SOME of them were. It's too bad they think there right to free speech is more important than the Republicans right. Why break windows and destroy city property because you don't believe in the war, it doesn't make sense!
These people claim the right to protest. Yet at the same time have no moral qualms what so ever, that they are preventing others from exercising that exact same right. And when the police are called in to protect the rights of law abiding citizens, they cry and scream "so unfair, you fascist pigs!".
You know this week distroyed our city and alot the people that beleived in it due to this Republican convention. This is supposed to be a free country with the freedom to protest your ideas anywhere you choose and the government took it from us this week.
They of course have the same rights, but this was a peace march, not a protest against the Republican's right to assemble. If Republicans were being maced, tear gassed, and arrested as they left the Xcel Center I would be just as concerned. This isn't a partisan issue--and it worries me that so many seem unconcerned to see core values of democracy ignored.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
You seem very much unconcerned that republicans could not hold their convention in peace and that many were physically prevented from joining because of the "peace march". This is why I asked the question. don't tell me the "peace march" was just coincidentally placed at the same date and place as the convention. Please. Convention participants did not yell and scream obceneties at police and generally disrubt those who don't agree with them. That's why they were not maced. See the difference?
In democracy everyone has a role to play. The Republicans were in St. Paul to provide one voice, which they did and that's fine. The protesters were there to provide a dissenting voice, which is also an essential element of democracy. The role of the police is to not only keep the peace, but to uphold the rights of both sides to make it possible for this dialogue to exist. The failure of democracy at the RNC lies with the police whose defense of civil liberties was disturbingly one-sided.
And, just to be clear, my concern isnt that the rights of conservatives were favored over the rights of liberals. My concern is that the rights of the elite were favored over the rights of the citizens and journalists. Thats not democracy, thats an element of fascism.
"And, just to be clear, my concern isnt that the rights of conservatives were favored over the rights of liberals."
Yes, that was EXACTLY your concern. And just to be even more clear. The conservatives right was not favoured. Liberals have the same rights. But they should also abide the same laws as conservatives do. In this video, they don't. They were removed because they were unruly and disruptive. Not because they disagree with conservatives. It would do you well to aknowledge the difference
Again, you dont know me, so please dont presume to tell me what my concern is. This isnt a partisan issue. The law itself was unbalanced (and unconstitutional) in protecting the right of an "official" assembly and declaring an assembly of citizens as "unlawful." Contrary to what you seem to think, the protesters were not obstructing anyone's rights by exercising their own rights. Had the police upheld the constitution it would have been possible to both voices to coexist in Saint Paul.
Never said I knew you. But I know your oppinions. And I pressume to tell you anything I want. Quit the victim rhetoric.
Apparently your oppinion is that it is perfectly ok to blockade partisipants busses that were going to this convention (which they did). The police were called upon to ensure the conventions right to be held. Had the police not shown up, the convention could not have been held.
Democracy was upheld on this day. Not because of you, but in SPITE of you.
Also I'd like to add that in the 30's in Germany, a certain party intimidated and threatened their way into political meetings of their opposition. People outside were physically blocked from entering, and the meetings usually ended in fights between the two parties. Exerting this strategy on all publicly announced political meetings, this party effectively destroyed public speech and meetings. Only the "true believers" were allowed by these thugs to assemble and speak. Sound familliar?
Thugs allowing only one political party to assemble and speak? Why yes, as a matter of fact, that does sound familiar.
To defend the actions of these police you're citing a completely unrelated event. It's true that three days before this protest a small group of kids blocked buses, broke store windows, and slashed car tires. This handful of kids was only there to cause trouble and were quickly taken care of by the police. You can't justify silencing an entire voice because of a few bad eggs.
This was not a dialogue. This was a "peace march" which only purpose was to disrupt that of a legal assembly. When found in violation of other peoples rights (the republicans right to assemble), they were told to move. When they refused (under cover of legal dissent) the police removed them. You cannot claim rights for yourself that you do not extend to others. You would not be discussing the polices actions, had the roles been reversed. And THAT is disturbingly one sided.
Democracy is ALWAYS a dialogue Creeno. And I would definitely still be discussing the actions of the police had they maced, tear gassed, and arrested RNC delegates. You don't know me so please don't make that kind of assumption.
I love this idea of protesting and their chant is great but 'The People United' has to be more of us or else this will ALWAYS be the end result. Protest crushed. Maybe more people will see this and want to stand with you... I really hope so.
Cause if we don't get this change that is being fought for peacefully. One day "Signs and Chants" will be replace with quick moving metal things that hurt.
In the gun toting society we live in, the powers that be are playing a very dangerous game.
If the police keep taking this MILITANT stand against protesters, one day, they are not going to come with signs anymore and then things are going to get really really bad...
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looked like peoplebreaking the law to me...bestpartof the video was the last where the idiot claiming to be the "journalist" gets his ass knocked to the ground. Imagine that--1 day playing a "journalist".. the next day your back to being an unemployed loser with a bigger chip on his shoulder for life being so unfair!
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wow, if that wasn't police brutality I don't know what is.. are you a member of the press? You have a right to document events like this and then that cop assaulted you for no reason did anyone catch any identification? that cop needs to be removed and jailed.
fixer you are a retard, this guy was just quietly filming the protest and was attacked for no reason.. it is police brutality and he can sue the police department.
this is a clear vialation of "the right to peaceful assembly" the cops are the agressor's here. I hate to see police state-mentality with st paul police
they shouldnt have listened to the girl with the megaphone. they shouldve thrown stones. the cops cant arrest u if they cant get close enough to grab u
Maybe if all the families were DRESSED IN SWIMSUITS, People would see that the ROBOARMY AND THEIR MILITARY WEAPONS LOOK REALLY DAMN SILLY.. wouldnt they?
I'm fucking sick of the hierarchical structures of the exploitative, capitalistic and oppressive system that shits out corporate politicians who use propaganda to convince the mass society that they are free..
If i met you in person, i would shit myself while simultaneous throwing up, because thats how uber liberals AND uber conservatives make me want to do because how you/they have clusterfucked this country by making politics into some kind of ridiculous bipartisan football game, turning a blind eye to each others veiwpoints, all this does is hurt America itself. We do have the right to assemble, and sadly the right to look like assholes and annoy everyone while doing it.
You should probably get an education so you have some credentials to back your opinion. But then you'd pull your head out of your ass and realize that this is the way things work. And then you'd be one of them. And we can't have educated people without their heads in their asses running around now can we?
Based of of my last two comments, you cannot judge whether I have or don't have an "education", and I didn't use any ad hominem attacks like you did so why offend me?
no.. because if we hide under our beds and dont take to the streets, then people like YOU will end up hiding under your beds when we do live in a police state and complaining about how no one did anything to stop it.
Quit Sitting down!!! If you are there to stand up against the government, at least stay standing!!! Sitting makes you look weak. It's like you are bowing down to your masters. Just stop doing that!!!
Thanks for posting this. Some guy waving a video camera around and yelling "Oh fuck" was the last thing I witnessed before being execution-style maced.
Does anyone else find it very interesting that you need a permit to exercise your first amendment right to peaceably assemble? Last time I checked you didn't need to let anyone know what religion you chose to practice. Also, Travis, where is the part when you got pepper sprayed for taking video?
Check out the video response above. If anyone's got suggestions for more stuff they saw that should be archived in my growing RNC 2008 Playlist, let me know. Even if it's on the web somewhere and not yet on You Tube.
It needs to be available. This was a shameful week for Minnesota and the Republican Party.
If you can't have a political convention without turning the city into a police state, maybe what you're having is just a party for a police state.
I am aware it was not just 9/4. I am not lying, i was there. if you wish to believe that i am lying, then that's your choice.
I don't believe in violent protesting. plus it IS legal to talk on the sidewalk with a group under 24, which is what i did. a few of my friends stayed with the main group.
by the way, I was just asking if this footage was shot on 9/4. the person i was described was protesting multiple days. I was not there any of the other days of the RNC
They had the chance to have their demonstration during the hours of the permit. They chose to push the envelope and start the march just before the permit expired. They chose not to clear the streets after expiration of the permit. They had ample opportunity to leave. Looks to me like they wanted to be arrested and they got just what they wanted. So what is the problem?
honestly, this was just the start of the day, by 8 pm they used tear gas, smoke, and flash bang grenades to coral 200+ people onto a bridge to then be arrested for a PEACEFUL protest
peaceful???? Tell that to the owners of the business' of the city, smashed windows, looted stores, destroyed civic property...why is it that if no confrontation is presented liberals will commit violence to incite violence...why do liberals organize not to ACTUALLY protest, but to pick a fight with their fellow citizens who patrol these streets, not the politicians themselves?
i ask you, if someone in your family did something wrong should you ALL be rounded up and dragged away, tasered, peppered sprayed,etc?
let the cops actually DO their job,i.e., figure out WHO the guilty are and leave the innocents alone. this mass arrest shit is ridiculous and the intimidation tactics they employ do NOT diffuse tensions.
bonus: not totally out of the realm of possibility that the cops are some of the 'disorderlies' attending the protest. it's called false flag. google it.
their families weren't rounded up, nor tasered, or even sprayed...but why don't you actually answer my question, instead of pulling the usual liberal "avoidance" when you don't have an answer, or a good one anyway!
Maybe your 'empty bottle therapy' is not working, as you seem unable to grasp the very obvious point karlaelisa is making. We have a constitutional right to assemble and protest in this country. *IF* someone breaks the law, you then arrest THAT PERSON, but you do not get to arrest ALL protestors just because they irritate you. Did you notice that the 1st policeman violently knocks the journalist down, then tells him where to stand (he complies) only to have another cop turn and tackle him!contd
(cont'd) Trust me, you don't want to live in a country where journalists are no longer free to cover what's really going on. Nothing could be more dangerous. You probably don't realize that the nightly news that you watch has first been watered down and sanitized for public consumption. The fact that you can watch this video and comment on it is thanks to some independent journalist. If police are allowed to harrass, abuse and detain journalists, where does that leave us? Think about it.
And if your answer is "it isn't" then who is supposed to stop the groups mixed among "peaceful" protestors screaming, and yelling at police (Cops are people too)? Plese actually answer
Empty, I've marched with the peaceful groups and the media actually minimizes our numbers if they give mention at all. The focus ALWAYS of MSM is the anarchists and then they tend to falsify reports of 'violence'.
Truth is, I LIKE the Black Bloc. Those kids have moxy we older folks don't. They are the most energetic and willing to cause civil disobedience, which is what it's going to take to stop this regime.
Again, I say fuck the cops. And fuck the corps that got trashed. It's fine by me.
keep on drinking the koolade, That was a staged riot, to simply try and make the police what you want...you WANT there to be an oppressive government, but truth is other than high gas prices, and a war on terror life is pretty good, although you peolpe keep on claiming "this regime" it's all bullshit, you are all fucking crazy left fringe assholes who will say and do anything to get your message across, there is no line in the sand that you won't cross, Lie, stage riots, omit truth...socialist!
are you insane? accuse me of drinking the koolaid while you refuse to acknowledge your dumb fuck of a president lied you into a war, kidnaps and tortures people, ruined a country for nothing and has destroyed our economy. yeah, i'm making this shit up, it's all in my head.
please do us a favor and join the 'war on terror' and get your ass shipped to irag if you support this fucking terrorist network that is the american government.
Only if it's Sean Hannity Kool-Aid, with Aspartame to keep you docile and Flouride to keep your teeth shiny so you can be easily identified in a FEMA camp. :-/
Sir, I'm a free market Laissez-Faire Capitalist. I make Walter Williams look like a Commie, and your approach is off base. First of all, the left vs right paradigm itself was created by marxists, stop playing their game. Second of all, the Shadow Government is very real. Third, your Currency, Educational System and Family structure are all under assault, as is the Constitution, the Rule of Law, your nation's borders, language and culture. I hate Socialism and all other forms of collectivism.
That said the Dems and Reps have teamed up to initiate the ultimate collectivism - the New World Order. What we have now isn't free market, it's upside down socialism, aka Corporatism - a dangerous system, as bad as Communism, Fascism or Socialism.
One world government is coming. REAL ID is coming. FEMA camps are coming. Help us fight them. Join the Revolution! Help save America.
No "Black Bloc tm" is not an organization, but a method of hiding ones identity while engaging in illegal protest actions. Yes, "agent provacateurs" have known to infiltrate in order to escalate violent police repression, but these evil fucks are in the minority
im sorry but you must have seen something i didnt yestarday, were in the protest were you? cause i was right there as this group and the others were arrested, please enlighten me. i saw no violence, only a group trying to be heard
Have you been living in a hole this week??? Watch the news LOL, playing TONS of footage of teenagers breaking windows, attacking bike cops, destroying civic property...type in anarchists st paul on youtube even...crawl out of the hole...obama is for a one world government to use his words "...a new world order" he is the one we need to worry about if he gets in, just protest responsibly, that's all, not like lunatics HOPING police come near you...Shame on you!
I want to see an anti police brutality comment that is not laced with anarchist, or merely biased derogatory sayings. I am against the tactic of singling out a protester and then attack the whole lot claiming self defense. Didn't see that here. I think the police did their job.
snorklespy 1 month ago
I chose this video because of the big word :D
WEEEEEEEW
Sandyvdog 6 months ago
These idiots are just fucking kids that do not know shit about politics. They just think its hip to protest anything.
MickScarborough 7 months ago
What a bunch of idiots.
IamtheBurceDickenson 7 months ago
Take that hippie!!! ahahahaha
DrVeinard 7 months ago
dont really see how they were being over zealous. i see a bunch of men and women doing their jobs and a bunch of stinky little anarchists being assholes.
soflo23 8 months ago
I tell you what Police have turned into an occupying Army. They dont even look like police. They look like a military regime now. America is no longer free. We are a red nation now thanks to our new Police/KGB force.The people need to rise up and rid ourselves of the occupying force. If we cant do it alone then we need to ask help from other nations willing to send their military to help us. This Police force are Traiotrs to the American people.
Fr33d0m4a11 10 months ago
what i never understood is how a protest can be legal. i've helped organize protests and we NEED PERMITS its ridiculous. a real protest does not have permission thats the point. it's not a protest if you are allowed to do it.
redsickle1917 10 months ago
I would like to walk down the street to the store without having to wade through a swarm of protestors or do you plan to take MY right to a peaceful day away from me? If you want to make a difference go to school, study law, run for mayor or president, vote, build a website, pull funds to get a commercial aired, there are many peaceful ways to let yourselves be heard and noticed. I'm glad police are doing their jobs of keeping my town peaceful and free of protests that can turn into riots.
Starsilver17 11 months ago
the sad thing about it is that people still refuse to accept that the police are out of control
lintonlin 11 months ago
I think its rediclous how that one woman with the megaphone says to be peaceful now look what she is doing...so their is no excuse to put toward the police
DestinationNOLIMIT 1 year ago
They should all be arrested for being so incredibly gay. I love seeing losers like these getting owned by riot police. I don't know how the cops can even put up with those fucking annoying chants for more than 15 seconds.
F40PHWIN 1 year ago
well she is wrong / the people united did get defeated lmao hahahahaha
mrbooyeah 1 year ago
keep in mind not one person was arrested for protesting, thats not illegal. What is illegal is blocking a public road.
2204Alpha 1 year ago
@2204Alpha Completely inaccurate. They were arrested for "unlawful assembly."
travisspangler 1 year ago 5
@travisspangler unlawful assembly means they assembled AND broke another law in the process...ie obstructing a roadway. Has nothing to do with free speech. Had it been a march protesting law police pay same thing would have occured UNLESS they obtain a permit to block the road, which is easy. And its NOT a permit to protest its a permit to block the road.
If i'm going to have a parade or a bike race I have to obtain the same permit, why shouldnt other people who gather in the same manner.
2204Alpha 1 year ago
@2204Alpha The "unlawful assembly" law in Minnesota states that it's illegal for three or more people to assemble "with intent to carry out any purpose in such manner as will disturb or threaten the public peace." So basically you can be arrested for protesting in Minnesota--WITHOUT breaking any other law in the process--if the police determine your assembly meets the rather vague criterion of "intending to disturb public peace."
travisspangler 1 year ago
@travisspangler they were disturbing public peace by blocking the road. the unlawful bit about their assembly was the blocking of that public road. they could have got a permit, but they chose to challenge the police by not getting one. while i do believe in freedom of expression, you shouldn't take away other peoples freedoms in that process.
also, one of the guys had a gas mask, so it might not have been that peaceful.
ebrowne369 9 months ago
@2204Alpha - how do you expect anyone to protest, let alone conduct a demonstration, without blocking public road? Perhaps you'd just rather they sat at home at voiced thier oppinions? Apparantly you don't take you own Constitutional Rights very seriously.
babubabumand 1 year ago
@babubabumand they could have easily got a permit ahead of time, so the police could arrange different routes for vehicles. they were not being peaceful when they decided they could just block off traffic on a busy road and waste the police's time.
ebrowne369 9 months ago
@2204Alpha FINALLY SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN
Sandyvdog 6 months ago
If they are peaceful... why did they bring gas masks? why are they covering their faces?
Thewestcoastshooter 1 year ago
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If they are peaceful... why did they bring gas masks.?
Thewestcoastshooter 1 year ago
when there's a big group of people the police target 1 individual treat um like shit. this is to try get a reaction from the crowd so the police can say they had a reason to fight.....the police are there to fight not to protect us
balf1111117373 1 year ago
What are you united against that you're not going to let defeat you? John McCain probably would have been just as good for you as Oblamea.
mntiki 1 year ago
Well, I hope you're proud of who you elected instead, a globalist puppet (though I'm sure McCain wouldn't have thought twice about doing their bidding...problem is, you believed the BS the so-called post-American usurper was selling).
vinnie97 1 year ago
See might be alot of college kids with strong desires but you get about 1000 angry Antwans and Maurices all carrying base ball bats this would have been a nice war....trust me..
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Fucking hippies! go get fucked in the ass!!
C0llateralDamag3 1 year ago
listen here you dumb fuckers it is easy dont make them come out and do what they say if they do and you dont have to worry. but wen you fuck with them and say shit they gonna get you. so dont do what you doing you dumb fuckers. all yall are crybabys that put shit on here and cry after the police arrest you and you get your feelings hurt. fuck you bastards.
blackmanhater69 1 year ago
That is the most retarded thing i have ever heard. The point of a protest is to protest. And would you honestly do everything a cop tells you to do?
jackel410 1 year ago
Get OUT of the middle of the street! You're blockin traffic!
Wbeliever7 1 year ago
What people don't realize is that the police offices get a Mob mentality as-well as the protesters. As a group they do things they would never do as individuals. Sometimes protesters get violent and start riots for no reason, sometimes police arrest and tackle people for no reason, its not politics its phycology.
SpartanicalSystem 2 years ago 3
Why would you start a riot at a peace convention? LOL
VidPro95 2 years ago
Just shoot them next time. Just less useless leaches living in their parent's basements sponging off of society.
moroniclefty 2 years ago 2
They need to be ass kick based soley for getting zero done at these protests. Seriously, Chanting like you have torrets syndrome gets nothing done. The rich who are in controll really love how good all you zombies are at being stupid.
airbornealien 2 years ago
This is fucking disgusting that police are allowed to do this, in this USA or anywhere. Unfortunately it's even worse in a lot of countries. If anybody these police should be under arrest for ASSAULTING those people at the end. Police should not be above the law that they enforce. None of these protesters had pepper spray or billy clubs.
Cgrrp 2 years ago
'People united, were never be defeated' wasnt that a commie chant?
wowisuckatmath 2 years ago
Lol, I love being a Minnesotan. We have everything, from buttplugging leftist treehugger pussies, to tough as nails no-nonsense police.
VolParagom 2 years ago
fucking tree huggers good riot shields bash their brains in then altering their personality greatly
Mikeygnoth 2 years ago
@Mikeygnoth Fuck off you fascist douchebag.
Cgrrp 2 years ago
@Cgrrp im sry i dont like annoying ass liberals like u who argue over dumbshit
Mikeygnoth 2 years ago
@Mikeygnoth you think human rights are dumb shit? You think it's silly that people are mad that the government and police can do whatever they want but nobody else can? I think you need to wake up buddy, you can't just sit around and let this happen to innocent people.
Cgrrp 2 years ago
@Cgrrp i dont give a fuck all u liberals r attention whores and their not innocent their commitig a crime im sry for having discipline
Mikeygnoth 2 years ago
"I have discipline" basically = "I'm a sheep".
Would you like to explain to me how these people aren't innocent? None of these protesters had weapons, the police did, which make no sense.
They're attention whores because they're bringing attention to important issues? Well then you're right in that sense, although there's nothing wrong with that. I guess there's no point with arguing over an ignorant person over Youtube.
Cgrrp 2 years ago
@Cgrrp they can protest,march whatever they just neeed to go and talk to the state and ask them if they could if they did that they wouldnt get in trouble but they didnt therefore they where arrested of course police had weapons this thankfully may not had been a violent protest but just to be safe they where prepared is their something wrong with being prepared look at G20
Mikeygnoth 2 years ago
yay for the gask masks =p smart ones this time
paulws81paulws81 2 years ago
goatbut29: you truly are whats wrong with this country your ignorance cause people to wake up and realize everyday what the hell is wrong you right wing ass hole
ErickTheGreat100 2 years ago
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Oh I wish these people would have been shot and killed. What a better place America would be without the pussy leftist cowards and commie fucks.
Please commit mass suicide to protest War.
goatbut29 2 years ago
cowards and commie fucks
you just described your family
DRdisaster007 2 years ago
I honestly have no sympathy for the media who get fucked up during protests like this... the mainstream media is largely responsible for the disinformation plaguing American society today. As far as I'm concerned, the more journalists that get pepper sprayed the better.
IrishDroog 2 years ago
No offense, but that's pretty ignorant. These were independent journalists. They weren't safe inside the barrier fence with the mainstream media... they were being maced and arrested for trying to give a voice to the protesters.
travisspangler 2 years ago
Their "independent" status notwithstanding, they're still media and still partially responsible. Just because they're indie journalists doesn't mean they don't still have a bias or an agenda.
IrishDroog 2 years ago
And just because they're journalists doesn't mean they're spreading propaganda and misinformation. I agree that there are a lot of irresponsible journalists in this country, but I don't agree with your "throw the baby out with the bath water" philosophy.
travisspangler 2 years ago
the people united dont have a chance or a voice,it is sad,
sephy26946 2 years ago
what is RNC?
adambergen 2 years ago
protest against Obama's criminal takeover of america, REGIME CHANGE STARTS AT HOME, IMPEACH OBAMA!!
NorindaRadd 2 years ago
Obama was elected legally. Unlike the last Republican president.
MrDart 2 years ago
i love to watch police brutality.
sparkydog120 2 years ago 2
Welcome to the NWO noobs.
hornetobiker 2 years ago 4
lol... I'm not sure why your comment was funny, but it was.
THStRuXsTiCk 2 years ago
I posted this on another video, but I just read that this was actually your footage..
It kills me they actually used force on you nonthreatening guys even after obeying the officers orders.
abdrewpd 2 years ago 4
my dad is a cop in brooklyn. he says when they protest shit there. they take em out right away. they dont take that shit over there
XxxxExclusivexxxX 2 years ago
Your dad is lying.
I'm from NYC and the cops there are about as honest as the government they supposedly serve.
New York state is Democratic country kid.
The people there don't take any shit off the police.
The police are a joke in Brooklyn.
Could be why your mom left your dad.
TheOldNihilist 2 years ago 5
first of i have been to work with my dad. they are not a joke. the fool is you. because they do more good for the world in one week then you will accomplish your whole lifetime. second. my parents are still together and happy
XxxxExclusivexxxX 2 years ago
If your dads a cop, he's a loser.
If you think he's cool, then you're a loser to.
Go read the constitution sometime then see if your dad measures up.
Fuckin loser.
TheOldNihilist 2 years ago 3
Before this newest comment theme continues, I feel I should point out that I was not protesting, I was videotaping. If I was protesting I would have been arrested. I was in fact following police orders when I was maced.
travisspangler 2 years ago
dude u got pushed around for a reason
jeredster 2 years ago
Hmmm, looks like you ignored a direct police order to cease all activities. Your right to protest wasn't contested, it was where you were doing it that was. This area of the capitol was clearly marked as off limits to large crowds for the safety of the candidates. If you missed that? Not the police's fault. They were telling you what was going on and why.
chameleonvoice 2 years ago
POLICE: Defenders and enforcers of corporate parasitism. A veteran cop knows this definition is correct in this instance.
finefilth 3 years ago
this shit is just repetitive... the hippies show up just so the cops will show up and look like the bad guys.. and the cops show up because they know the hippies are gonna show up... it was the same after the Rage against the machine concert in minneapolis... hippies showed up to make a seen and the cops were forced to show up... Fuck all of em cops and hippies.. the sixties ended 39 years ago
lolZEPPELINrules 3 years ago
lmao i agree, but if the dumbass protesters werent there to begin with (PROTESTERS: YOUR IDIOTS BECAUSE THE OTHER SIDE WILL NEVER LISTEN!) then the police wouldnt have to be there... it is all just a huge waste of tax dollars
bratwerstninja 3 years ago
These hippie fuckers destroyed my city. If there was an open season on em at the time I would have got my limit!
Stramii 3 years ago
G D Hippies
DonDiesel84 3 years ago
haha hell yeah.
scoutsniper100 3 years ago 2
FUKnPigz.Peeple Gunna gettired Of Runnin ......
DVORE1 3 years ago
What they want is just what you see here.most of these people have no understanding in the nature of authority.They want you to act like this just so they can come in and bust your heads,as well as you do deserve.your silly little chants don't mean shit if you turn and run from the battle as you always do.These so called protest are a waste of taxpayer money and only further the cause of the NWO.The police simply use them for training,everytime.and you dumbasses go for it,everytime.
crackerassmufu 3 years ago
You are the one running from the battle. They were armed with cameras. Every time they get this on tape and post it, they are getting a better hit on cops than they got on them. They are getting support. Eventually this support will include tougher people and these pigs will be OVERWHELMED. That is our key word OVERWHELMED! Watch.
sizzlepuss7 3 years ago 7
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Listen hippie, A baton to the back says alot more than an effin picture. Second, peace signs don't stop bullets! GO EAT TOFU
Stramii 3 years ago
those are true americans! Dont give into fear, fear is what they want! wake up people!!!!
loun614 3 years ago
I just can't stand to see things like this still going on in our country. Folks have the right and the duty to protest.
And even more so than that, people have the right to document police actions, especially America against its own citizens.
Chestnut3499 3 years ago 3
I love it when the police claim to be there "upholding the peace" and then end up being the only ones to cause physical harm
EricEqualsMCSquared 3 years ago 2
you know what? violence is not the answer to stopping unruley protesters. I know we don't want war because it may kill innocent lives and may shake some others. But war may be nessesary only if there is some "nut-case" terrorist on the loose (such as Osama Bin Laden for example). but I believe the way to change things is to have just the right person in congress and the right president because we want a safer world
jackwolf131 3 years ago
God, who is the piece of shit with the megaphone? So annoying.
AnonymousOnSteroids 3 years ago
We are under Martial Law people! Wake up now before it's too late!! It's already too late and it's gonna take alot to get our country back. The longer we wait the harder it will be.
The words "Your all under arrest!" Should never ever come out of an officers mouth at a protest.
Sure if you have to break up the crowd and send them all home that's one thing, but saying you are gonna arrest everyone and then start macing for no reason. Thats a little much no?
vic3003 3 years ago
Everyone knows that these people asked for trouble. If the are walking down the street with a friend and a cop asked them to move, I bet they would. They feel empowered by the numbers to be an unlawful mob, which is exactly what SOME of them were. It's too bad they think there right to free speech is more important than the Republicans right. Why break windows and destroy city property because you don't believe in the war, it doesn't make sense!
bcmn12 3 years ago
Well said, bcmn12!
These people claim the right to protest. Yet at the same time have no moral qualms what so ever, that they are preventing others from exercising that exact same right. And when the police are called in to protect the rights of law abiding citizens, they cry and scream "so unfair, you fascist pigs!".
Hypocracy at its finest.
Creeno1 3 years ago
You know this week distroyed our city and alot the people that beleived in it due to this Republican convention. This is supposed to be a free country with the freedom to protest your ideas anywhere you choose and the government took it from us this week.
TheNavarres 3 years ago
I was just wondering why the peace marchers were against the republicans right to assembly? Do republicans not have the same rights
Creeno1 3 years ago
They of course have the same rights, but this was a peace march, not a protest against the Republican's right to assemble. If Republicans were being maced, tear gassed, and arrested as they left the Xcel Center I would be just as concerned. This isn't a partisan issue--and it worries me that so many seem unconcerned to see core values of democracy ignored.
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin
travisspangler 3 years ago
You seem very much unconcerned that republicans could not hold their convention in peace and that many were physically prevented from joining because of the "peace march". This is why I asked the question. don't tell me the "peace march" was just coincidentally placed at the same date and place as the convention. Please. Convention participants did not yell and scream obceneties at police and generally disrubt those who don't agree with them. That's why they were not maced. See the difference?
Creeno1 3 years ago
In democracy everyone has a role to play. The Republicans were in St. Paul to provide one voice, which they did and that's fine. The protesters were there to provide a dissenting voice, which is also an essential element of democracy. The role of the police is to not only keep the peace, but to uphold the rights of both sides to make it possible for this dialogue to exist. The failure of democracy at the RNC lies with the police whose defense of civil liberties was disturbingly one-sided.
travisspangler 3 years ago
And, just to be clear, my concern isnt that the rights of conservatives were favored over the rights of liberals. My concern is that the rights of the elite were favored over the rights of the citizens and journalists. Thats not democracy, thats an element of fascism.
travisspangler 3 years ago
"And, just to be clear, my concern isnt that the rights of conservatives were favored over the rights of liberals."
Yes, that was EXACTLY your concern. And just to be even more clear. The conservatives right was not favoured. Liberals have the same rights. But they should also abide the same laws as conservatives do. In this video, they don't. They were removed because they were unruly and disruptive. Not because they disagree with conservatives. It would do you well to aknowledge the difference
Creeno1 3 years ago
Again, you dont know me, so please dont presume to tell me what my concern is. This isnt a partisan issue. The law itself was unbalanced (and unconstitutional) in protecting the right of an "official" assembly and declaring an assembly of citizens as "unlawful." Contrary to what you seem to think, the protesters were not obstructing anyone's rights by exercising their own rights. Had the police upheld the constitution it would have been possible to both voices to coexist in Saint Paul.
travisspangler 3 years ago
Never said I knew you. But I know your oppinions. And I pressume to tell you anything I want. Quit the victim rhetoric.
Apparently your oppinion is that it is perfectly ok to blockade partisipants busses that were going to this convention (which they did). The police were called upon to ensure the conventions right to be held. Had the police not shown up, the convention could not have been held.
Democracy was upheld on this day. Not because of you, but in SPITE of you.
Hold your own convention
Creeno1 3 years ago
Also I'd like to add that in the 30's in Germany, a certain party intimidated and threatened their way into political meetings of their opposition. People outside were physically blocked from entering, and the meetings usually ended in fights between the two parties. Exerting this strategy on all publicly announced political meetings, this party effectively destroyed public speech and meetings. Only the "true believers" were allowed by these thugs to assemble and speak. Sound familliar?
Creeno1 3 years ago
Thugs allowing only one political party to assemble and speak? Why yes, as a matter of fact, that does sound familiar.
To defend the actions of these police you're citing a completely unrelated event. It's true that three days before this protest a small group of kids blocked buses, broke store windows, and slashed car tires. This handful of kids was only there to cause trouble and were quickly taken care of by the police. You can't justify silencing an entire voice because of a few bad eggs.
travisspangler 3 years ago
This was not a dialogue. This was a "peace march" which only purpose was to disrupt that of a legal assembly. When found in violation of other peoples rights (the republicans right to assemble), they were told to move. When they refused (under cover of legal dissent) the police removed them. You cannot claim rights for yourself that you do not extend to others. You would not be discussing the polices actions, had the roles been reversed. And THAT is disturbingly one sided.
Creeno1 3 years ago
Democracy is ALWAYS a dialogue Creeno. And I would definitely still be discussing the actions of the police had they maced, tear gassed, and arrested RNC delegates. You don't know me so please don't make that kind of assumption.
travisspangler 3 years ago
Its a crazy world.
BricknerGuitars 3 years ago
Whoever told the lady with the microphone to be herself, gave her bad advice, what an idiot...
romeswils 3 years ago
I love this idea of protesting and their chant is great but 'The People United' has to be more of us or else this will ALWAYS be the end result. Protest crushed. Maybe more people will see this and want to stand with you... I really hope so.
Cause if we don't get this change that is being fought for peacefully. One day "Signs and Chants" will be replace with quick moving metal things that hurt.
In the gun toting society we live in, the powers that be are playing a very dangerous game.
MoJoSB 3 years ago 2
Saw some people there with gas and face maskes for the gas nades. Smart.
HackingCP2 3 years ago
MADAME SARKOZY
monicassoffia 3 years ago
If the police keep taking this MILITANT stand against protesters, one day, they are not going to come with signs anymore and then things are going to get really really bad...
I hope that day never comes.
MoJoSB 3 years ago 3
What are your saying? if the protesters brings guns?! Well heres some news for you police have guns to and they acutaully know how to use them
Fixer450 3 years ago
Shit. They mace people for just breathing these days. Our democracy is a joke.
aariaffxi 3 years ago 2
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looked like peoplebreaking the law to me...bestpartof the video was the last where the idiot claiming to be the "journalist" gets his ass knocked to the ground. Imagine that--1 day playing a "journalist".. the next day your back to being an unemployed loser with a bigger chip on his shoulder for life being so unfair!
darkederkedarke 3 years ago
You're an idiot.
travisspangler 3 years ago
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well then we are a pair..
('cept you are unwashed)
darkederkedarke 3 years ago
I think you should go crawl to whatever rock it is that you live under, idiot.
aariaffxi 3 years ago 4
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attovishnu 3 years ago
god i HATE watching stuff like this just because it pisses me off soooooooo goddamn much!!!!! FUCK THE POLICE!!! AHHHH!!!!!!!
BrentleChaos 3 years ago
wow, if that wasn't police brutality I don't know what is.. are you a member of the press? You have a right to document events like this and then that cop assaulted you for no reason did anyone catch any identification? that cop needs to be removed and jailed.
MediaWhore07 3 years ago 2
LOL?!The west is so fat and pussfied they dont know what police brutalilty is.
Fixer450 3 years ago
fixer you are a retard, this guy was just quietly filming the protest and was attacked for no reason.. it is police brutality and he can sue the police department.
MediaWhore07 3 years ago 2
the police had no right to do that you heard the woman at the start " stay peaceful" and they were peaceful thats police brutality
msterdaniels117 3 years ago
this is insanity, this police state mentality bull shit is ridicules, we need to stand for our rights we need to educate
jgreenberg93 3 years ago
fuck that shit action speaks louder than words
rororotimi 3 years ago 2
Easier said than done.
fallstoohard 3 years ago
u have kno clue what i do
rororotimi 3 years ago
this is a clear vialation of "the right to peaceful assembly" the cops are the agressor's here. I hate to see police state-mentality with st paul police
flpete 3 years ago 4
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The police should use real bullets on these fucking druggie trash...
Madmarlol 3 years ago
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the police police should shoot on site any asshole with a megaphone
jimmymckay73 3 years ago
they shouldnt have listened to the girl with the megaphone. they shouldve thrown stones. the cops cant arrest u if they cant get close enough to grab u
bigajosep 3 years ago
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4aaaaa4 3 years ago
YAY! go Erik!
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KenCat1337 3 years ago 2
If i met you in person, i would shit myself while simultaneous throwing up, because thats how uber liberals AND uber conservatives make me want to do because how you/they have clusterfucked this country by making politics into some kind of ridiculous bipartisan football game, turning a blind eye to each others veiwpoints, all this does is hurt America itself. We do have the right to assemble, and sadly the right to look like assholes and annoy everyone while doing it.
ccwdeaconblues 3 years ago
LOL "Bipartisan"
I don't believe in in this party bickering!
I don't believe in the democrats, I don't believe in the republicans, I believe in liberty.
If you consider that "uber liberal", than fine.
KenCat1337 3 years ago
You should probably get an education so you have some credentials to back your opinion. But then you'd pull your head out of your ass and realize that this is the way things work. And then you'd be one of them. And we can't have educated people without their heads in their asses running around now can we?
Twiggles02 3 years ago
Based of of my last two comments, you cannot judge whether I have or don't have an "education", and I didn't use any ad hominem attacks like you did so why offend me?
KenCat1337 3 years ago
I didn't mean to offend, I'm just speculating on how awful it would be to live in such a world...
Twiggles02 3 years ago
Well, always practice what you preach.
KenCat1337 3 years ago
no.. because if we hide under our beds and dont take to the streets, then people like YOU will end up hiding under your beds when we do live in a police state and complaining about how no one did anything to stop it.
anorexiconos 3 years ago
LOL you people are really a bunch of idiots, must hide under your beds waiting for the evil cops to come get you, haha
crmfghtr 3 years ago
Quit Sitting down!!! If you are there to stand up against the government, at least stay standing!!! Sitting makes you look weak. It's like you are bowing down to your masters. Just stop doing that!!!
MrHanke 3 years ago 2
Woulda been better if all the protesters got beat down and maced. =) Tree hugging hippies. Go find a job!
nopiluvin 3 years ago
Thanks for posting this. Some guy waving a video camera around and yelling "Oh fuck" was the last thing I witnessed before being execution-style maced.
AndyMannix 3 years ago
Does anyone else find it very interesting that you need a permit to exercise your first amendment right to peaceably assemble? Last time I checked you didn't need to let anyone know what religion you chose to practice. Also, Travis, where is the part when you got pepper sprayed for taking video?
shorty28420 3 years ago
I'm maced at the very end... you hear a hissing noise and I say "oh fuck!"
travisspangler 3 years ago
fucking pigs!
but seriously, we activists need to come up with some new chants! any ideas?
xoxox
your pal
skinnychef
skinnychef 3 years ago
In an age where cameras were weapons....
AttunedFlux 3 years ago 2
This has great drama at the end!
Check out the video response above. If anyone's got suggestions for more stuff they saw that should be archived in my growing RNC 2008 Playlist, let me know. Even if it's on the web somewhere and not yet on You Tube.
It needs to be available. This was a shameful week for Minnesota and the Republican Party.
If you can't have a political convention without turning the city into a police state, maybe what you're having is just a party for a police state.
nigelparry 3 years ago 2
I've got several videos up and still uploading and going through raw footage
hollywoodpoodle11 3 years ago
isn't every week a shameful week for the republican party?
chachiuday 3 years ago 4
Yes
SenseiX55 3 years ago
I am aware it was not just 9/4. I am not lying, i was there. if you wish to believe that i am lying, then that's your choice.
I don't believe in violent protesting. plus it IS legal to talk on the sidewalk with a group under 24, which is what i did. a few of my friends stayed with the main group.
Anyway, anarchy is stuipid and flawed.
hurayfrthmadness 3 years ago 2
by the way, I was just asking if this footage was shot on 9/4. the person i was described was protesting multiple days. I was not there any of the other days of the RNC
hurayfrthmadness 3 years ago
this is from 9/4
anorexiconos 3 years ago
**WALK, not TALK
hurayfrthmadness 3 years ago
This was 9/4 right? I was there, only i split off with a smaller group to get to the xcel right before the main group left the john ireland brigde.
I'm pretty sure people were arrested 'cause our permit was revoked. now don't flame me because i'm not positive.
at 1:10, I know the guy in the cut off jeans, black t-shirt w/ a white patch on his shoulder and black bandana, long hair.
It WAS supposed to be a peaceful protest... but.... yeah
hurayfrthmadness 3 years ago
They had the chance to have their demonstration during the hours of the permit. They chose to push the envelope and start the march just before the permit expired. They chose not to clear the streets after expiration of the permit. They had ample opportunity to leave. Looks to me like they wanted to be arrested and they got just what they wanted. So what is the problem?
bananasketch 3 years ago
Right on! Socialists Lies, and Smokescreens
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
honestly, this was just the start of the day, by 8 pm they used tear gas, smoke, and flash bang grenades to coral 200+ people onto a bridge to then be arrested for a PEACEFUL protest
anorexiconos 3 years ago
peaceful???? Tell that to the owners of the business' of the city, smashed windows, looted stores, destroyed civic property...why is it that if no confrontation is presented liberals will commit violence to incite violence...why do liberals organize not to ACTUALLY protest, but to pick a fight with their fellow citizens who patrol these streets, not the politicians themselves?
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
i ask you, if someone in your family did something wrong should you ALL be rounded up and dragged away, tasered, peppered sprayed,etc?
let the cops actually DO their job,i.e., figure out WHO the guilty are and leave the innocents alone. this mass arrest shit is ridiculous and the intimidation tactics they employ do NOT diffuse tensions.
bonus: not totally out of the realm of possibility that the cops are some of the 'disorderlies' attending the protest. it's called false flag. google it.
karlaelisa 3 years ago
their families weren't rounded up, nor tasered, or even sprayed...but why don't you actually answer my question, instead of pulling the usual liberal "avoidance" when you don't have an answer, or a good one anyway!
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
Maybe your 'empty bottle therapy' is not working, as you seem unable to grasp the very obvious point karlaelisa is making. We have a constitutional right to assemble and protest in this country. *IF* someone breaks the law, you then arrest THAT PERSON, but you do not get to arrest ALL protestors just because they irritate you. Did you notice that the 1st policeman violently knocks the journalist down, then tells him where to stand (he complies) only to have another cop turn and tackle him!contd
thearcangel11 3 years ago
(cont'd) Trust me, you don't want to live in a country where journalists are no longer free to cover what's really going on. Nothing could be more dangerous. You probably don't realize that the nightly news that you watch has first been watered down and sanitized for public consumption. The fact that you can watch this video and comment on it is thanks to some independent journalist. If police are allowed to harrass, abuse and detain journalists, where does that leave us? Think about it.
thearcangel11 3 years ago 2
Why is it ok for the mobs destroy the city???
And if your answer is "it isn't" then who is supposed to stop the groups mixed among "peaceful" protestors screaming, and yelling at police (Cops are people too)? Plese actually answer
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
Empty, I've marched with the peaceful groups and the media actually minimizes our numbers if they give mention at all. The focus ALWAYS of MSM is the anarchists and then they tend to falsify reports of 'violence'.
Truth is, I LIKE the Black Bloc. Those kids have moxy we older folks don't. They are the most energetic and willing to cause civil disobedience, which is what it's going to take to stop this regime.
Again, I say fuck the cops. And fuck the corps that got trashed. It's fine by me.
karlaelisa 3 years ago
keep on drinking the koolade, That was a staged riot, to simply try and make the police what you want...you WANT there to be an oppressive government, but truth is other than high gas prices, and a war on terror life is pretty good, although you peolpe keep on claiming "this regime" it's all bullshit, you are all fucking crazy left fringe assholes who will say and do anything to get your message across, there is no line in the sand that you won't cross, Lie, stage riots, omit truth...socialist!
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
are you insane? accuse me of drinking the koolaid while you refuse to acknowledge your dumb fuck of a president lied you into a war, kidnaps and tortures people, ruined a country for nothing and has destroyed our economy. yeah, i'm making this shit up, it's all in my head.
please do us a favor and join the 'war on terror' and get your ass shipped to irag if you support this fucking terrorist network that is the american government.
selfish capitalist fucktard.
karlaelisa 3 years ago
keep on drinking the koolade, bet it tastes real good
EmptyBottleTherapy 3 years ago
Only if it's Sean Hannity Kool-Aid, with Aspartame to keep you docile and Flouride to keep your teeth shiny so you can be easily identified in a FEMA camp. :-/
motiongraphics81 3 years ago
Sir, I'm a free market Laissez-Faire Capitalist. I make Walter Williams look like a Commie, and your approach is off base. First of all, the left vs right paradigm itself was created by marxists, stop playing their game. Second of all, the Shadow Government is very real. Third, your Currency, Educational System and Family structure are all under assault, as is the Constitution, the Rule of Law, your nation's borders, language and culture. I hate Socialism and all other forms of collectivism.
motiongraphics81 3 years ago
That said the Dems and Reps have teamed up to initiate the ultimate collectivism - the New World Order. What we have now isn't free market, it's upside down socialism, aka Corporatism - a dangerous system, as bad as Communism, Fascism or Socialism.
One world government is coming. REAL ID is coming. FEMA camps are coming. Help us fight them. Join the Revolution! Help save America.
motiongraphics81 3 years ago
Black Bloc is run by the CIA. They're provocatuers. Don't trust them.
motiongraphics81 3 years ago
might you have proof of this? would appreciate any links or sourcing, thanks
karlaelisa 3 years ago
Check your PMs.
motiongraphics81 3 years ago
No "Black Bloc tm" is not an organization, but a method of hiding ones identity while engaging in illegal protest actions. Yes, "agent provacateurs" have known to infiltrate in order to escalate violent police repression, but these evil fucks are in the minority
delibertad 3 years ago
im sorry but you must have seen something i didnt yestarday, were in the protest were you? cause i was right there as this group and the others were arrested, please enlighten me. i saw no violence, only a group trying to be heard
anorexiconos 3 years ago
Have you been living in a hole this week??? Watch the news LOL, playing TONS of footage of teenagers breaking windows, attacking bike cops, destroying civic property...type in anarchists st paul on youtube even...crawl out of the hole...obama is for a one world government to use his words "...a new world order" he is the one we need to worry about if he gets in, just protest responsibly, that's all, not like lunatics HOPING police come near you...Shame on you!