Police Arrest at DNC August 24th

[H8authority]

hes a republican protester wtf did he do wrong fuckin pigz

[MrEMan999]

We don't know what he did, that's the problem.

[shawnpaterson]

Anyone know where the video is of this guy being interviewed? I swear I saw one the other morning when I was watching all of these...

[sbcioch]

Cops showed great restraint. Less than 200 arrests is not a protest. You guys let down 1968 protestors!

[victorbarovsky]

I'm just grateful to all those who went to the protest, and defied the police intimidation. Ignore the right wing nut jobs who treat these videos as sport. You have marched and stood in history.

PS If you don't already know about it, check out what happened at the DNC 40 years ago in Chicago. It was a similar story, a bit more dramatic, but the people who showed up for that lost any illusions in the democrats and organised with each other to stop the Vietnam War.

Peace and love.

[stickmgood]

don't jerk them off, they are losers. They talked all kinds of smack and didn't produce. Weak, mental midgets.

[ThisCanadian]

I love how Liberal Media is characterizing this as not 'militarized' or that the WALKING & SINGING protesters 'charged at' the FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR COP MILITARIZATION since when is walking down a street in legal peaceful assembly *charging* if the SWAT teams are rolled out in your path??

The Day we see well-known LIBERAL PROGRESSIVE MEDIA representatives actually SHOW UP for a protest that isn't INOCULATED by Hollywood celebrities, we may see genuine Left reporting

UNTIL THEN, WE ARE OUR MEDIA

[BullshitArt101]

I protest democrats in general...will they arrest and beat me for that?

[morpheen]

they should get their ass beaten for not having a damn job in the first place

[elefunt67]

why do you say that? because not working for an exploitive system is something worth getting your ass beat?

[divinacomedias]

Gee, how did you manage to work that out from the footage?  That's amazing, dude.

[VANVALIS]

Sweet! Take that scum to jail where he/she belongs!

[ldhablo666]

QUOTES FROM other YOUTUBERs:

"If you really want revolution arm yourselves and go for it already." -- 1st right wing shit head --who is correct on this point

This douche bag has point. 5.56nato M-4's on sale for 900 bones at Sportsmen's Warehouse. Save up-- and let's get serious.

NEXT...

[ldhablo666]

NEXT QUOTE FROM some other YOUTUBERs...

"Plus I think you need a permit to protest" -- 2nd right wing shit head

Uh, my permit is the First Amendment (see: 'Bill of Rights') Duh. (This is like liberals who say I need a 'permit' to carry a gun. Bullshit, all I need is the 2nd amendment). [ed.note. btw I DO have a concealed weapons permit. lol. I LEGALLY walked around Denver with my sub-compact .45acp on me the whole time yesterday.]

[mycarishome]

People are so fucking brainwashed! I hope some of these commenters get beat up by police and find out that this country doesn't love them like they believe it does!!!

[n5667]

You call that a beating? Pussies...

[lasagnabro]

dear protestors: If you dont' want to be arrested, don't break the law. don't throw things and don't assault the police. you're so brave you assault police horses with bricks and throw things like cowards. if you really want revolution arm yourselves and go for it already.

[CelticLittleHawk]

I agree lasagnabro as a sworn public safety ofc myself I can't help notice that what most of what many of the public,think,is police brutality are actualy just ignorant what police are legally entitled to do mostly based on CASE law as set down by various Supreme & Appellate courts.And unfortunately most of the police hating loud mouths know just enough about police tactics/policies to sound stupid.

[CelticLittleHawk]

My friend as my answer to your questions is likely to be somewhat lengthy I'll send it via pm.

[isreal423]

Wow that protest seemed pretty crunk.

[mistaspot1]

It's right about then that they shoulda been swarmed by a huge mob.

That was intense, though.

Keep at it! We're all supporting you guys! You speak for us!

[mistaspot1]

You can bet they put those cuffs on as TIGHT as they could... fuckers.

[eemad20]

what the fuck i can't believe this is happening in AMERICA

[AMason8634]

well said WolfArden44

[DarknessWhispers]

Watching this is kinda scary.  I would never protest in my city. Here, the cops like to beat mentally challenged people to death. They like to agitate protesters, arrest them all, and then hide the evidence that would prove the protester's innocence.

Hooray for the united (police) states of america!

[FatherJudgement]

If you fight then you get fought....

[mboma22]

Go fuck yourself chump! At least he was standing up against these pigs. What are you doing? Bitching on the youtube .

[FatherJudgement]

If the Dumb mother Fucker had just done what he was told to do, Then He would already be out of jail, And in alot less pain. Dumb Ass. It's dumb stupid bastards like this that deserve to get thier ass stomped.

[CelticLittleHawk]

The "pops" you heard were from a "pepper ball' gun.Basically it's a paintball gun on steroids.They can also be loaded with "die" pellets to mark things.Which also explains the green splotches on his pants.(Unfortunately with the "rate of drop" the poor guy got it in the nads)In large scale crowd suppression tasers aren't feasible as the avg price per cartridge is about $50 & generally only work on 1 subject at a time

[CelticLittleHawk]

Paintball guns have an avg compression of about 400 psi.Pepperball guns are closer to 700 psi.Got shot with one in "training" n' yes it hurt like hell,lol.Had a bruise on me arse for 2 fekkin weeks,lol.Wasn't funny then though.Ah, the memories,lol.

[wize11]

Kinda reminds me of that game state of emergency except no one is killing the cops.Only bullets change governments not peaceful protest.

[wretchedSTONER]

i'm sure those piece of shit cops were really proud of themselves for taking down that completely defenseless protester. cause we all know people who can't defend themselves are the most dangerous kind.

[mindofexplosion]

On with the revolution through violence! Fuck the police!

[3henchmen]

How can you be proud of yourself after beating up someone trying to make a stand against corruption? Cowards.

[ItsFilthy]

They feel proud of themselves because they ARE corruption...and yes, they are cowards...and fuckin robots.

[DANE842]

so here's a place where we'll find people who are either awake or in deep deep sleep, how do you think the conversation should be approached.

[Twopecshaker]

lol did you guys see that at 0:25 that officer clearly feels up that protesters bum!

I knew the police where a bunch of faggots..

[mikezephyr]

the punks will protest

and the eyes will swell and cry

but the system stands

[YouChooseASide]

yes untill they do what our founding fathers told them to do

[Luftwaffels]

And get their ass's beat.

[Twopecshaker]

Punks like the rebels that split America from England in the first place?

Why don't you fuck off back to nazi Germany, where your grand daddy came form after the war...

[mikezephyr]

i can sit down with you and decipher every word ive written if you will. but what your hateful ramblings aim at is nothing at all what i wrote.

i can, for example, give you my arguments on the ineffectual symbolism of "demonstrations" but you just dont get it.

[JustPlaneNuts]

Excuse me? Dissent is part of a healthy democracy. These fucking pigs are turning this nation into a police state.

[Luftwaffels]

Oh no! Police doing their jobs. Go start your own country free of Police.

[Luftwaffels]

What we don't see is what he was doing before this camera started rolling.

People are bitching about that cop who pulled a guy over for going 100 mph because his dog was chokeing and the dog died while he wrote him a ticket. It's easy to villify people if you edit footage in such a way as to show what you want to.

[Luftwaffels]

Tazing, Chemical spray, of course it's justified. Officers have to be tazed and maced in order to graduate from Police Academy. Rubber Bullets should only be used in Riot situations.

[Luftwaffels]

They are acceptable to use on those resisting arrest and/or endangering officers or other citizens. You can go quietly and sue the pants off them later, or you can fight and get an ass stomping. Your choice.

[Luftwaffels]

I value human life over animals. Is that disturbing? Driving at 100 mph on the highway for a dog is just stupid. Add to that the cop didn't shoot the dog, the dog died on it's own. It's not the Police's job to escourt you to an Animal hospital.

You should ALWAYS go queitly, guilty or innocent. Why? Because fighting only gives them cause to open a can of whoop ass, and they will. Resisting arrest is against the law. Like I said, sue the pants off them later, and there's justice in the end.

[Luftwaffels]

would you trade the life of a man for a cat?

[DecentralizedTommy]

depends on who the man is

[Luftwaffels]

That's the thing about driving down the highway at 100 mph, you don't know the identity of the people you put in danger.

[DecentralizedTommy]

The guy was wrong to break the law. The cop was wrong to put the value of a speeding ticket, over the value of a life.

His job is to serve and protect, he should have adamantly turned on his flashing lights and lead the way to the vet, once there- then he could write the ticket. That way everyone is happy

[Luftwaffels]

I'm just saying. If someone killed anyone I know because they were trying to save a dog, I'd go vigilante on them.

[Luftwaffels]

Police don't pursue all the time anymore. When they do, they sometimes don't even go very fast. I saw a guy on a motorcycle smoke some cops, of course they were chasing at around 30 mph, the speed limit.

[DecentralizedTommy]

what was being done was them practising their constitutional right of free speech.

The cop that stopped the speeding man bec a life was being lost, didnt follow protocol- of lead them in safety to the vet hospital- save the life, then worry about stupid speeding ticket.

[Luftwaffels]

either show that part of the video or there is no proof.

Stop jumping to conclusions based upon assumptions.

And the cop did the right thing. Some crazy fucker jumps out of his car like he's hopped up on drugs. Sorry about the dog, but maybe you missed it....it's a FUCKING DOG.

[Luftwaffels]

I'm not saying it never happens, but the idea we are plagued by police just looking to beat you, is ridiculous.

[DecentralizedTommy]

the cops had no right to bully people for expressing their opinions.

Once a society doesn't care about the smallest of life, the next step up is human life, which open your eyes up- wars, death, murder- yes we get it. you dont care bout life, or rights.

[Luftwaffels]

Nice Strawman. You know it's a fallacy right?

[DecentralizedTommy]

no, it's not.

You either stand for freedom of speech, a constitutional right, or you dont.

You either respect life, including animals, or you dont.

[Luftwaffels]

Okay, George W. "You're either with me or against me" Bush.

I value the life of a human over that of a dog. So sue me.

[DecentralizedTommy]

Bush wasn't on the side of peace when he said that, so dont even try it.

It's about fighting for your rights, don't disrespect the men & women that fought and died for your rights, here in the US, not Iraq.

You value the life of Osama Bin Laden more than an innocent dog? No, you pick and chose what is valuable to you. Just like that man's dog was valuable to him, it's companion, family member.

You dont have any pets?

[Luftwaffels]

How am I disrespecting people who fought for my rights?

I have pets, but I wouldn't put you or your family in danger to save them.

[DecentralizedTommy]

The protesters had a right to be there. The police had no right to bully them, to force them into free speech zones, this whole country is a free speech zone.

Yes, the cop should have led the way, in safety, not dilly dally around with a ticket, while a life is lost.

[Luftwaffels]

I am unaware of any section of any Police manual that says he has to escort people to an animal hospital. Policing is harder than you make it out to be, but aparently you're the expert behind your computer screen.

[DecentralizedTommy]

lol, my dad was a cop. I know what they go through, it's not easy, I never said it was.

That cop used bad judgement, as did the guy with the dog. Now because of those two idiots, a life was lost.

[Luftwaffels]

I'm actually working towards becoming a Police Officer.

The media sucks. They pick out a dog dying, when they have plenty of other actual stories of police corruption to choose from.

[Luftwaffels]

What do the Nazis have to do with anything?

[lasagnabro]

lies from a putz. bush's family had zero ties to hitler, prescott sat on the board of a bank taken over the socialist nazis. he lost everything. unlike the kennedy's or henry ford, he had no direct connection to hitler. try reality and not your goebels propaganda. you're closer to the nazis with your lies.

[Luftwaffels]

I mean, Bush hardly represents the Police of this country.

[ORACLE063]

the police are not the law, the uphold it, so if Americans are peaceably protesting(during an election season the only real time to protest), according to the law, they can do so without reprimand. So i ask you, what are these cops doing? "upholding the law"?

[Luftwaffels]

There are areas designated as no protest zones. Plus I think you need a permit to protest. Still, I have no idea why he was arrested, and I doubt it was just for protesting. He probably threw something at the cops. They're human, they're not attack robots.

[JustPlaneNuts]

Actually, I have several friends who are cops, and am helping someone get elected sheriff. I'm not against police officers. I'm against police brutality perpetrated against peaceful protestors. Cops like that are scum.

[Luftwaffels]

Of course they are. That's what I hate most, amongst criminals, is dirty cops. They give the rest of them a bad name. I am just too skeptical to villify these cops when we aren't shown why this guy was arrested. Who knows, he may have tossed a brick at an officer, and a beating is justified.

[kalvinphil]

A beating is never justified by a "PROFESSIONAL" officer who is trained to detain people without using that much force or electric shock/rubber bullets to do their job. This is one 150 lb person being beat by at least 3 cops. Thats just them using their badge or lack of badge in this situation to be violent themselves.

[Luftwaffels]

Well, that's your opinion, but I'm sure Police Training says otherwise.

[divinacomedias]

I wonder if it's police training and selection that brings about these grave problems. Along with all that rubbish they show on TV, so that people be so scared of each-other all the time.

[elefunt67]

but the real question is, why did the brick need to be thrown in the first place?

[Luftwaffels]

No idea. Maybe he's a crazy idiot who thought he could get away with it. The point still stands. WE DON'T KNOW. So don't jump to conlcusions. There's no evidence on this video either way.

[kalvinphil]

Thats not the real question.. What planet are you from?

[divinacomedias]

Maybe he was a police officer in disguise, or another agent provocateur... Anyhow, police shouldn't be so scared, we are all civilians, and all have a common interest for dighity in the end.

[stickmgood]

let me know when the aliens show up too. You are a nut job.

[mikezephyr]

no dont get me wrong dude i probably share your politics it's just these show-protests dont accomplish anything like direct action

[DANE842]

it's too bad no one understands what you're really talking about.

[marissacalderon]

This kid was lucky people had their cameras out, it probably would have been worse. Not that it's bad already, fuck police brutality.

[Pananarchist]

Oink.