Veterans attacked and arrested at Occupy Boston

[TheMackies7576]

My father in-law fought on the front lines in Vietnam (68-72) He was drafted & what they called a grunt. He only recently started talking about his experiences while over there. Anyway, he has always support our military even though our Government & most of the nation shit on the Vietnam Vets. He was awarded metal & purple heart, which he threw in away. It says ALOT about this country when vets & service men stand by OUR side, while the police who swore to serve & protect, beat ppl in the street

[ikie18]

police think to have all rights, but i will all police see dead with there head on a wall.

those motherfucker need a little see how the REAL men handle it let theme fight in a warzone and they cry for mommys. little scumbags

[conthegreatgrapeape]

The police are at best machine men, and at worst complete aggressiod pricks. You didnt know this already? Their superiors look at those guys, look at those who Govern you and control you. From City Hall to the Senate. You only think your free.

[crgaillee]

I dislike this video because I am angry at what I saw!!!

[raveneyes77]

They threw the flag to the ground?!?!?

[mirandacw88]

I'm going back home.

[ashwadhwani]

end the fed or FEED THE END !

[gypsyheart59baby]

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[mikkee581]

If anyone here knew anything then they'd realize that the overwhelming majority of Cops are Veterans. I for one am a Veteran and I'm still in the service. I follow the law. Those Vets should do the same if they even actually are real Vets.

[bunny153649]

@mikkee581 "First Amendment of the Constitution: Freedom of Assembly" that's a law right?

[mikkee581]

@bunny153649 You do have that freedom, however you need to do it legally. For a example you cant do it on my front lawn becasue its private property. Now im not sayign they were on private property however you were in the streets. Which goes against peoples rights who need to get from point A to point B. Thats just a example there are many more. At the end of the day 99% of these people dont even know what they are there for

[bunny153649]

@mikkee581 humm.....well, they were having a peaceful protest at the park until the cops tried to clear them out. Which angered even more people. Throwing tear gas at a group of people trying to help a injured person is legal? If they can't protest on the street because it goes against other people's right, then where can they protest? In their house?

[mikkee581]

@bunny153649 People can protest all they want, the point is that there is certain places its allowed and certain places there not along with certain times. It it were a smaller protest im sure it wouldnt be a issue. The law does require once it gets past a certain number of people that you have a permit, with that permit you are informed of the area where you can protest so that it does not compromise public safety and or other peoples way of life. In this case they went outside of there zone

[2204Alpha]

@bunny153649 no, its an amendment to the constitution. Ever heard of case law? Dumbass, go back to law school. 

[johnnibarger]

Under what orders or direction were these officers operating? Where is this assembly and when? Were they arrested? If so, what were the charges and the final disposition? Did anyone identify the veterans filmed and authenticate their veteran status? (I ask the last question due in part to many impersonators through out history who posed as veterans when in fact they had never been in the service...so always good idea to ID and fact check before assuming too much, IMO.)

[CineGraphic]

There is no honor in what those cops were doing. Shame on them.

[chbulla]

I suppose those Officers forgot the First Amendment of the Constitution - Freedom of Assembly

[SinnfulSky]

ANY cop that approached a vet in blatant disregard of their sacrifices is not someone that I am comfortable with in the position of a "peace officer". Im a USMC brat. Im too ingrained, too conditioned to treat ANY vet in this manner. You do not disrespect those that went through hell to defend your civil liberties. ESPECIALLY when they chose to finally exercise their own civil liberties.

[Amitielaf]

This is sad, very sad.

[44connected]

at least they now know what they were fighting for

[Agustason]

Well than these veterans need to use their skills and stop letting punk police handle them.

[wggoodness]

Thanks @kristinamgarcia for documenting and posting. Important not to rely on main-stream media, but to Be The Media. Many thanks to veterans, protesters and supporters in Boston and everywhere as this revolution goes global.

[sarsmask]

Laurence O'Donnell Redux pls

[SeekerSophia]

Stay classy, Boston Police.

[SeekerSophia]

@PenguinCorrosive How about grabbed by the throat? Is that okay with you? That was shown. That was only a minute of everything that happened.

[Seola1983]

I'm sorry, but the hysteria is getting outrageous. Where were they beaten? And if this move was so righteous over it, why didn't they stop a beating in progress? More "I only want to do what benefits me and not you"

[shay1988]

@Seola1983 Choked, really. Or at least grabbed by the throat, which seems highly overboard. But what do you mean, 'stop a beating in progress'? What are they supposed to do, attack the cops? Aside from only harming their own movement, how would that make things better overall? The last thing any sane person could want is officers of the law and civilians actively fighting one another. I like my city NOT burning down around my ears, thanks.

[Seola1983]

@shay1988 Okay, so choked, NOT beaten nor really attacked. I saw one thrashing before putting the choke (usually used to keep a person standing and detained) - there is no clear video of this for either side - so glamorizing it, lying about it and blowing it out of proportion (ironically, a check list of some of the things some of the protesters hate about government) to sway the public? It seems counter-productive to be a hypocrite if you want heard.

[Seola1983]

@shay1988 And yes, it could be the BEST thing to stop a beating only IF it was actually happening, IF people were literally doing nothing wrong. That's REALLY standing up to government. Take a look at successful protests overseas and protests of our ancestors in THIS country. This protest is a sham and we all know it. They don't want to stand up for what they believe in at all costs, they are hypocrites that want to lay around instead of being powerful. Blowing it up in makes it worse.

[TheCBGBoy]

No one wants their tax money used like that. The police has no business attacking peaceful people.

[danleg111]

@TheCBGBoy its not peaceful when its loud at 11pm at night :)

[reelbusy]

@danleg111 - you seem confused, noise is not violence.

[tat2miami]

Time to muckle these pigs

[tekno1388]

Those veterans went overseas to protect our rights, including the right the peacefully assemble and protest, and this is how we thank them?  Absolutely sickening.

[TheFootegirl73]

@tekno1388 Yes it is sickening, but, for me, not unexpected. Sadly, our nation has a nasty habit of mistreating our soldiers when they come home, both by the gov and the public/people of this once great nation. :o(

[2204Alpha]

@tekno1388 the first amendment does not give anyone a free pass at breaking state laws.

[mckathiki]

Hold the line. Stay nonviolent. Don't let the police state win. Shared.

[CRMChicago]

Veterans deserve respect. Not punk losers!

[Raskoilniki]

I am a member of VFP. This sickens me. I am the 99%.

[macandwiz1]

Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite, all of which are American dreams.

[carnienatas]

NWO at it's finest!

[toph2223]

It's the Irish Spring! Except where's the soap?

[tekno1388]

traitors.

[ftheGOP]

What a bunch of thugs.

[SuperContinuum]

Is there any doubt that the Wall St Banksters and Corporate America have taken over this country.

The rest of us are just pawns to send off to war, or get beat by police billy clubs.

When the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were people, they also should have said that the corporations are now our complete masters and rulers.

This country is now so fucked.

[Gmanskillz1]

@theVesperExperience it is perfectly legal to do harm to a flag, it is interpreted under the right to self expression. However, that does not mean it is socially acceptable for some people.

[UnblockedOne2]

Maybe this will teach these "veterans" a lesson. They're protesting the very people they've fought wars for & are just as guilty.

[BigDG80]

@UnblockedOne2 Your playin right? They fought wars for our country. Most veterans will tell you they didnt know who they were fighting for untill they were already there. Corperations are running the govt. If they were told the truth, Im sure they would have put down the wepons. I also dont think they had a choice when they were drafted for Vietnam

[TheFootegirl73]

@BigDG80 You're correct but many were fooled initially to sign up and fight the men who caused 9/11. Once in they have no way to defy orders unless they are oath keepers. I would encourage all members of our military and police forces to become oath keepers and defend our constitution over any other gov. order. This action by law enforcement would change the rules of this entire situation. They would defend the people over any order and that would be justice. Nam vets were treated much worse...

[BigDG80]

@TheFootegirl73 99% agreed Its crazy, they sell it like they are gonna take care of that person then dont produce. And when they get back they should be treated as Heros and their not. As soon as you put your name on those papers you have no more rights, they own you. And thats not right!

[TheFootegirl73]

@BigDG80 I know my father served 3 tours in Nam and 22 yrs in Army. He gets lousy care at the VA. He has jungle rot sores that will not heal for months @ a time, etc. No one helped him deal with PTSD. Thankfully those things have improved but the way people treat our soldiers is sometimes horrible. I have heard our troops referred to as invaders, tyrants, and murderers far too often here of late. Sadly, this will continue because no1 wants to blame Obama. Every1 still blames Bush. It is both...

[TheVesperExperience]

it is ilegal to throw a flag to the ground, to step on it, and let alone throwing our veterans down violently down on top of it

[JBoY2214]

The cops are overreacting to this, they would really arrest our veterans who are about American as it gets, and let our flag fall to the ground. Just sad.

[ZedWordBlog]

Umm, where is this "beating" that you say is happening? I see protesters being pulled away, detained, and retained, but no one is being beaten in this video.

[MikePeake]

Support our troops!

[ReclaimOurAirwaves]

"No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges." -Buenaventura Durruti

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group,” -President Franklin D. Roosevelt

[ReclaimOurAirwaves]

“Fascism is not in itself a new order of society. It is the future refusing to be born.” - Aneurin Bevan

“Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them.” -Jean-Paul Sartre

Fascism: The conservative notion that killing people makes them work harder” - Ignazio Silone

“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.” - Upton Sinclair

"The struggle is so great that the triumph over fascism alone is worth the sacrifice of our lives." -Frederica Montseny

[TheRehmund]

What a bunch of assholes!! No respect, one for treating vets like that and for throwing the American flag on the ground!!  SOLIDARITY FROM ORLANDO!!! Their getting scared of how big we have become and they keep throwing fuel on the fire!!!

[eatmoresoap]

This is what real patriots look and act like. It's coming and the top 1% will fight by pitting us against one another. The moment a police department says "No!", they will have lost. Just remember Yeltsin standing in the front of that tank and the Russian army backed down......... It's coming.

[ClaireMcdify]

OMG this should be shown world wide, this is how the Police forces in the USA treat their war veterans Disgusting.

[blondeoverseaswithiq]

This is truly awful.. Kia kaha ( Stay strong) to all those involved ..Much love from Aotearoa NZ..and what a way to treat those who have fought for your country..Hope all your current serving soldiers get to see this and realise what a sham they have been sold..