Photojournalist Tyson Zoltan Heder beaten and detained by LAPD at Occupy Los Angeles

[newyorkcat]

Look, if the police tell you to move or get out of the street, you have to do it -- you're not going to win. You can fight it in court later, if you have some injuries to show for it you might get some sort of settlement from the city but this all pre-supposes you have a lot of time on your hands, even if you are getting some sort of free representation. Ambulance-chasing lawyers will of course encourage people to do this. It's a stupid use of your time.

[tikiman1323]

Where did I saw similar scene? Aaaa, remembered - Minsk. Or belarusians were more polite with protesters?

[AOFOsuarezj7]

@moicer1 You sure are an idiot, there are alot better and more professional ways of handling this, he is a reporter/journalist and has all rights to document what happens ever heard of freedom of information? Probably not it's dying ever so slowly in this nation. If the cops needed to see credentials all they had to do was ask, he had no reason to with hold that kind of info. He was arrested for asking the cop his name ie his badge number which is totally fine except in communist Amerika now, g

[moicer1]

He had this coming. Your average citizen would comply and leave the area like many people did. There is always more than one that has to be different and defy or simply challenge the police. This is what happens when you show some resistance you get tackled by the police. Shame on him he should of left when asked. If he was truly a journalist or a reporter where the heck was his credentials, there normally hung around the neck and visibly seen.

[gregsdiary]

Instead of shedding light on what's happening in our society today's embedded "journalists" are shutting off the lights.

[gregsdiary]

@gregsdiary WikiLeaks “is shining light on the crimes that go on behind the scenes”

[Elkapan]

"2. He assaulted the LAPD Officer by 'rushing' him when he was told to leave." So yes, you did say it. If a 'normal' would have got the hell out of there, then more to him, for standing up for his rights. We should all strive to be a little less 'normal' - otherwise we'll sleepwalk into a dictatorship. He was in a park - a public space - they're fighting against the erosion of public space, as we all should.You're an unthinking mouthpiece for fascism and you should stop with your slurs.

[lazypd3]

1. He is NOT being beaten at ANY point in this video.

2. He assaulted the LAPD Officer by rushing him when he was told to leave.

3. He got pushed away by the LAPD Officer.

4. He gets up and assaults the LAPD Officer again instead of walking away.

5. He was arrested in a non violent manner.

[weedsnwildflowers]

@lazypd3 You must have watched a different video than everyone else. At no time do I see that man assault an officer.

[lazypd3]

@weedsnwildflowers how about when he gets up after being pushed down. He gets up, turns around and starts walking back towards the Officer. With him saying his intentions verbally, this is an assault.

[Elkapan]

@lazypd3

It's funny how you worded your points there. He 'rushed' the police officer, did he? I say he simply walked towards him, and in no way does that constitute 'assault', as you put it. He got 'pushed' away by the LAPD officer. I say he it was an unprovoked and violent attack by the officer, it's funny how that one isn't assault in your eyes. He gets up and 'assaults' the officer again, was they when he was simply standing there, and piled onto him like militant thugs? Nice spin though.

[lazypd3]

@Elkapan i didnt say he rushed anything. I said he got up and walked back towards the cop, yelling threats and pointing his finger and obviously not in control of his temper. ANY normal person would have got the hell out of there. Before this video started he had approached the officers yelling his shit and pointing his fingers and he was in a place where it is illegal for people to be. There is a dept. video of this. The people that want you to believe BS cut off the beginning of this video. 

[AWKING41]

How to avoid this happening to you:

1. First, the police will "ask" you to do what they want you to do. If you don't comply...

2. They will "tell" you what they want you to do,...If you still don't comply....

3. THEY WILL FUCKING MAKE YOU DO IT

[hpy999]

Notice how these pigs--that's what they are--keep yelling "Stop resisting the officers" as cover for their unprovoked and unnecessary brutality. And they have the audacity to complain when they don't get support from the communities they claim they serve. Their function is and always has been to protect the haves from the have-nots by any means necessary. That includes suppressing protest movements by brute force and beating those who dare to photograph or videotape their violence.

[djveneko]

ummm you pushed me ill make sure you regret it dont care who you are. lol this is what i say now if it happens it would probably be another story

[vinylpop]

Fell down the stairs??? This reporter needs to be fired right now.

[k3v1n47]

He "fell" down the stairs, then he "walked" into an open door accidentally, then he got injured "playing" football. Nice "reporting" there cbs. Hope that "reporter" never testifies in an abused spouse or child's court case. Who are you gonna believe? Me or lying eyes. "Asshole".

[JoshReflek]

im suprised ppl dont treat "cops" who have no ID on them or refuse to give it with the same level of force you would use should blackwater break into your home.

[AriloeuLaleelae]

@mcgrewrich You're an idiot. That man clearly assaulted that police officer's knee with the back of his neck and deserved what he got. The video doesn't lie. Everybody knows that dressing up in a police uniform automatically purges you of any evil you might have left in your system and aligns you with all that is good, honest and pure in the universe. :O

It's commons sense! ^.^

[expatted]

this is the country that TORTURES people

[expatted]

democracy in America

fuckin PIGS bust your head open

[ladicius]

i hope the families of the officers are raped and killed. i'm sick of this shit.

[joeyDHARMA83]

@ladicius don't say that. can't fight fire with fire. violence begets violence. the cycle must end. not continue.

[ladicius]

@joeyDHARMA83 'violence begets violence'.  i'm not saying someone should...i'm just hoping.

[NewEnglanddur]

FUCK YOU LAPD. You are the reason I'm teaching my child not to trust cops. YOU CANNOT BE TRUSTED. Look at this shit! This is ridiculous! Bullies with guns, that's all you are.

[limitedgovt999]

Poor guy, the victim of an assault by an armed gang. Fricking no-good thugs.

[TheMitchellCrooks]

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[xdiesp]

is this north korea or LA again?

[lsavage3]

This is NOT what democracy looks like. My dad used to warn me that the US would likely become a police state (he died in '88). The fact that 1st amendment was put at the top of the list of basic rights indicates that, if you ain't got the right to stand in public space, or to make a record of others doing so -- you ain't got bupkus.

[stoness1979]

When the LAPD amasses a paramilitary force of 1,400+ officers, shuts down all the trains and buses in a mile radius, plans and executes what it's own officers call a "Shock and Awe" maneuver, and brutalizes citizen journalists and many others - you know there must be something really sinister going on. Maybe a full-on riot, right?

Nah. In America, they do that for 200, mostly twenty-somethings camping in a public park, asking their government to address social and economic injustice. Scary.

[Muusicca]

i wouldn't have fucking held back, i would have been so enraged at watching that, i would've full on started a riot right there...

[JarethSara]

POLICE BRUTALITY!!!! THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!!

[JohnXavier1975]

"Turn your light off--turn your light off. Back up Ken--back up Ken." Why? Afraid to report the truth? That the LAPD were specifically targeting citizen journalists for intimidation and abuse.

[ianthemagus]

Cops are all closet queers that get chubbies off of manhandling dudes like this and circle jerk back at the office while talking about what a rush it was to bust some perps.

[MrElektrokution]

Stop motion of the first few seconds reveals that Tyson wasn't aiming his camera in the direction of police, though it looks like he might have been snapping just seconds before the cbs camera gets focus on him. It looks like the officer is coming at him, hard and fast with intent. And he does clearly push Tyler outward and down the steps. Perhaps he was too close to where there was clearly a lot of commotion and confusion. In any case, I hope all the vantages help his charges.

[linkedit]

Next time a cops shoves him out of the way maybe he'll leave the area rather than freak out and scream at the cops.

[RodSpeak11]

I'm a bit amused by people being upset at the police! They are acting as they always do, and if you get beat, then it's your fault. We have a right to protest, and the cops are wrong in how they are dealing with the OWS situation, however come prepared to get your ass beat, and don't be surprised or upset about it. I was raised to know that cops are dangerous and just comply to avoid problems. Guess what...It works! Lesson: "Raised Black in America 101" Move along if they tell you to!

[camgould]

Police are trained to make it look like people are resisting, then come down hard on them. There is a despicable culture within the police. Right across the western world. The problem is they generally aren't intelligent enough to know right from wrong.

[Ubiscious]

So now the truth about the LA evictions is coming to the light of day. Special thanks to everyone involved. You are brave soldiers of solidarity. Americans should show you the same support and respect as our military men and women.

What is brewing is exactly what is spoken about in "American Epitaph" by Damien Darby. Check it out! Support the OWS heroes of our generation!

[PEACEPLEASEISM]

pigs!!! and I'm sorry lovliest animals to compare them to You. You are going to PAY for this!!!!

[brad45c]

To me these are not police officers.

They are thugs wearing police officer costumes.

[Zhushika]

There are no nice words for these sorts of cops. This was police brutality plain and simple and every one of these cops needs to be fired immediately. The descriptive words I could use to describe these cops is nothing less than vile.

[VoicelessDidact]

To you idiots supporting the cops: when the federal crime syndicate takes your house under protection of congress and you take to the streets to protest, will you cower to the police when they beat you for protesting? Free speech for all eh? The problem isn't free speech, you idiots, it's the banking crime syndicate that has made fascist deals of protection with the federal government. Wake up. You're next.

[ciawarrior]

thats no beating! should of left when told

[discarted]

The narrator says the guy fell down stairs. Seriously, you're a journalist?

The real story is that the guy was shoved to the ground by an very aggressive LAPD for exercising his First Amendment rights. He is then arrested because he's angry about being violently attacked by LAPD and starts asking the officer for his name.

You really can't trust the MSM.

[discarted]

Why is this guy telling his videographer to kill his light?

KCAL 9, be real journalists for christ's sake and report the truth!!!

[brainsaverkit]

It's like watching the police in any dictatorship throughout the world - when they know cameras are around - very polite but dumb enough to use 5 blokes to get one photographer who didn't like being abused/ assaulted

[DarFBaDeR]

@brainsaverkit "It's like watching the police in any dictatorship throughout the world"

really? Really? spoken like someone who never lived under a dictator.

sure, be pissed off that the officer pushed your ass down the stairs, but i mean, did you really want to go to jail? is that why you called your sister crying, from a jail cell? use your head, and fucking MOVE when told to, idiot. sure, right to assemble, but maybe they didnt want another mess like in zuccotti park. go somewhere else...

[DarFBaDeR]

@DarFBaDeR ...while they clean the place up (which shouldn't even be necessary).

im sure you'll be allowed to assemble again, but dont act like squatting is legal.

[THEPONCH88]

bunch of cowards



[Froggystyleify]

shoulda countered with large mobs straight rushing those specific officers

[beaniegrl420]

20 or 30 seconds extra footage, arrest or no arrest. There was no reason for the cop to incite aggressive physical contact if he wasn't going to detain the man to begin with.

LAPD has shown this in excess during the many arrests they've dealt with. This is revolting. Truth be told, if some cop started it, I'd fight back too (I don't care if you think that's stupid. That's adrenaline). In any other realm that action would have gotten the cop arrested.

[TheEllettcheyne7]

i am ashamed of my country..welcome to police state america..did they really need all those cops to cuff him?

[DarFBaDeR]

@TheEllettcheyne7 "i am ashamed of my country..welcome to police state america..did they really need all those cops to cuff him?"

probably safer for him that way...what you think would happen if he was being arrested by one officer and he started to get the upper-hand on the one officer? a few possibilities, none prettier than what happened here. and if the police are as bad as a lot of you pussies seem to believe...he should consider himself lucky.

[DavidLister6000]

Looks like a scrum. I guess I never understood it. When the police make that big announcement saying that if you stay, your subject to arrest, they are suddenly shocked when they are arrested.

"What? You meant everyone? Including me? But I have a camera, so I'm important and exempt..."

Bye hippie.

[St3v3Patrio7]

@DavidLister6000 No.... You don't get it, dummy.

They have no right to tell them to disperse. right to assembly, you fucking moron.

Hippies protested on campuses for decades without militarized goons unconstitutionally savaging them.

He is not a hippie within your limited applicability of the term.

Shame on you for failing to stand with your countrymen.

[DavidLister6000]

@St3v3Patrio7 really? huh, I guess I could then 'assembly' where I want then correct? you really need to look up some USSC decisions then. Might just open that newborn eyes of yours...

[themiddlepillar1]

your an idiot.

[DavidLister6000]

@themiddlepillar1 Its okay to be wrong junior. No one loves you any less.

[DarFBaDeR]

umadbro?

should have moved the first time. also, you must have wanted to be arrested if you think screaming and cursing and acting aggressive to a cop was a good idea...should have backed off and used whatever you had on camera as evidence. instead, you made yourself look like an emotional child throwing a tantrum because you got spanked, lol.

a pro journalist would have tucked and rolled, popped back up and kept shooting, btw.

[GovnaBuckingham]

@DarFBaDeR mature

[lostburro]

Not cool! But, this video doesn't show (no fault of cameraman or newscaster) the seconds leading up to this.

To me, that would be the crucial footage. Yes he was pushed by an LEO (and then gang raped), but what happened in the 20-30 seconds prior? Other than LE doesn't like to be taped, look what happened with the Rodney King deal, they are "public" employees.

[SERLAK2000]

Wow, just wow....