"Fire in the Eyes," Part 1

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Non-violent North Coast Earth First! activists getting pepper spray tortured by the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Dept. Victims sued in federal court and won; officers are no longer allowed to use pepper spray as a torture device on non-violent activists.

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• torture
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[zippe43467]

Hilarious, Tree huggers get it good! Recommended viewing for any red blooded American, sad as it is it is probably illegal to just go ahead and shoot these vermin.

[NCEFMedia]

@zippe43467 You seem to forget that non-violent civil disobedience is part of the American heritage. Responding to political dissent with violence and torture is more characteristic of a totalitarian government, which is why the activists were able to win the lawsuit associated with these incidents and the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Dept. can no longer use this tactic on protestors. Without non-violent civil disobedience, it's possible that America would still be segregated.

[robodeer]

Its called TRESPASSING you ppl continually break the law.If you want to save trees BUY them.Its simple.

[NCEFMedia]

It's called CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, and it's responsible for some of the greatest shifts in our nation's consciousness and policies. MLK was a big fan of civil disobedience, and the nation is about to celebrate him, in a very big way. Do you have the pocket change to buy old growth trees? Most people don't, so what do you do when you you're not loaded with cash? Nothing? Also, Maxxam was not a willing seller, for the most part. We tried that route, yet you can't fundraise if there's no deal.

[robodeer]

i would have happily pissed in these peoples eyes....

[NCEFMedia]

You have some bizarre fantasies there, robodeer, you might want to get some professional help. Why such disdain for people who do something for the greater good? In the end, thousands of trees were saved and the pepper spray lawsuit was won by the activists. A federal jury decided that the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Dept. was wrong to use pepper spray in this way, as a torture device, and has been forbidden from doing so in the future. You would be on the losing team, robodeer.

[NCEFMedia]

Well, the jury disagreed with you, and the Humboldt Co. Sheriff's Dept. can no longer use pepper spray as a torture device. The pepper spray victims became the pepper spray plaintiffs and defeated this practice in court.

Since when do people who want to save trees deserve to be tortured? Think about it.

Torture has been outlawed by international treaties, so you're definitely way behind the times if you advocate or justify torture; or like Bush Jr., take your pick.

[booley]

@c9d4l and that's how we get police states.

Because at least a third of the people are ok with these kinds of tactics. They have this belief that if one "breaks the law" then there is little to nothing that's too extreme a punishment.

All the rest of us have to do is stay silent.

[NCEFMedia]

@jfagler Nobody deserves to be tortured, no matter where they are from. As for getting the governmet they deserve, the people in the video took the police to court and won, so now this method cannot be used as a means to extract protestors from their lockdown positions. For years, the police have simply cut the lockboxes, without a single injury; it takes more time, but it's the safe way to do it. So fighting for a cause sometimes does result in a better government, as deserved.

[MrLittleman63]

@robodeer nature existed before currency

[snapdragonabs]

Thank you. Not only are correct about the facts, but you're right on everything else 100%. :)