NYC Police State During RNC Convention (Part 1)

Shocking video clips of police brutality and arrests during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. Mayor Bloomberg directed the NYPD to stifle Constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of assembly by stopping any "protests" that may embarrass George Bush and the Republican party. Clips in this video are two days before the Convention even began, when police arrested 250 people during the Critical Mass bike ride, a non-partisan event which has occurred every month since 1994. Even more shocking, many of those being arrested had nothing to do with the bike ride, but had the misfortune of crossing the street while this was happening. Clips are from the documentary "Watch This!" by Glass Bead Collective released under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC) license. Watch the entire film at http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/

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[studpuppy69]

Why are the ratings disabled?

[orange9016]

@studpuppy69 It didn't seem appropriate to have ratings on a video with police abusing people, and I don't see what value would come from knowing that, or distracting from the video.

[studpuppy69]

@orange9016 I think it's a form of censoring.

[orange9016]

@studpuppy69 Ratings do not use standard polling methodology. They do not represent what everyone thinks of a video, or even the people who watch it, only people who choose to vote on it. They have no value whatsoever. I choose not to detract from a grave and serious issue with something so frivolous.

[defblo2000]

why didn't thompson use any of this footage in his campaign?

[orange9016]

That's a great question. I would speculate a few reasons. 1. This happened during Bloomberg's first term, and we already had an election after that. 2. Many New Yorkers' just don't care. New York has become immunized to the gestapo style police tactics. Many actually believe that the police can do no wrong. The police union is extremely powerful, politicians are terrified to criticize them. 3. Thompson was outspent by a hundred millions dollars, had very little money, and had to pick his fights.

[TheTheRevientamadres]

 kill the mother fucker police

pieces of shit PIGS ­

[nycresistance]

Every time we turn around the government is trying to pass new gun laws to stop us from owning guns. The second amendment was created in the event the government ever got out of control. This is what people with guns to to people without guns, you are bullied and terrorized. Keep your guns America and never trust anyone that tries to disarm.

[nenaj1]

@orange9016 fuck pigs.

[Elemen012]

motherfucks



[Spitfire995]

fuck them, they are lucky ppl like me arent allowed to own high velocity steel core round firing automatic weapons. their backup is why they act tough, without backup they know they would get their pussy asses kicked

[8231mim]

ok, so normally I'm very pro police, but this with the bike guy was over the top. the guy was clearly struggling to remove his bike from the road and later, when the cop tried to roll him over he was clearly stuck on his bike. the officers could have been much more patient with him

[DominoStorm1]

I was a liberal college student in 2004 and all I did during that week was sit on my bed drunk getting my cock sucked while pointing at the tv set laughing.

[DominoStorm1]

RNC 2004 was really bad. REALLY BAD for new York. It's not often NYPD puts out a zero tolerance policy and orders use of riot gear but it happened that week. It was wild and all those mother Fers that got arrested had no one to blame but themselves!