Videojournalist arrested at Halliburton Protest in Houston

David Martinez was arrested while shooting this video and he managed to hand off the camera to me as he was being dragged by the neck by a cop on a horse.

First published to Houston Indymedia May 8th 2005:
http://houston.indymedia.org/news/2005/05/39546.php

David Martinez, a videographer from San Fransisco, who was arrested and accused of felony assault of a police officer while video taping the Halliburton protest (while not doing anything even vaguely aggressive) made the following statement:

"It is heartening to hear that justice was served in our cases. Clearly all of the demonstrators were guilty, if that word may be used, of little more than doing what people have done for centuries whenever they have a grievance with those in power: they gathered on public land to try and be heard.

In my own instance, I watched as at least one corporate media cameraman was passed by by the police as they hurried to apprehend me for the crime of photographing the arrests transpiring on the sidewalk. I am glad that the Grand Jury recognized the First Amendment when they saw it and no-billed my case."

In May of 2005 more than 300 people from across Texas and the US came to Houston to show Halliburton that we do not like war profiteers in our town.

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[ericstrange1]

This is why everyone hates cops!! What a discrace

[tigerjonn]

I honestly dont see anything unpeaceful about this protest, besides the cops. Almost all protests and rallies are peaceful, until cops show up and turns it into a riot.

[An0niempje]

@Eli3333333 Police horses are trained for this. Even my own horse (who hasn't been trained by specialists) can be made to walk between morons waving around flags or even to walk around a campfire. It's all about trust and good horsemanship.

[autisray]

Clown/s in blue suit's . Their not funny .

[dddy69142]

another prime example of government goons gone wrong god forbid if we say anything bad about bush families favorite corrupt tax payer robbing company ever founded if them cops tryed that shit with me they would be paying so much money that the next 10 generations of their families would be paying off the next 10 generations of my family we are letting them get away with this shit we are the fucking boss not them if we have to obey the laws god damn so do they

[Brightside0331]

You can see that the fucking hippie was either grabbing the horse or reaching for the officer! The horse is considered an officer and I'm surprised he wasn't tazed! The guy was taken down by a female officer so he can't say he was roughed up all that much!

[MrJlpzjr]

welcome to houston you dumbass motherfuckers....your faggot asses go to some third world country and try this shit, you will end up shot. dont come here stirring up shit and then blame the police. in this video i didnt see anyone get assaulted. the fact is this, if the police gives you an order to get out of the street, then take your dumb ass off the street.

by the way, why arent you mother fuckers out there working???

so fuck yourselfs and fuck david martinez too.

[robertfilms1974]

the land of freedom

[casecorp]

I guess the idiot doesn't realize that Houston is not San Fransicko and HPD will not tolerate crap like SFPD.

[Eli3333333]

Hmmm, a couple of well placed fireworks would have removed the horse from that equation. lol