Sgt. Shamar Thomas Speaks On Scott Olsen & the Role of Veterans in the Occupy Movement

One Hood Media interviews USMC Sgt. Shamar Thomas, at Occupy Wall St, about how he felt witnessing the police brutality inflicted on fellow veteran Scott Olsen, and the role of veterans in the Occupy movement.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• #OWS
• Occupy Wall Street
• Sgt. Shamar Thomas
• Scott Olsen
• Veterans

[Kefkadet]

I like what he's doing, but last I recall we never fought for freedom in Iraq, we forced our brand of freedom and got a lot of civilians killed in the process...

[JoeStunner]

Colossal respect to all the service men and women who are supporting the Occupy Movement all over the world.

[madmallard11]

@Demosthene28 Hate to burst your romantic bubble but I'm a veteran and I did it for the money. When you're as poor as I was in a rural area, the recruiting station is the only place hiring. The military allowed me to become human and get an education and live a dignified life like the rest of you. That was impossible otherwise. And THAT is the reason most people join the military. .enlisted anyway.

[Demosthene28]

kefka...the reason the vast majority of men and women join the armed service is so that they can have honor and protect our liberties. That is what the point of our military is. That is what they want to fight for. They don't choose the wars they fight. They have more of a right than any of us to be outraged. They have had friends die while the things they were fighting for in their hearts were sold out underneath them. service men and women who support OWS bring it undeniable credibility.

[BarcSsarc]

The music is way too loud and distracting. I'm trying to listen to the words, man..

[centurion180ad]

At 02:37 the folks that won't speak up aren't Marines, either.

[nohealthcare62]

i am not getting back on twiiter .. i was posting or trying to and they FLASHED my page cut me off like i never signed in i was tweeting OccupyOakland & Denver Obama owns stock in twitter just beware of twitter and Obama is not the POTUS we think he is .. or Hillary Clinton i think we r being set up Senator Sanders is our only HOPE

[purplemuse48]

Excellent production, loved the lyrics, and of course adore Mr Thomas: Favorite quote, "You don't need to punch me in the face to tell me you want to fight."



[purplemuse48]

I don't think our servicemen should ever agree to going to Iran, the most important thing they need to do right now is defend our Constitution against our own local governments and PDs and wage peaceful war freeing the US from Corporate enslavement and tyranny.