Egyptians document Tahrir police violence

From Cairo to Alexandria, Egyptians have captured images of rampant police violence using handheld video cameras and mobile phones.

Near Tahrir Square, a security officer was filmed being congratulated for shooting at the eyes of a protester.

In Alexandria, green lasers alleged to be mounted on guns used by security forces are filmed hitting the leaves of overhead trees just before a protester is shot.

Al Jazeera's Omer al-Saleh reports.

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[kingbeatsoz]

I dont understand the police in these countries fighting the protesters, They should be fighting the regime with them! They are blindly following what their government says and kill their own people...It makes me sick

[comradinternationale]

Bullets, gas, batons, and brutality.... this is the real face and tactics of those who want to drown out in blood the voices of people. Yet as the world has witnessed ....the brave were neither deterred in Tahrir Egypt, nor in Times New York.

Victory to the brave people, and honorable working men and women of Egypt ! The people of Egypt realize they must continue the struggle for freedom, a struggle which is now international.

Never be divided and discouraged, inshallah you are victorious !

[THANASiTO]

@kingbeatsoz it happens in all countries! they use propaganda to cops and cops think they secure their country and democracy from some hooligans.....i know its stupid but that's the way it goes!

[rad123321]

No one will ever here me defend Bush or his father and grandfather. They are criminals. But the facts are that the deficit, unemployment, interventionism and war mongering have just accelerated and while people argue left and right, the same policies keep moving forward. T his is one of the biggest deceptions of the elite ruling class.

[nwchronic]

@rad123321 Obama is not the world police. This is a grassroots uprising of the Egyptian people, I hope we do all we can to foster their democratic elections, but its their country. If those were videos of police using live ammo I'd bet Obama would intervene. Obama is not perfect, but he is far far far from a dictator. I wish he had more power, congress and the house are the problem right now, namely republicans. He's done a good job to get us back on track after Bush raped out country.BY THE WAY

[rad123321]

Libyan and Egyptian uprisings were brought on under the guise of humanitarian aid. Libyans under Gaddaffi had free electricity, free health care, free housing and gasoline allowances. Detroit has 50% functional illiteracy, 40% unemployment and 45% of the people live in poverty. Gaddaffi's sin, in the eyes of Obama's masters, was to try to unite all the nations of Africa in order to expel all foreign imperialistic influence and to have a single African currency backed by gold.

[rad123321]

Where is the humanitarian aid for these victims? Obama might win the peace prize a gain for helping install a puppet military regime which brutally suppresses the people who are striving for some true form of liberation. How does anyone capable of analytical thinking still support the dictator Obama? By the way, I realize the Bushes are traitors too.

[Ramox3]

@nwchronic so Muslims claim, i meant