SF Police violence, Cop moves in to arrest 9 year old boy, 032109 Anti War Protest

In this clip (1 of 4), a Cop moves in to arrest 9 year old boy - 032109 SF Anti Irak Occupation March & Rally -- This video clearly shows a peaceful protest until a cop ignited the emotions, there are other videos with the words "Violent Protest" And shows the people yelling and the cops attacking, the other videos' scenes are subsequent to this one and do not address the fact that it was peaceful until the SFPD Officers attacked.

This video is the most significant in terms of showing that the protesters were peaceful and not what the people who posted subsequent videos with deceptive titles claim, see for yourself and judge.

This is one of the clips I shot with my cell camcorder during the protest in SF against the 6th year occupation of Irak, some of it was done with my hand over the head trying to aim by feel, sorry if I miss the heads of participants in some scenes but by chance I got some of
the action.

As a witness, in my opinion, the cops' actions were unprovoked and disproportionate to the situation, they over-reacted, although to call it over- react may not be the correct term to use, a more accurate description would be to say 'they acted'

On this clip, you can clearly see how all was relatively calm, as the video rolls, there was a small cluster of people and cops on the street, the young boy they wanted to arrest, his mother? when the young woman, the boy and a young man started to walk away because I believe the decision was made not to arrest the boy, a cop on their right moved in to stop them and push the boy back, from then on, as you know, was very chaotic, anyway, this is the clip that captured some of that action

UPDATE: Did you witness what happened? Shot any video? Want to help the arrested? More info on this link, plea for help at foot of the post in my blog
http://tinyurl.com/c4zhyz

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• san
• francisco
• iraq
• anti
• war
• protest
• boy
• march
• 21
• 2009
• police
• brutality
• violence

[Cihuamexica]

Hi, thanks for the comments. Let's make one thing clear, this clip is about an incident that I witnessed, I was was just capturing a TOTALLY PEACEFUL protest when the incident developed - Not good to generalize, not all cops are abusers & not all protesters are so called trouble-makers AND this still is the USA, question is: 4 how long yet if nobody exercises their rights as some sheeple would like it to be?

[barnyianni]

what gets me is that people think it's ok to automatically respect someone based on absolutely nothing at all. if some guy tried to take my kid away, i would kick the hell off. and if his mates who all dressed exactly the same yelled at me to move back, i would go to the police. oh wait a minute, it IS the police.

[Cihuamexica]

Thanks for your comment, and Australian mate?

What gets me is that they are trained on how to act in stressful situations and not to react, as it is often the case and sadly, in far too many instances, with fatal consequences - They are supposed to be professionals for heaven's sake!

The situation was under control and it was they who lost it in the worst of circumstances, in the middle of a large crowd, where calmness and composure are the best emotions to have.

[andycop211]

Watching this as a parent, I would never allow my child to mouth off to anyone. Being a parent I have taught my children that they need to show the respect that everyone deserves. I do agree with the anti-war actions but bringing a child to a protest, come on it can get out of hand sometimes.

[Cihuamexica]

I didn't know that the child 'mouthed off to anyone", and while I agree that sometimes the police and, at times, some protesters do over react, I also think that witnessing the right to assemble and to free expression is a great lesson for children to learn about their country and it's Constitution, a Civics lesson in practice.

Wouldn't you agree?

[andycop211]

Sorry I misread the description. I definitely agree with you, it is an excellent lesson to be able to show a child but maybe when the child is a little older. I would not like to get caught in anything that can harm my child and me.

[Cihuamexica]

Yeah, I hear you, however, while there have been physical confrontations during protests, 4 the most part R peaceful, I hope this is the case in the future, we have a right 2 peacefully assemble, not 2 engage in violence.

In my book, anyone who says is shoulder to shoulder with me, advocates or engages in violence, that person is not my ally, much less my friend. He/She is not helping the cause I'm peacefully advocating 4.

Still, as parents, we feel the need to protect them, as it should be.

[DKChatha]

I'm sure the police had a reason for what they did and I don't see anything unfair going on. They took the action they thought necessary.

[DKChatha]

@GtheGENT Human rights are human rights. Surely they should apply, no matter what religion.

[magicalssbf]

its a fucking shame why does city hall promote these god damn THUGS WITH PLASTIC BADGES

[GtheGENT]

that looked like a muslim protest. at first i was pissed but now since it was muslims i just dont care..

[brian30bc]

@anubethc45, Oh my God!!! You are exactly what the cops want the public to be, and the reason the people of this nation are quickly loosing all their rights. Yo are officially one of the Sheeple. I bet you believe the media too...

[brian30bc]

as is often the case in protests, it appears pretty clear, in the beginning of the clip, that it was a couple of cops who turned things physically aggressive in response to verbal remarks. yet another case of unnecessary and excessive force.

In that case my course of action is always to allow them to arrest me and get my day in court (with council).

You have to have the nerve to risk a night in jail now days if you want to protect your rights in the "New U.S.A".

[vada2000]

i didnt see any 9 yro getting arrested did see a bunch of violent protesters though

[DrAculafansite]

Man forget you haters and fuck the cops

[pthizzle415]

The description for this video is clearly incorrect and is phrased as if it is a liberal statement. The cops where acting correctly when trying to move non violent protesters out off the way of oncoming traffic. So the protresters were putting them selves and the SFPD in harms way, so when the protesters refused to take themselves out of harms way the SFPD were forced to act with physical force to ensure the safety of all peoples in the direct area