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Title: Jim Hightower: REVISITING THE ARREST OF PROTESTERS
Source: jimhightower.com
URL Source: http://jimhightower.com//node/6226
Published: Oct 5, 2007
Author: Jim Hightower
Post Date: 2007-10-05 23:43:50 by kiki
Keywords: None
Views: 69
Comments: 5

If you just can’t bring yourself to believe that our government authorities would even think of suppressing the legitimate protests of peaceful demonstrators – look at the record of court cases recently coming out of New York.

You might recall media reports from the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York, when 1,100 people were arrested in one day during anti-war demonstrations. Most media pundits joined the authorities in praising the police for stopping these “dangerous troublemakers.” But the city now faces 605 lawsuits from people contending they were merely exercising their right to free speech and assembly – making no trouble at all.

And now, based on witnesses and numerous videos taken of the demonstrations and arrests, protestors are winning their cases. It turns out that police were making mass arrests of innocent people – then making up arrest reports charging people with crimes they did not commit.

Take the example of two guys and a young woman who were videoed trying to string a banner onto the New York public library. “You can’t hang signs [there],” an officer told them, and they immediately took it down. “You can hold it, but you can’t hang it,” the officer said. So, they did. Two seconds later, as the two men held the banner on the stairs of the library, other police moved in and arrested them.

When the police filed their arrest complaint, they charged the three young people with “obstructing the entire intersection so no cars or pedestrians could pass through.” The woman was also charged with refusal to obey a police order and leading a parade through the intersection without a permit – even though the video clearly showed that she had never left the library steps.

It’s not the demonstrators who are out of control, it’s the authorities. And they’re not merely cracking down on a few people – they’re trampling the Constitutional rights of all of us.

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#1. To: kiki (#0)

Welcome to the party, Jim.

Better late, than never.

Join the Ron Paul Revolution

Lod  posted on  2007-10-05   23:48:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: kiki, *Resource Warfare* (#0)

I've posted this Hightower animated video before, but I like it so much, I'll post it again. ;)

The "PLAY" arrow is a little tough to see, it's in the lower left corner.

source link

Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today!

robin  posted on  2007-10-06   11:33:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: robin (#2)

Join the Ron Paul Revolution

Lod  posted on  2007-10-06   11:37:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: kiki (#0)

The 2004 convention in NYC was the classic imposition of the police state. They kept the protestors blocks away from the convention. They spent two years identifying and infiltrating groups who would be there. They arrested people in mass without cause. They arrested people because they wanted to send that message to America.

Don't forget all the "terror" talk leading up to it.

Paul Revere  posted on  2007-10-06   12:07:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: robin (#2)

thanks Robin, that's a good one. most people have no idea that's one of the "benchmarks" iraq is supposed to meet. if only we could get that video shown during, say, nascar races or american idol.

kiki  posted on  2007-10-06   13:17:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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