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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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cleo
United States5 Posts
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Pillage
United States804 Posts
On October 15 2011 14:33 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Again a white shirt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxZ8_JdKm0Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-o2oXDDk5o Did he spit on the cop or something? Cause if he did I can understand completely why the cop did that. | ||
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ddrddrddrddr
1344 Posts
On October 15 2011 14:53 Pillage wrote: Did he spit on the cop or something? Cause if he did I can understand completely why the cop did that. Yeah, if you get spat on by someone you should punch their face in. In normal circumstances you can be arrested for assault and battery, but for a cop? | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6322 Posts
On October 15 2011 17:13 ddrddrddrddr wrote: Yeah, if you get spat on by someone you should punch their face in. In normal circumstances you can be arrested for assault and battery, but for a cop? Get real, if you get spat on you'd beat the guy the cop is still a human. | ||
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dOofuS
United States342 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + HIV Positive Protester Says Cop Who Punched Him Should Get Tested http://gothamist.com/2011/10/14/hiv_positive_protester_says_cop_who.php During the chaotic Occupy Wall Street march through the financial district this morning, we witnessed a protester on William Street get punched in the face by a police officer, seemingly without provocation. He says the officer hit him so hard his earring got knocked out, but he managed to escape arrest. We caught up with the protester later: his name is Felix Rivera-Pitre, and he told us what happened and how he got away. Rivera-Pitre, who is HIV positive and used to be a dancer, tells us he was walking a little bit in front of the police on William Street, and admits he "shot the cop a look." But then, according to Rivera-Pitre (and this is in line with what we witnessed), "The cop just lunged at me full throttle and hit me on the left side of my face. It tore my earring out. I remember seeing my earring on the ground next to me and it was full of blood. I was completely dumbstruck. I'm HIV positive and that cop should get tested." Asked how he escaped, Rivera-Pitre says, "The cops were pulling me by my feet and the crowd was pulling me by my hands, and I was suspended in the air. But there were more people than cops, and they pulled me out." The police were seen searching for Rivera-Pitre in the crowd, but somehow he managed to slip away. Rivera-Pitre said he was participating in march because "my housing has been affected by the economy." He currently lives at the YMCA at Jamaica Queens, works for Vocal New York, and tries to get by on $300 a month now that his health benefits have been cut back. But after meeting Rivera-Pitre, now we're all confused—aren't all the Occupy Wall Street protesters supposed to be trust fund hippies who dropped out of Sarah Lawrence? Update: Animal New York published this video which appears to show what happened just before Rivera-Pitre was allegedly slugged in the face. At the 1:30 mark, an officer in a white shirt approaches Rivera-Pitre from behind, touches his arm, and tells him, "Get on the sidewalk." Rivera-Pitre does indeed "shoot him a look"... and then the camera pans away. Cue horrified screaming and unified chanting "THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!" NYPD Cop Punches Protester In Face - Occupy Wall Street | ||
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BlackFlag
499 Posts
On October 15 2011 17:20 RvB wrote: Get real, if you get spat on you'd beat the guy the cop is still a human. No he is the face and the personification of the government and should be held to a higher standard and should not attack people because he is a bit provoked. | ||
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Nightfall.589
Canada766 Posts
On October 15 2011 17:20 RvB wrote: Get real, if you get spat on you'd beat the guy the cop is still a human. If I did that to someone while at work, I'd be fired, and probably sued. | ||
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hitthat
Poland2349 Posts
On October 14 2011 09:33 Suisen wrote: *actually everything he posted* Ah yes, "violence". Certain means of keeping people free from the evil elites. Poles already tried this out against multiple more or less "oppresive gouverments" and always regret this. Personaly i think it's the last thing we need. Americans can try this out if they want to, but keep your ideas away from our borders, please... | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6322 Posts
On October 15 2011 17:44 Nightfall.589 wrote: If I did that to someone while at work, I'd be fired, and probably sued. haha yeah you guys are right. But still it's weird if people only say the cop hit the guy but leaving out the other guy spat on him ( if he did ). It's both wrong. | ||
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Traeon
Austria366 Posts
Noam Chomsky and the Struggle Against Neoliberalism Neoliberalism is the defining political economic paradigm of our time - it refers to the policies and processes whereby a relative handful of private interests are permitted to control as much as possible of social life in order to maximize their personal profit. Associated initially with Reagan and Thatcher, neoliberalism has for the past two decades been the dominant global political economic trend adopted by political parties of the center, much of the traditional left, and the right. These parties and the policies they enact represent the immediate interests of extremely wealthy investors and less than one thousand large corporations. Read the rest here. | ||
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Detri
United Kingdom683 Posts
On October 15 2011 17:13 ddrddrddrddr wrote: Yeah, if you get spat on by someone you should punch their face in. In normal circumstances you can be arrested for assault and battery, but for a cop? Spitting on someone in the UK is common assault, if you spat on a cop from Northern Ireland, well good luck to ye. As your getting at least a night in the cells. Spitting on a cop like, i understand they are passionate. But what the fuck did the cop do to deserve that? Animals, doesnt matter what the cop did after, you fucking deserve what you get. | ||
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PrideNeverDie
United States319 Posts
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BlackFlag
499 Posts
On October 15 2011 20:41 PrideNeverDie wrote: why are the protestors spitting at their fellow 99%ers? their enemies are wall street executives not hardworking cops The police are their soldiers. There are really only a handful of examples where cops joined and/ or helped protesters/ revolutioniaries/ whatever. While with the Military there are at least many examples where they did. (and many where they didn't and put it down). | ||
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Imascotsman
255 Posts
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Traeon
Austria366 Posts
On October 15 2011 20:50 Imascotsman wrote: Where is the proof he spat on the officer? I can't see spitting in the video. | ||
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GizmoPT
Portugal3040 Posts
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HappyChris
1534 Posts
Keep fighting Our Occupy wall street movement starts today in Copenhagen ill try to get some pictures | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7032 Posts
On October 15 2011 06:18 H0i wrote: The goal is awareness. The more people are aware, the faster the awareness spreads. If enough people are aware of what's really going on, the change will happen. If enough people are aware they can work outside of the system and replace/update it to remove corruption, without violence. Politicians/governments and corporations only have power because people give them power. When we stop doing this, they will lose their power. I think it can backfire too. If they give up too easily it will tell the powers-that-be they don't have much to fear in the way of protests. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6322 Posts
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