"It should have our collective blood boiling, whether or not we even agree with the protesters"

[darth marth]

This is our pivotal moment, much like the quote someone mentioned in another thread "At long last, have you left no sense of decency"

This is our chance to wake the last holdouts in denial.

This is the issue/picture to bring to Thanksgiving to finally wake up the crazy cousin. If they support this behavior, you can then shame them in front of the entire family.

Now is the time for everyone to get off of the fence...we need to know who is on what side...

[darth marth]

1. thanks for the recs!

:hi:

these are certainly interesting times, giving everyone the option to choose the obvious right side of history here...

[ohheckyeah]

2. Has even one

elected official from any state spoken up and condemned the way the protesters are being abused?

[darth marth]

3. I guess they are choosing sides eh?

wow

[Fumesucker]

4. I believe Barbara Lee, Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders have made statements..

Condemning violence against peaceful protesters.

That was in the wake of the Scott Olsen head shot..

[ohheckyeah]

6. I think you're correct.

I sort of remember something being said by Sanders but not the other two. They probably did speak out.

[darth marth]

16. They should be speaking out every day

They should be speaking in Congress, getting these atrocities on congressional record.

Kucinich use to do a lot more of this, but he seems to be quiet as of late.

[tosh]

21. Bernie is on WeGotEd speaking up now.

http://wegoted.com/listen/

[darth marth]

5. Does anyone here know anyone who is okay with this?

If they have seen the picture...

Is the corporate media covering this at all? Are they justifying it?

[freshwest]

17. 24/7 hate radio is calling for it, if you mean that bunch.

[darth marth]

20. limbaugh and Beck are actually saying they support this?

...wow...how can anyone still listen to them?

[Aerows]

22. Why did anyone ever listen to them in the first place? n/t

[darth marth]

23. i have no idea, but I figure someone must be, they are on every freaking radio station!!

Now, their hero Sarah Palin comes out in support of OWS...I wonder how they are going to spin that!

[freshwest]

35. They'll count on that short attention span, LOL! Another Davis thread shows what Rush was saying...

Just before the assault there. Probably Pike was all geared up from a morning of hate radio. And remember, Rush is on the Armed Forces Network, or whatever it's technically called. A number of police are returning veterans. They were exposed to it, his views were made to appear mainstream and popular. BTW, welcome to DU.

[freshwest]

32. Strongest broadcast signal in rural areas. Nothing else to get news. Appealed to the dark side...

[freshwest]

31. Media consolidation did this. It's their only news channel in some areas. Honestly.

[lonestarnot]

7. !

[Duer 157099]

8. I can recite a list of things going back a decade at least

where I was certain it had been the last straw. And yet, it continues.

[darth marth]

9. I don't know about you, but I have never seen anything like OWS before

WE are in uncharted waters, and things are looking up to me. I have fought for this for ten years, prayed for something as divine as this uprising. I am in heaven!

And these activists that put their bodies on the line like this, just to show the world what this country has come to....they are our saints! God Bless em!

[freshwest]

18. +1,000

[pipi_k]

10. I'm not always in agreement

with the tactics of the protesters (although I do agree with their principles), but this is outrageous.

I will defend the cops IF I think they have done no wrong, but this is just plain wrong.

[sabrina 1]

11. That quote came from a Forbes reporter.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sabrina%201/270

He was not exactly all that supportive of the movement, but is appalled at the brutality of the police and he even went so far as to admit that the 'protesters have been peaceful'.

[darth marth]

12. yes

that is why his quote is so powerful to me

I would like to know now, who the hell is going to defend this?

[bakpakr]

14. Who is defending this W E L L here ya go;

Our friendly neighbor hood cop forum is defending the cop who did the spraying.

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?172855-OWS-gets-OC-UC-Davis

[darth marth]

15. understand why they defend themselves

but don't understand how they can sleep at night. Do these 'people' have souls?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

36. Those aren't real cops.

Cops these days have to take college courses to become police officers. The writing style is too poor, too emotional and too disorganized to be the real thing. These are most likely security guards who couldn't make the cut.

[Magoo48]

24. For pols, IMO, their silence is by default, their defense.

[darth marth]

13. kick

:kick:

[Omaha Steve]

19. K&R!

[katty]

25. Moms&Dads wld you want this to happen to your kid?! NO!

-so get out there with them, call a lawyer-do both!

[mother earth]

26. The right to assemble guaranteed by the "Bill of Rights" -

The following is a transcription of the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution. Called the "Bill of Rights", these amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791. Each amendment's title is linked to a set of detailed annotations presented on the Findlaw website.


Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition
Right to keep and bear arms
Conditions for quarters of soldiers
Right of search and seizure regulated
Provisons concerning prosecution
Right to a speedy trial, witnesses, etc.
Right to a trial by jury
Excessive bail, cruel punishment
Rule of construction of Constitution
Rights of the States under Constitution



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Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion and Petition

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;

or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/BillOfRights.html

How dare they even try to deny the right of peaceful assembly! They should realize they only empower the determination & intention of "WE the people"....maybe the police like the idea of cutting benefits and wages of the working class unions that represent them, this display of ignorance & lack of empathy is to their own folly.

[katty]

28. i keep a Constitution and Bill of Rights app on my iPhone

quick reference

[mother earth]

29. Sounds like a great idea, just might do the same. :)

[marions ghost]

27. My blood is boiling...

:grr: this is outrageous.

[Auggie]

30. Mine too

[Generic Other]

33. No way out of that circle? The cop climbed over them before he sprayed them!

The circle was not the size of the college campus. What a bizarre statement!

[blackspade]

34. Fascist thugs!