Democratic National Convention coverage
By Carlos Miller
And when Denver police were not arresting journalists for standing on the sidewalk, they were clad in indistinguishable uniforms and masks – sans name tags – and arresting protesters.
In the second video, one of these officers shoves a Code Pink woman to the ground by slamming his baton against her chest. She is less than half his size. Quite a threat, I imagine.
Then another officer comes up from behind another Code Pink woman and arrests her as she is speaking into a camera.
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1 Scott // Aug 28, 2008 at 7:37 AM
Well all of this was entirely uncalled for. The constitution clearly give the right for people to protest peacefully on public property. The police broke several laws, but there was obviously power behind these mass arrests and police violence. Cops get nervous when they don’t know what to do.
2 Shawn // Aug 28, 2008 at 4:09 PM
What part of “inalienable rights” do these government thugs not understand? The right of the people to assemble peacefully shall not be infringed. This is an obvious abuse of power and “authority” and a violation of your constitutionally protected rights.
3 enhager // Aug 28, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Didn’t you have some great video coverage of the Code Pink protests in Miami?
4 eggs // Sep 5, 2008 at 11:29 AM
Congrats to these riot cops for validating the protesters existence. They just made that woman’s day, or life. Now she can feel like she “made a difference” while the man kept her down.
5 bob // Oct 22, 2008 at 12:18 PM
The girl getting “Slammed” by the cop was teh fail.
1. The police are in the middle of an arrest
2. The cops are surrounded by a huge crowd
3. The girl, Alicia Forrest, runs up and interferes with the arrest
4. The cop tells her to back off
5. She keeps talking
6. The cop pokes her with the baton, warning her again to back off
7. The grabs at and shoves away the baton and tells the cop to fuck off (never grab a cops weapon… ever… especially during an arrest in the middle of an angry crowd)
8. The cop uses an approved crowd management technique to counteract an upper body attack called a “high block”
9. Girl hits the ground, gets arrested.
She is teh fail
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