Well, if this is true, it will come out in the courts. I have no way of knowing one way or the other since, as I said, I wasn't there and only have news reports and video film to go on.
They kept that kid in jail for hours, without even letting him call his parents to tell them what had happened to him. The only reason his parents found out where he was, was because finally, one of the cops answered the kid's cellphone.
Can you imagine that, not knowing where your son is for hours?
And his is not the only story like that. There was less than five % of the protestors that were violent, yet hundreds of innocent people, press included were attacked, teargassed and arrested without due cause.
Just for the crime of being there.
Others tried to follow orders to disperse, and were driven into rows of other police officers in riot gear who then attacked them.
I tend to be on the polices side in most cases. Hell, I'm pro law and order, I like cops, but the way this situation was handled was disgusting to say the least. Clear overreaction from the police, brutality against peaceful protesters, innocent bystanders, all supposedly in a claim to go in against a small minority of people that actually did something wrong. (many of whom were basically spurned into doing so, after they were attacked in their homes the day before, for no reason, other than planning to be at the protest)
Check the links about it, believe me, the way the police mishandled this situation was criminal.
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Date: 2008-09-06 07:41 pm (UTC)Can you imagine that, not knowing where your son is for hours?
And his is not the only story like that. There was less than five % of the protestors that were violent, yet hundreds of innocent people, press included were attacked, teargassed and arrested without due cause.
Just for the crime of being there.
Others tried to follow orders to disperse, and were driven into rows of other police officers in riot gear who then attacked them.
I tend to be on the polices side in most cases. Hell, I'm pro law and order, I like cops, but the way this situation was handled was disgusting to say the least. Clear overreaction from the police, brutality against peaceful protesters, innocent bystanders, all supposedly in a claim to go in against a small minority of people that actually did something wrong.
(many of whom were basically spurned into doing so, after they were attacked in their homes the day before, for no reason, other than planning to be at the protest)
Check the links about it, believe me, the way the police mishandled this situation was criminal.