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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 10:38 AM
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Miami police cut off seniors
http://www.uaw.org/solidarity/03/1203/solid02.cfm


<snip>The Florida chapter of the Alliance of Retired Americans had 25 busloads of seniors headed for the anti-FTAA rally, but only 12 got in. Some seniors were forced to disembark at other points too far away for them to walk to the rally.

“They went kind of ballistic on us and did not allow all our buses to get in,” said Tony Fransetta, president of the Florida ARA (FLARA) and a UAW Local 1250 retiree.

“For those who got into the stadium, the police were like Robo Cop, running around in full riot gear with their hands on their weapons for no apparent reason.”

Outside the stadium, Fransetta reports that some seniors were tear-gassed and a woman was shot in the chest with a rubber bullet. At least two FLARA members were arrested.

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BiggJawn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 10:57 AM
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1. Cops really want that free trip to NYC next August...
Where they can work the RNC convention. free room and board, ample sight-seeing, and all the stinkin' commie faggot ass you care to kick.
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corporatewhore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 12:14 PM
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5. What about boston
the police chief(john timoney) responsible for all the brutality has been asked to help for the democratic national con next year
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revcarol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 11:01 AM
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2. Boy, am I surprised!!
Next we will see blacks being stopped going to the polls, an intimidating presence at the voting places....er, is this a movie re-run?
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 11:03 AM
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3. I wish I was a cop
It would make up for all the un addressed bullying I recieved as a child.
Holy cow. What are we becoming?
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-03 11:39 AM
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4. I guess the Miami Cops are tryng to win the title from the L.A.
cops as the most unconstitutional law enforcement agency in the U.S.
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