Broward Co., Fl. Deputies laugh about their violence toward protester

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http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15228898.htm


Attorney incensed after viewing FTAA police video

A police training video showed high-ranking Broward deputies laughing about shooting rubber bullets at a Coral Gables attorney at the free- trade summit in Miami.


As a middle-aged Coral Gables attorney, dressed sharply in a red suit jacket, skirt and black slingback heels, Elizabeth Ritter stood out among the throng of protesters on Nov. 20, 2003.

Frustrated that she couldn't do business because the Miami-Dade County Courthouse was shut down that week during the Free Trade Area of the Americas summit, she hastily made a sign that read ''Fear Totalitarianism'' and decided to stand with the protesters.

The sign, however, became her shield against a barrage of rubber bullets fired at her by a legion of Broward Sheriff's deputies in riot gear. And, in an image captured by a videographer, she is shot in the head as she cowers in the street.

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And when it comes to ''the lady in the red dress,'' said a sergeant, referring to Ritter, eliciting hoots and laughter, ``I don't know who got her, but it went right through the sign and hit her smack dab in the middle of the head!''

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Kallman smiles and says, ``The good news about being able to watch you guys live on TV is that the lady with the red dress, I don't know who got her, but it went right through the sign and hit her smack dab in the middle of the head!''

He raises his forefinger and zooms it toward his forehead.

The cops all laugh.

Another officer asks, off-camera, ``Did I get a piece of her red dress?''
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[Bozita]

1. Watch the videos in the link. Then tell me you're not pissed!

I'm really pissed.

And they wonder why they're called "pigs"?

[Bozita]

2. ABC's evening news did a piece on this outrage - link

It ran on Wednesday. It pissed me off too.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/story?id=2296783&page=1

Fla. Police Tape Is No Laughing Matter to Protester

Police Apologize but Lawyer Plans Lawsuit for Rubber Bullet Shooting

By ARASH GHADISHAH



MIAMI, Aug. 10, 2006 — - Call it unusual optimism, but Elizabeth Ritter counted herself lucky by day's end on Nov. 20, 2003.

On that day, the South Florida lawyer says, she was shot with rubber bullets at least four times by Miami-area law enforcement officers who were out in force to control protesters demonstrating against a free trade summit.

One bullet struck Ritter in the face.

"I felt there had been angels sitting on my shoulders because I had not been blinded by that shot," she said to ABC News.

She was demonstrating against law enforcement's handling of the protests.

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3. They really are disgusting F**kers!!

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4. Behavior unacceptable for adolescent boys

is apparently welcome by Police Department. I seem to recall a college student and innocent bystander being shot in the eye and killed by a "non-lethal" weapon a year or two ago, (after Boston won the World Series??). Had that been the case here, would "shooter" still have stepped forward to ask for a piece of her dress, or tucked his tail between his legs and kept his marksmanship to himself?