CNN is about to discuss the female lawyer shot with rubber bullets

[Catherine Vincent]

They will also play the clip of when she was shot while demonstrating peacefully and will also show how the cops were joking about it. They said the woman may sue.

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[ClusterFreak]

2. Say again?

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[jeff30997]

4. Yeah,it's really sexist of them.

:evilgrin:

[Lerkfish]

5. excuse me?

what point are you trying to make:

[Webster Green]

7. WTF?!....

Increase meds perhaps?

[uppityperson]

8. They were trying to hurt, not kill.

During a peaceful demonstration, by the way. Edited to add, I am taking your question as a real question, not as anything else.

[thepurpose]

9. They were trying to hurt. How in the hell do you know that shooting some

one in the face with a rubber bullet can sure in the hell kill them. Also they shouldn't been shooting in the first fucking place because there was no threat to them.,

[uppityperson]

13. I know, believe me, I know and agree with you.

It was very uncalled for and very dangerous. I was answering gunsakimboishwhateveritis, taking it as a serious question, but am wondering, looking @ other postings.

[thepurpose]

18. Well the fact this lady is okay makes me mader at the cops for sitting

around joking about this shit like its funny. Then sending a guy on to look all contrite. If the video hadn't been made they still would have been yucking it up. I also don't understand why the black police officer was laughing because them good ole boys would have shot his ass with real bullets if he gave them half a chance.

[Catherine Vincent]

25. I was thinking that too.

That black police officer (and the hispanics in the crowd) laughing like that made me upset.

[Jazzgirl]

51. It doesn't matter if they're black or white.

They are all f**ked up as far as I can tell. I know a lot of cops and they all have issues. I'm not saying every police officer has issues but unfortunately, almost all of the ones I know do. They really do think shit like this is funny.

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[rockymountaindem]

33. Why aren't you working on your campaign?

Don't you have more important things to do than make an ass of yourself on the internet, like, oh... be out there trying to win an election? Sheesh...

Instead you're out here on the web making crazy comments on subjects which have nothing to do with your district, which, lets face it, is what's most important in a state legislature race. All I can say is, why?

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[rockymountaindem]

53. I'm someone who would want my state rep. and senator

to focus on state issues. I'm someone who wants my national Reps. and Senators to focus on issues of nationwide and national importance.

I'm also a Democrat who would like to see my candidate, whoever he or she may be, doing more productive things than arguing with a bunch of anonymous, out-of-district voters on an internet discussion forum.

We've got a guy, Jay Fawcett, running for Congress here in the CO-5, and one will get you ten that he's not posting on the internet with a bunch of people who can't vote for him on this lovely Sunday afternoon. I mean, for starters, if his website was down I think he'd be working on getting it up again.

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[rockymountaindem]

63. I'm sorry

You post on a public internet forum, trying to gin up money and support for your campaign, and now you tell me to leave you alone? I'm sorry.

Hmm... people who care what I think. Well, lessee... there are all the people from abroad at the international university I attend who ask me all kinds of questions about US politics. I usually enjoy my conversations with them and I think we all learn things. They seem to respect my opinion. Beyond that, there are the people at the campaign where I volunteer, plus my friends and family. The former care what I think because they choose to, my family because they really have no choice :)

Of course, none of these people live in your district, and neither do I, so I don't see why that should matter to you. Nor do I see why castigating your critics in a rude and personal way, as opposed to telling them why they're wrong and why everyone should vote for you, is going to help your campaign.

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[elehhhhna]

40. The Sarcasm smilie is your friend.

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[LostinVA]

94. Advocating death against a protester -- ugh

Are you posting in the wrong place?

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[Nomad559]

6. Videos

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

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.

Videos
http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/video/widescreens/ftaa_ritter_shot.html

http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/video/widescreens/ftaa_bso_woman.html

http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/video/widescreens/ftaa_bso_roach.html

[Catherine Vincent]

10. Thanks for the links since I didn't have them handy.

It looks like nothing will happen to those pigs.

[cool user name]

15. I hope she sues them back to the stone age. n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

27. Second video...just amazing. Those cops need to have their asses kicked.

I so friggin' sick of bully police tactics. Laughing about shooting a peaceful protestor in the face is the height of sociopathy.

J

[gorbal]

35. If any cops deserve to be called pigs...

...these are them.
At least he did apologize-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1842163,00.html

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[uppityperson]

14. what?

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22. Ah, an impolite way of not clarifying, I see.

So I think you are wondering why the OP said "female" and "lawyer" not just "person". I also think you are spending energy saying you don't want to clarify rather than just clarifying. OK.


I am thinking this "female attorney" was to differentiate from all those other people shot with rubber bullets. By saying female attorney I knew immediately what OP was talking about rather than just person.

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[Marie26]

26. And we come to the point

The poster is upset that the article mentioned the victim was a woman, because women get special treatment & special mention & rubber bullets and it just isn't fair at all and etc. The actual point of this thread doesn't seem to have registered at all.

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[Marie26]

29. .

:eyes: So you can yawn about the shooting of an unarmed protestor? Nice.

[Drum]

32. ...from a guy who says he's running for office...

as a DEMOCRAT!
:wtf:

[Marie26]

36. You're kidding!

Really? My faith in the Democratic party has sunk a little lower...

[Drum]

39. According to gunsaximbo's journal...whatev n/t

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[Marie26]

48. You don't know

a single thing about me or what I do. I'm actually a public interest attorney, and it lifts my heart to know that if I am shot someday at a protest, I can count on my elected representatives to yawn, degrade & make fun of the victim of an illegal police action. It's sort of sickening, honestly.

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[Wonk]

56. You realize that your campaign website is down? You might want to fix it.

:shrug:

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[uppityperson]

64. "good" that it is down?

okay.

[uppityperson]

60. interesting.

thanks

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[uppityperson]

67. his profile is missing now also. oops. Please alert, thanks

[Julius Civitatus]

97. May be trying to impersonate a Demo candidate

I've been in political forums for a decade, and I can tell you nothing is beneath republican trolls. I would not be surprised if this was a Repug troll trying to impersonate someone else to make that person look bad.

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[Julius Civitatus]

You seem to be very angry at lawyers

at a personal level, even.

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[Drum]

103. That's what I think, too....

On edit: BINGO!

[LostinVA]

118. They've been soliciting "campaign" funds from DUers, too

Sickening.

I've alerted on many posts -- I wish someone would pitch in.

[uppityperson]

119. pitching as fast as I can.

sigh

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[Drum]

127. For goodness sake, Trolls-akimbo, it's hominy!

Tasty for breakfast or anytime. I like mine with butter and salt, some folks prefer syrup, others like with hot-sauce.

Do be more careful...a misspelling can kill your punchline.

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[Marie26]

43. So as a politician,

if one of your constituents, who happens to be an attorney, was shot w/rubber bullets while protesting, would you be lodging a complaint or yukking it up with the policemen?

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[uppityperson]

62. this is why.

"female attorney" was to differentiate from all those other people shot with rubber bullets. By saying female attorney we knew immediately what OP was talking about.

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[uppityperson]

73. are you refusing to understand on purpose, trying to provoke?

or do you really not understand that the OP was describing someone, as they said in post#16, and that we understood whom OP was describing? Why are you trying to make this into a fight about if describing someone is sexist or just a description?

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[City Lights]

81. LOL!

:popcorn:

[uppityperson]

83. website is now gone, as is profile. Alert please.

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[City Lights]

95. I did. eom

[uppityperson]

79. "Will you go back and make sure I asked your the right question?"???

I am not sure if you asked your the right question. What are you talking about?

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[Lerkfish]

82. If I may offer to help...

gun, you're speaking in thought shorthand. In other words, YOU have the complete concept of what you want to say in your head, but you type the abbreviated version. Now, I'm all for brevity, but you are sacrificing clarity to achieve it.
Since that is the case, and others have tried to let you know that, you should be ready to deal with people who don't understand your mental shorthand.
Since all they are seeing is the little you've typed, instead of what you are thinking, there ARE GOING TO BE MISUNDERSTANDINGS.

It behooves you to be more clear, or else you can just deal with this distracting byblows every time you post.

Remember, you also cannot communicate with inflection on the internet.

I"m glad you're running for office, but part of being a good politician is to make it easier for others to understand you, instead of harder.

that's my free advice.

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[Lerkfish]

99. mental shorthand, a metaphor.....

a secretary used to use SHORTHAND, a system of diacritical and phonetic symbols for taking dictation. To the person taking the shorthand, he or she could easily read what was written because THEY wrote it. If someone else happened upon it, it would look like chicken scratches.
I use the term "mental shorthand" because when we look at your brief post, it is like chicken scratching. To YOU, however, since you wrote it, it seems perfectly clear to you.

now, you've asked for clarification, and instead of getting angry with you, I"ve expanded my term so you can perhaps glean understanding.

an example you should follow, perhaps.

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[Lerkfish]

110. "cast not your pearls before swine"

I'm reminded of that proverb, for some reason. I regret that my sound advice has further elicited ill manners from you.

good day.

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[Drum]

92. nice, Lerkfish

Kinder and cooler than I could've been....:toast:

[Reciprocity]

65. You don't have to be a dick to run for office either, but so many are.

[City Lights]

69. Ya still need people skills though. eom

[elehhhhna]

47. oh for chrissakes if he's a Dem running I'm Joe Liebermans dominatrix

[Garbo 2004]

87. Joe Serra, running for state rep, 50th district Illinois.

http://www.kanecountyelections.org/PetitionSignatures/index.htm

He's disabled his profile and sig link to down website/donation page but he's posted previously to solicit funds from DU (approved by Skinner):

My name is Joe Serra and I'm running for State Representative in Illinois 50th District. Dennis Hastert's Home Town is in my district and I want to show him that Liberals can LEAD!

Will you help me by making a contribution? If everyone on DU gave
$10.00, $20.00 or even $30.00 this campaign would be able to purchase the signs and the advertisements it needs to win. http://journals.democraticunderground.com/gunsaximbo

[Richard Steele]

91. Someone should alert the REAL candidate about this troll imposter.

[LostinVA]

100. And I'm your tag team dominatrix

[Drum]

108. self-delete

oops, wrong post

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[LostinVA]

112. Shut up

Your troll ad hominen attacks disgust me.

It makes me sick you've been allowed to solicit funds here.

You are on Ignore.

[uppityperson]

114. please alert if you haven't. trolls need to be gone, not ignored.

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[Lerkfish]

120. ignoring and alerting are not mutually exclusive. its possible to do both.

:)

[uppityperson]

122. there is that

:thumbsup: It is not the initial missing :sarcasm:, but all that has occured since, as well as a search of last hour.

[Lerkfish]

125. yes, I was willing to give the benefit of the doubt initially, however now

any doubt has evaporated.

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[LostinVA]

133. I do both all the time -- I'm multi-My DU

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117. Troll

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[Marie26]

38. I do.

And the fact that you're an actual Dem politician is pretty disheartening.

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55. I will suggest the same,

and regretfully say goodbye. :cry:

[johnaries]

61. I wouldn't vote for you. You're just plan rude. Or drunk. nt

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[uppityperson]

76. which "outrage" bores you? Shooting peaceful person with rubber bullets?

or the fact that she was described as being a female?

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57. this is why it matters

I am thinking this "female attorney" was to differentiate from all those other people shot with rubber bullets. By saying female attorney I knew immediately what OP was talking about rather than just person.

[elehhhhna]

44. White middle aged woman in a business suit.

It is sorta unusual.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. There isn't.

But since I didn't have the link of the videos, I tried to refresh everyone's memory that knew about it. I suppose I could have said lawyer in the red jacket.

[cool user name]

12. Just saw that!

Fucking assholes.

I'm furious.

[Selatius]

17. The point is you don't attack unarmed protesters

You don't shoot them. You don't gas them, and you don't beat them with battons if they're doing nothing wrong.

[AX10]

19. And of course this happened in Florida.

I HATE that damn state.

[kywildcat]

23. In reference to the cops who shot the lawyer

time to dust off the well deserved moniker
Jack Booted Thugs

[shain from kane]

30. Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets

I went to a party at the local county jail
All the cons were dancing and the band began to wail
But the guys were indiscreet
They were brawling in the street
At the local dance at the local county jail

Well the band were playing
And the booze began to flow
But the sound came over on the police car radio
Down at Precinct 49
Having a tear-gas of a time
Sergeant Baker got a call from the governor of the county jail

Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets

I love to hear those convicts squeal
It's a shame these slugs ain't real
But we can't have dancin' at the local county jail

Sergeant Baker and his men made a bee-line for the jail
And for miles around
You could hear the sirens wail
There's a rumor goin' round death row
That a fuse is gonna blow
At the local hop at the local county jail

Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do

Sergeant Baker started talkin'
With a bullhorn in his hand
He was cool, he was clear
He was always in command
He said Blood will flow;
Here Padre
Padre you talk to your boys...
Trust in me -
God will come to set you free

Well we don't understand
Why you called in the National Guard
When Uncle Sam is the one
Who belongs in the exercise yard
We all got balls and brains
But some's got balls and chains
At the local dance at the local county jail

Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets
Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets

Is it really such a crime
For a guy to spend his time
At the local dance at the local county jail
At the local dance at the local county jail

Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do about it, whatcha gonna do

[NoodleyAppendage]

31. "Do we have any intel on her?" SO CHILLING...it's time for revolution.

V for Vendetta, my friends. V for Vendetta.

J

[akushuki]

42. Asshole cops...

They act like they just defeated Hannibal. Give the protesters rubber bullet guns and we'll see who will break first.

[Postman]

70. And shooting the cops would be a crime?

but shooting innocent unarmed civilians is "enforcing the law" ?

This is why the Second Amendment is important.

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78. Troll

[uppityperson]

80. alert please

[Drum]

88. done. n/t

[uppityperson]

96. check this out too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1902903&mesg_id=1902971

[Drum]

102. I know...have seen it all afternoon.

Vying for Most-Locked, Most-Deleted, and Most-Blocked honors. Silly troll.
:silly:

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86. Self Delete

[uppityperson]

89. I saw the sarcasm too, but the rest of this is the deciding factor.

[Swamp Rat]

126. cat_girl25, I am interested in finding out what happened,

but this thread was made difficult to navigate by a disruptor.

Maybe you can repost the thread? :shrug:

[Lerkfish]

128. that's a very good idea.

and in the new thread, everyone please put the disruptor on ignore.

[uppityperson]

129. cat girl, could you wait a little bit 'til disruptor is gone, then repost?

even if we all ignore it, still will be chiming in.

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135. I'm thinking it was hijacked on purpose

I'd like to ahve a real thread on this, too.

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140. Locking.

Sorry, this has gotten pretty ridiculous, to be blunt.