CNN reported about the female lawyer hit with rubber bullets

[Catherine Vincent]

I posted about this earlier today in this thread which is now locked because of a disrupter:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?
az=view_all&address=364x1902246#1903019

They showed video footage when she was asking the cops if they shot at her leg and then in the face. They also played the video of the cops laughing about it. The woman was interviewed and is thinking about sueing the police department.

Here are the videos for you to view (posted by Nomad559)

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/vide...

http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/vide...

http://www.miami.com/multimedia/miami/news/archive/vide...

[uppityperson]

1. I saw the videos and am appalled.

I hate it when a group of police act like this. Mob mentality, bah. Hope she sues them.

[Bozita]

2. She is suing

Those videos are damning.

Anyone wondering why a lot of folks call 'em pigs?

[Dufaeth]

40. Sue them? They should be locked up.

We can't have fuckers like them as cops

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. K&R... I watched the presentation and was (unfortunately) not surprised.

[countryjake]

36. Officer off camera: "Get Some!"

I wasn't surprised either.

[RB TexLa]

4. I mean this in the best possible way, but is a "female lawyer"

like a "lady doctor"?

[pnwmom]

6. No, it's like a female doctor.

There's nothing offensive about the word female.

[RB TexLa]

11. I just didn't see why the person's gender was necessary to describe them

[uppityperson]

13. It was a description, to let us know more of whom she was.

That is all. Sometimes descriptions are just descriptions and not any "ism".

[dalaigh lllama]

17. good catch, and I have to agree with you

It's not a big deal, as you point out, but it's interesting to note we usually see nothing strange about saying a "female lawyer," but how often does one see the term "male lawyer" used?

[smoogatz]

39. It's relevant. Cops shooting rubber bullets at women is even worse,

IMO, than if they'd shot them at men. But I'm kind of a dinosaur about such things.

[Catherine Vincent]

8. Yes. I emphasize she was female because she had a skirt on.

Later in the video, she raised her skirt a little to show where the bullet hit her leg.

[pnwmom]

18. ouch!

[557188]

33. Gender

Thats a stupid reason to put "female lawyer".

[Catherine Vincent]

35. Oh yeah?

Well your screen name is stupid. So there!

[Kingshakabobo]

38. LOL...and his/her mama dresses him/her funny! nt

[NotGivingUp]

5. well, well, well.....very glad to hear cnn reported about this.

[Supersedeas]

29. most probably buried in bt the glut of celebrity and oddball news

[Swamp Rat]

7. THANK YOU!!!!

I am glad you posted it again, and included the links in the OP! :hi:

Those police, especially the so-called commanders, have shown themselves capable of the worst depravity.

[Catherine Vincent]

9. No problemo!

Anything for you, Swamp. ;-)

[Swamp Rat]

10. And now it's on the Greatest!

That disruptor really ruined the last one, but this one will be much better. ;)

[hootinholler]

12. Plenty of it going around these days.

The fatigues, the new swagger. I remember once when cops were friendly.

-Hoot

[Swamp Rat]

14. When were cops ever friendly?

I'll the time machine for that date.

[Lerkfish]

31. In 1979, I recall hitching a ride with an hispanic man, who told me some

horror stories about how the police treated people of color. I was young, and never tangled with the police. Sagely, he added: There are good policemen, and bad policemen, and policemen who cannot even be called men.

I think the very bad policemen have always been with us, I just think the current administration is actively recruiting and training them to be worse.

[Swamp Rat]

32. Mardi Gras 1979

Was the best Mardi Gras EVER because the police were on strike. Instead, we had national guard who really did nothing but watch the festivities. There was very little violence that year, if any.

I grew up with guys who are now NOPD. They are good men.

During this administration, though, they are recruiting the worst of the worst. Imagine what it will be like when pissed off Iraq War vets return and join police depts... :(

[CoffeeCat]

15. Those sickening freaks aren't police...

...officers. Police officers, many of whom are decent and professional, understand
that their job is "to protect and to serve."

Those infantile thugs don't deserve to be on a police force. They're trashy, unprofessional
ding dongs who don't deserve to wear the uniform.

They are all a complete disgrace--to themselves, their families and their communities.

Thank God there's video of these neanderthals--acting like third-class wussies.

[LetsGoMurphys]

16. That was very disturbing

those cops should be lined up and shot with rubber bullets. Disgusting. I see it in my friends who got into the criminal justice field. They are all gung ho about getting to do things like that. It sickens me.

[Bigmack]

19. I dunno... I might take a rubber pellet...

to the face for the amount of money she's gonna get from the city.

Would you like to defend the city with all the nifty video floating around of the her being no threat and
the cops yukking it up the next day.

[Bozita]

20. You would take a headshot with a rubber bullet?

GD is getting rough!

[Bigmack]

27. Pellet...

Not those big honkin' rubber slugs. These look like 00 buckshot. A big slug like they used in Ireland, or still use in Israel.... she'd be dead.

My point is that she's gonna make 'em PAY. Damn near any jury is gonna see this as police brutality.

[Czolgosz]

21. Someone shot a lawyer? Does Cheney have an alibi?

[KayLaw]

22. Is what they did legal?

Could they be arrested for what they did?

[Lerkfish]

24. it would certainly qualify as "excessive force" since she posed no threat.

Which, should bring them up on internal affairs investigation, and possibly losing their jobs.

neither of which is likely to happen, I might point out.

we are no longer a nation of laws, but a nation of thugs in power that act with impunity against the very citizens who employ them.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. I'm shaking with rage after watching the video...

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[OnionPatch]

25. OMG! I hope she SUES THEIR ASSES OFF!!

Please, please, please, let her sue. :mad:
And those cops in the tent laughing at her? What's the deal with that? And they wonder why they don't get more "respect for the badge"??!! What a bunch of Neanderthal creeps.

Oh and the fact she was wearing a suit....it doesn't make her any less deserving of being shot than it would if she were wearing a tee shirt and jeans. This is just unconscionable. If I were in that town I would be looking to replace the bulk of the police force. They are unfit to serve the public and should be deeply ashamed of their behavior.

[Scriptor Ignotus]

26. those cops remind me of the two FBI agents

from Die Hard. You know, the ones who were all Gung Ho about killing the terrorists but ended up getting blown up in the helicopter when the top floor of Nakatomi Plaza explodes.

And then when they called the protestors (aka citizens they are supposed to serve and protect) cockroaches, all I could think of was that voice on the radio from "Hotel Rwanda".

Maybe I watch too many movies. Hmm, maybe those cops do too...

[librarycard]

28. They remind me of the "authorities" that killed that kid in a FL camp

for wayward kids. Have those fellas graduated to the Broward police force?

Has the Bush family characteristic of lacking sensibility rubbed off on the Florida police?

[Marie26]

30. K&R

Glad to see you reposted this. The video is pretty chilling.

[countryjake]

34. Thanks for reposting this...K&R!

[lies and propaganda]

37. Put it on your website : Fuck You!

That pig needs to be removed from law enforcement.

This is why people like me can NEVER fully trust cops. They all exploit the fuck out of their 'power.'

[GETPLANING]

41. Dumbass cops

Under all the ballistic clothing and weaponry, these SWAT types are just a bunch of lost little boys in search of an identity. No wonder most of them wind up divorced and destitute.