Iraq Veterans Arrested at U.S. Capitol September 5th 2007

[proud2BlibKansan]

Run time: 04:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz9ekYNjaKQ   Posted on YouTube: September 16, 2007 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 16, 2007 By DU Member: proud2BlibKansan Views on DU: 1795

 
More thuggery from the DC cops. Watch them drag the vets off the wall and across the concrete! Bastards.

[Cybergata]

1. Great Video

Thanks for posting it here for us all to see.

[babylonsister]

2. Recommend! This is supporting the troops? Vets are disposable?

I can't even believe I'm watching this in my country.:(

PS I LOVE Ann Wright!

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. She is my s/hero

We are so lucky to have her voice.

[toadzilla]

3. in all fairness...

the vets did actually jump over the wall to be arrested. i was there. also, no one was pepper sprayed until some started throwing their protest signs at the cops. i thought the police generally handled the situation pretty well, all things considered.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. Did you watch the video?

I see cops grabbing vets and pulling them over the wall. I also see cops dragging vets across concrete. That is completely over the top. But the major issue here is that our capitol was blocked; the people were refused access to our government. That is just completely wrong.

[toadzilla]

6. i watched the video, but i also saw it in person.

the vets were climbing over the wall with the intention of getting arrested. the people who were dragged were people who lay down and refused to walk. no, we should not have been denied access to the capital, but i dont believe that the police in this situation were acting in an outrageous fashion. they were unfortunately doing their jobs. i saw no one being intimidated.

everyone left the permitted route that the march was supposed to take. the whole thing i believe was illegal at that point, and they could have arrested far more people. the vast majority of people who were arrested were the ones who were climbing over the wall with the intention of being arrested.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Why was the wall there in the first place?

I applaud all who demand access to their government. They are braver than I am.

[WillyT]

7. K & R !!!

:patriot::kick::patriot:

[ooglymoogly]

9. thanks for the video, more , more, more.....kr

[annabanana]

10. CorpoMedia only says "how many". . not who..

And they get the number wrong too.

If ANYone hears someone on TV identify the arrestees as Iraq Vets.. PLEASE let me know, so I can thank them.

[superkia]

11. Only if life was like the movies. The part in V for Vendetta...

where everyone just went right through the police lines. That part makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Of course the police didn't beat or do anything to them in the movie, its nice to dream though.