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sce56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-17-11 11:39 PM
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Journalist,Faith Laugier- attacked,assaulted and arrested by NYPD: The Shamar Report
 
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Posted on YouTube: November 17, 2011
By YouTube Member: TheShamarReoprt
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Posted on DU: November 18, 2011
By DU Member: sce56
Views on DU: 2301
 
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Faith Laugier is a Journalist/Radio show host and personal friend of mine. Today, 11-17-11, she was indiscriminately grabbed from the crowd while moving away from the chaos, as instructed to do by NYPD. At the very start of this video you can see a police officer rush her from behind and body slam her to the pavement. Handcuffs were then placed on her in such a way that caused the veins in her arms to erect. Officers refused to loosen her cuffs as well as explain why she was being detained.

Also, several times in the midst of my filming and photographing her arrest several police officers attempted to swat and take my camera from me. At one point an officer shouted grab that man,me. I was able to remain safe.
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chervilant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:25 AM
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1. If you aren't COMPLETELY frightened by this,
then you are NOT paying attention.

I hope that this young woman can get justice against these brutal thugs.
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sce56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:29 AM
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2. It takes awhile but the lawsuits especially from the Press could bankrupt NYC!
The Lawyers Guild is very busy!
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HDPaulG Donating Member (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:54 AM
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3. Such a brave ( I hide behind my badge) woman beater....
A$$hole...hope you get fired. Beat your lover's too?
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:16 PM
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11. I"ll bet that they beat their wives and children
and get away with it because of the "code of blue". That behavior just doesn't happen without precedent.

This #ows protest is basically giving them a self written license to assault women with impunity. They create a situation when none has developed and when a citizen is trying to get to safety or complying with a disperse order, then all of a sudden, that citizen is resisting arrest when there is nothing that can be proven that the citizen has done to warrant arrest, other than a fuckin' cop who can't control himself.
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Hulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 01:21 AM
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4. Disgusting fascist thugs!
Lost all respect for these pigs. This isn't over, by a long shot.
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blackspade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 01:30 AM
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5. Disgusting.

When the police act this capriciously, it means they have given up all pretense of the rule of law.
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micraphone Donating Member (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:24 AM
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6. Agree - disgusting
Hope many "cops" does it take to "detain" this obviously terrist woman? Are they getting their jollies?

Ignoring the men around her...

Obviously being a female and a reporter is a crime to these morans.

Blech....
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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:32 AM
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7. Insane, they are abusers, they should not be on the streets.
That creep looks familiar too. Not sure, but if I can find it, there is a photo of a cop, who looks like him, beating a protester with his bare fists. He also looks a bit like the 'red jacket' guy who arrested another journalist on the day they pepper-sprayed the women who were trapped behind the orange netting.

The anger towards them is growing. Saw many comments today all over Twitter, absolutely appalled at the behavior of the police across the country.

There is one thing for sure, this needs to change, these women abusing thugs need to be taken off our streets. So added to the list of goals is 'reform of the US Police Departments'.

Someone said today that the American people need some outside intervention to protect them from the US Police.

I sincerely hope she sues. They had no right to arrest a journalist for one thing, that is a 1st Amendment issue beyond a doubt. And they arrested nine of them yesterday. This is an assault on the Press, not just one woman.

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sabrina 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 03:36 AM
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8. More brutality from the police against a citizen.
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Is this the same guy? Not that it matters, same vicious behavior regardless.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 05:46 AM
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9. Thank you for sharing this episode. Stay safe journalists.
Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 06:09 AM by mmonk
Journalism shouldn't be a hazardous job here. I hope this goes viral.
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marions ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 10:34 AM
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10. Just cop thugs having some fun...
keeping Murka safe. They love slamming protestors, especially women, to the pavement. Makes em feel so powerful and manly.
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Danse Donating Member (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 12:35 PM
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12. proper terminology
Let's use the proper terminology here. This woman is being TORTURED by the NYPD.

For what? For having a camera.

America is a police state.
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MrMickeysMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 04:11 PM
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13. The cop yells, "KNOCK IT OFF!"
Just what the hell was she supposed to do in order to accomplish this unwarranted request?"

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DeSwiss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-18-11 04:36 PM
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14. K&R n/t
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