I'm simply shocked at how under reported this fiasco is Chicago has been. I feel it is a major indictment of our 4th estate.
The videos of the police shows absolutely and beyond reproach that the police are using intimidation to attempt to stifle 1st amendment rights. I am disgusted by their behavior, and cops like that are one of the reasons I have always had a fuck the police attitude. The militarization of our law enforcement is also well documented in here, and something else I despise. I will say that the NDAA connection is nebulous as they have been charged and given a bail amount, although excessive. I have read a bunch about the kids arrested and it seems that the police are fabricating terrorism charges using home brew kits. Several of these kids are known pacifists, and they are reasonably well known within various protest movements from around the country. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they were stopped and question/intimidated several days earlier. I have grave doubts about the reality contained in the charges brought against them. It's also interesting to me that some of the outside police that have been brought in to back up the CPD are form Charlotte, N.C. where we can assume there will likely be similar protests at the DNC. As you know, while understand the seemingly valid complaints that many of the protestors have, I do not always agree with their proposed solutions. I do however totally and without reservation support their right to gather, to march and to speak out; all of these things being central to the liberty of our republic. I become more disgusted by the actions of my government by the minute. On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately I can't get down there due to some medical issues I am having > *grrrrr grumble grumble* :-( I have been watching from afar and so far > things have been peaceful. They arrested 3 people on trumped up charges > Thursday in an attempt to intimidate protestors. The big protest is > tomorrow near McCormick Place. From what I am hearing, the police are out > there big time in full riot gear (sucks to be them since it is also 97 > degrees today *snicker*) Some are jokily saying there are more police > than > protestors. They have a big protest today, Healthcare not Warfare at the > Boeng HQ downtown. There was also a big rally (Tom Morello played at it) > in > Daley Plaza where there was a big rally of Nurses (they said something like > 10,000+ nurses showed up...some from other states obviously). I was > watching that livestream....I can post feeds as soon as I can find them > again. > > Info on the arrests: > > This is from the national Lawyers Guild, who defend occupy protesters... > > https://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-chicago-press-relations/nlg-releases-n > > onato-raid-photos-threatens-legal-action-against-city-if-arrestees/355360537 > 860447 > > > http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/05/19/three-chicago-nato-summit-activists-c > > harged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-terrorism-providing-material-support-for-te > rrorism/ > > Earlier this week...the same guys were stopped by Chicago Police and > harassed and threatened: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudIyxxAboA > > A good video released by Occupy Portland on this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB10DF2Pbl8 > > This ties in well with our NDAA discussion > > http://betweenthelines.blogspot.com/2012/05/terrorism-charges-for-chicago-an > ti-nato.html > > The "Official" stories on the arrests: > > > http://www.suntimes.com/news/12635179-761/nato-3-had-targeted-obama-campaign > -hq-rahms-house-police-stations-prosecutors-say.html > > http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/19/11765588-attacks-on-chicago-pol > ice-stations-obama-office-were-planned-prosecutors-say?lite > > > Pics from Friday and today via occupy Chicago: > > http://occupywallst.org/article/today-chicago-health-care-not-warfare-watch- > live/ (this has a link to a livestream of events going on around the > city...the button is on the toolbar up top) > > Pic of Tom Morello anf the Nurse's Rally: > > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=369550743103518&set=a.36949691644223 > 4.87363.100001457865597&type=1&theater > > Pic of Chicago Police from last night: > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2865440934987&set=a.1021509917864.32 > 38.1828697981&type=1&theater > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:28 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: NATO Protests > > > Hey Eric have you been downtown? > > What are you seeing? > > Not hearing too much chatter, but the city did a lot to prevent real > protest > prior to the convention. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/18/nato-summit-t > emplate-policing-other-chicago?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350925 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
