Overall...they did do a lot better...I wish I could post the pic here, but I have one on FB that has cops in riot gear pushing a group of p eople up against the fence and one cop has a taser (not the projectile type...the one that just arcs at the end...i forget what it is called) up against one guy's neck.
-----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:27 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest mind you "what I expected" is a low bar indeed. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > there was some disproportionate force. But on the *whole* Chicago did > better than I expected. What was so important about Michigan and > Cernak though? Getting to close to McCormick Place and triggering > security concerns I am guessing? Been meaning to look that up. That > might actually be kind of legitimate if so, and if that's what it was > then the protesters trying to push through the police were the problem > imho. In that > *particular* situation> > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Eric Roberts < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and >> beating >> > the protestors... >> >> >> I only watched the first, but it sure looked like the protesters were >> trying top break the line and the police responded. There really >> isn't enough context to judge wether the force they used was >> reasonable, maybe it wasn't. >> >> But this pretty clearly isn't a case of "aw those poor little >> peaceful protesters" to me. >> >> -Cameron >> >> ... >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351045 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
