I haven't heard that (about the police) but it is possible. I am skeptical of what the MSM is reporting as they were saying that many of the injuries were self-inflicted...definitely not buying that.
-----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:56 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest nod, what defused the situation at Michigan and Cernak as I saw it was that protesters near the rear moved a barricade so they could move back and give the front line protesters a place where they could move back without trampling each other. I also heard but did not see that some of the journalists and observers started yelling to the police that people had no place to go and the police listened and backed off for a few minutes (?) Not sure of my source on that though. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > 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:351059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
