Forward from mart. Welcome to 4 (more) years of George Bush's AmeriKKKa. Guaranteed...'you ain't seen nothin' yet'!
mart ========================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 3:48 PM Subject: [NYTr] Free Speech, in a Pig's Eye Via NY Transfer News Collective All the News that Doesn't Fit =================================== http://arizona.indymedia.org Arizona Indy Media:Tucson: Free Speech, in a Pig's Eye by Wayne Sumstine Tucson, Nov 6 (NY Transfer)--Imagine the unlikely but entirely possible scenario of a group of a few hundred Evangelical Christian Republicans of all ages walking peacefully down the sidewalk the day after the election, carrying banners praising President Bush, and generally celebrating the election results. The sidewalk is quite crowded with their throng, and a small handful of the more excited ones venture off the curb. Police monitors warn these few to get back onto the sidewalk. Then the police start firing small paintball-style bullets filled with CS gas directly into the crowd at close range, hitting retreating people in the back. This isn't a dispersal action, as the march is then allowed to peacefully continue on. It is done with the obvious purpose of injuring those who strayed off the curb, and to intimidate the rest of the group, and it succeeds in doing just that. Those who ventured into the street are roughed up and arrested. Then imagine that the assistant chief of police tells the media that with regard to the marchers, there were "No instances of violence or property damage." The entire event was peaceful from start to finish. Well, substitute your celebrating Evangelical Christian Republicans for a group of "left wing" protesters from such subversive organizations as the National Lawyers Guild and Food Not Bombs, and you have by all reasonable accounts what happened in Tucson, AZ this past Thursday, November 4, 2004. Perhaps you might understand why a growing number of people all over the country believe their free speech and your free speech is in a pig's eye.. ======================================== http://www.saveourcivilliberties.org/en/2004/11/779.shtml Save Our Liberties Org Nov. 4, 2004 Police fire pepperball projectiles during Tucson protest Tucson Police use violence against marchers: author: Emrys, Arizona Indymedia During a post-election protest in Tucson, Arizona, police fired pepperball projectiles of the kind that recently killed a Boston area student at a group of non-violent demonstrators. (The following link contains photos the event: http://arizona.indymedia.org/news/2004/11/22767.php). Tucson Police reacted with unwarranted violence against protestors in Tucson for committing the crime of walking in the street. About 200 people joined the "Don't just vote, take action" march organized by several activist groups in Tucson, spearheaded by the National Lawyers Guild. Police arrested a total of 6 people during the march, two of whom were given felony charges of resisting arrest. Police shot marchers with pepper bullets - small paint ball style bullets filled with CS gas. They discharged one pepper spray canister into the crowd at the beginning of the march. Officer P. Tosca was the one who fired the pepper bullets, giving one marcher two large welts on her back. Assistant police chief Roberto Villase�or told Arizona Indymedia that "A lot of people made it clear that they probably wanted to make more symbolic gestures than just chanting or just holding up signs." But he said there were no instances of violence or property damage. In fact, no one committed any violent acts during the march what-so-ever. Villase�or said TPD's main concern was the safety of cars in the street - he didn't want any drivers to have to make "evasive maneuvers" to avoid a protestor. The march congregated on a street corner in front of Tucson's federal building. People lined the side of the road and held a variety of signs while others took turns speaking through a portable PA system. A wide array of comments were made, from "we need to work within the system and change it," to "Fuck this shit! Fuck this police state!" The Dry River Collective has called for an anti-police protest in front of the Tucson Police Department station, 270 S. Stone at 4:00 pm on Thursday, November 4. ======================================== [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VL0olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Peruuta ryhm�n tilaus l�hett�m�ll� s�hk�postia osoitteeseen: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kominform2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
