Shocking video! McBush’s USA: This is what democracy looks like.
2008 September 1
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I was able to access this video, and nothing in it surprises me.
Outside the 2004 Republican Convention held in NYC, they made pens for the demonstrators way out of sight or audibility of the delegates going in and out. That horrified me then, and we couldn’t do anything about it.
Here’s what Wikipedia says about that convention:
“The convention faced unprecedented protests in New York City throughout the week, including a massive march on the Sunday preceding the convention and repeated infiltration of the convention by protesters. 1806 people were officially arrested during the week, the vast majority on minor charges. Mass arrests and illegal detentions (for which the City of New York was fined) led Donna Lieberman, Executive Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) to comment that “The performance of police was decidedly a mixed one. While hundreds of thousands of people were able to make their voices heard, the right to protest was severely undermined by the mass arrests of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators and bystanders, the pervasive surveillance of lawful demonstrators, and the illegal fingerprinting and prolonged detention of [more than] 1500 people charged with mostly minor offenses. This compromised their Constitutional right to protest.” In most cases, charges were dropped after protesters were released. The New York Times reported on August 24, 2005, that after requests were made by Congressman John Conyers, Jr., the Justice Department decided to investigate whether or not the civil rights of those arrested had been violated. Those investigations are ongoing.”
Four years later means four years more of perfecting their techniques.They were criminals then, and have not rehabilitated themselves.