OMG is this picture real? (graphic police abuse warning)

[garybeck]

this showed up on my Facebook wall. posted by Occupy Vermont. it has over 2,000 shares.



caption:
"Hi everyone my leg was grotesquely broken when cops attacked our peaceful protest in Rhode Island. The mainstream media (especially the Associated Press) has ignored these horrendous photographs that show the horrific injuries I suffered when the cops attacked. Please feel free to make these telling photos available to all your friends who value freedom and liberty"

ON EDIT. It is real. google "Alexandra Svoboda" for more info.

[graywarrior]

1. WTF?!?!?!

[TheWraith]

2. I very much doubt it.

That angle would require it be a compound fracture, which would result in a fair amount of bleeding.

[garybeck]

9. it's real. google Alexandra Svoboda. n/t

[lonestarnot]

11. Is that who is pictured?

[garybeck]

15. yes. n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. Thanks - here's a news story

http://providence.thephoenix.com/news/65352-injured-wobbly-awaits-trial-for-resisting-arrest/

So it's real; but it's from 2007, not from an Occupy protest (because the quote in the OP sort of looks like Occupy Vermont is saying it was their protest).

[morningfog]

18. It is real.

[Nostradammit]

21. Do you never tire of being wrong?

http://jonathanmcintosh.smugmug.com/gallery/3293537

[Occulus]

23. When Wraith posts anything, rest assured the truth is 180 degrees distant.

That one is almost always completely wrong, almost all the time.

That kind of track record is never accidental.

[Tikki]

2. Could that be a prosthetic leg?

Tikki

[Emit]

4. You should out a graphic image warning on that

it makes me gag every time I see it; and yes, it's real there is a video somewhere, too, iirc.

[Incitatus]

7. True. Many of the protesters have cameras and video recorders.

The lack of details or additional photos and video in this story is very suspicious.

[Emit]

8. It's real, I saw a video of it long ago, iirc. Here's another from the series

same girl

http://imagevat.com/picview.php?ig=3704

[Incitatus]

12. Hmmm, this looks like it might be a news report on it.

[gkhouston]

5. Looks like a Photoshop. Check out the fading on the jeans on the "broken" leg.

They're faded on the front of both thighs, yet they're darker on the shin than on the calf.

[garybeck]

16. it's real. google Alexandra Svoboda. n/t

[Incitatus]

6. It could be a fake that is intended to discredit OWS protesters accusations of police brutality.

The news waits until this goes viral and then proves it to be a fake and calls OWS liars.

[gkhouston]

10. This picture is allegedly from a protest which took place in *2007*.

Occupy Vermont has been using a time machine to stage their protests in RI in 2007?

http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2007/08/attack-on-alex-svoboda.html

[limpyhobbler]

13. Do police love beating up kids or what?

Not all police enjoy beating people up but alot of them do.

[SDjack]

14. Could be true

I had a compound fracture of my upper ankle. My tibia punched about 2 inches through the skin, and my foot dangled like a sack of onions being supported by tendons and skin. There was no blood and no pain, until I got to the ER. The EMTs told me that is usually how it is for compound fractures of the lower leg. But, to know for sure, we need the victim's name and ER report.

[pkdu]

19. Lots more pics here...

http://jonathanmcintosh.smugmug.com/Labor/Police-Attack-Wobblies-March/3293537_mnrKn4/1/182912579_b6Swd/Medium

[Kablooie]

20. It's real. Take a look at this.

[stevenleser]

22. OMG, it is a blown out knee. How awful. nt

[WillyT]

24. Um Guys... It's Real...

Link: http://poljunk.gloriousnoise.com/2007/08/police_brutality_in_providence_ri.php

The RawStory Link no longer works... but this one does...

From August of 2007: http://jonathanmcintosh.smugmug.com/gallery/3293537