POLICE BEAT PROTESTER >>>>

[helderheid]

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/110405summitamericas/im:/051104/481/ury10411042020;_ylt=Am.ZboTLHd15hUW96JPlrjXlWMcF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGcyMWMzBHNlYwNzc25hdg--?sp=3000


Policemen hit an anti capitalist demonstrator during a riot in the bank district of Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Nov. 04, 2005. Demonstrators rallied against the IV Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

[justiceischeap]

1. I know it's not funny but is that butt crack I spy?

Sorry, had to.

[NervousRex]

11. Plumbers butt....

is a no-no in Uruguay.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

19. how come all the posters with names ending in Rex are. . . .

nevermind.

What you said was completely insensitive.

[BeHereNow]

23. Not just insensitive-

More accurately,
DISGUSTING.

BHN

[SlavesandBulldozers]

28. yeah that is more accurate.

n/t

[BeHereNow]

12. You know what? That is NOT funny.

"Sorry, I had to?"

When people are so desensitized to the power of the visual
image, I can no longer question how we have reached the point
that we have.

To joke about something this serious is despicable.
I hope you will contemplate your motives for doing so.
BHN

[leftchick]

17. not fucking funny at all

:(

[BeHereNow]

20. Thanks Leftchick-

for confirming that I have not gone mad for finding
"jokes" an inappropriate and twisted response to this
picture.
I am disgusted by the inhumanity of such postings.
BHN

[helderheid]

21. I'm with you. I posted this picture because it was horrifying - not

to make fun of a DEFENSELESS woman about to get her spine pummeled.

[BeHereNow]

22. Hard to decide which is more horrifying, eh?

The picture or certain responses to it on this thread.
One in the same in my mind.
The person who would do this to another human being
is the very same as the person who could turn it
into a "humorous" commentary.
Fuck, I am losing my mind just thinking about
the fact that posters could try to "joke" about
this picture.
What if the victim was THEIR loved one?

DISGUSTED,
BHN

[CottonBear]

2. That looks like a woman. I hope she (or he) is OK. :( n/t

[gatorboy]

4. I was about to say the same thing.

Never seen too many men getting that style of tattoo....

[sirjohn]

3. Nice tattoo anyway

[BeHereNow]

13. Welcome to DU, but

that is a despicable response to the image.
Shame on you.
BHN

[Swamp Rat]

5. Horrible!

Jack-booted thug! What a fucking monster, beating that woman! :grr:

[helderheid]

7. I know - she really looks threatening, doesn't she???

:sarcasm:

That poor woman :mad:

[BeHereNow]

16. THAT is the appropriate response Swamp Rat!

Not remarks about "plumber butt" or "nice tatoo."
Geez- who the fuck am I living next to in this country?
Sometimes I wonder.
BHN

[lpbk2713]

6. He's taking a full swing on her spine.

I hope she's not crippled for life. If this were in the USA that photo would cost the police dept a lot of money if it harmed someone permanently for demonstrating.

[whatever4]

8. Entitle it "The Cringe"

Caught at the exact right moment, while the victim braces for the hit and the hand draws back for full swing. It's a really good shot, it catches it just right. Look at the set of the shoulders and the bent head. I could be wrong, but it looks like The Cringe to me.

[sirjohn]

9. They should have been putting out the fire

Did you see those elderly people on the apartment balcony above the burning bank branch?

[helderheid]

15. I didn't! Do you have a link?

Good lord what is HAPPENING???

[Rex]

10. Somebody pays him to beat up anti capitalist demonstrators.

Hell, did you see the video of a cop run over a man who snatched a PURSE here in Texas? He RAN HIM THE FUCK OVER.

Found the video, WARNING VERY GRAPHIC.
http://www.wimp.com/arrest/
What country do I live in?

[AX10]

14. Some police deserve to be shot. In fairness, America has many...

good police with integrity. However, once you go to continental Europe and Argentina, etc...those cops are worth shit and the people see them as shit.

That cop beating the protestor deserves to be shot. This would be justified SELF DEFENSE as this person is being assaulted.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. so some police are OK in America.

but everywhere else they're shit?

I don't get it, are you kidding?

[AX10]

24. The police in continental Europe have a reputation for their overt...

nastiness. True. In America, at least we have a majority of them who are good.

[BeHereNow]

25. I have to say- on my ONE block street

I have two local law enforcement officers AND
an FBI agent.
They are all really good people and neighbors
and in my WILDEST dreams, I could NEVER imagine
them doing anything like what is depicted in this photo.
There ARE good people working in law enforcement and then there
are the people willing to sell their souls to the World Bank
and Global Goon Squad.
BHN

[AX10]

31. I agree. But those who are bad should not be in such a place...

of power.

The cops depicted in the photo are pure criminals.

[LifeDuringWartime]

26. unbelievable

he had the nerve to handcuff him after running him down with a pickup??

[auntAgonist]

27. That photo and the fact that it HAPPENED makes

me ILL. How barbarian.. just horrible.

[helderheid]

29. I hope she got help

[auntAgonist]

30. Me too! I cannot

get that horrible image out of my mine. She's about the same size / stature as my DIL to be, dressed as she would be too! It just made me sick to see such horror. I KNOW there are horrible(r) things going on in the world, I get infuriated by those too, this just adds to the state of humankind .. and it's not good.