MIAMI PIGS MACE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS (VIDEO)

[MLFerrell]

http://www.break.com/index/miami-police-mace-students.html

Yeah, I guess now the fucking pigs think that it's A-OK to mace anyone who is videotaping.

Or taking photographs. Just ask RagingInMiami (a.k.a. Carlos Miller)

[bdamomma]

1. cops are out of control

and out of their minds, so sad we are becoming like this, they treat us like criminals.

[originalpckelly]

2. There are pigs in Miami? Don't they get hot with all that fat?

:rofl:

Fuck, that's a double entendre if I ever did see one.

[MLFerrell]

3. During the 15 months that I lived there, I saw...

Some of the most corpulent, disgusting pigs that I've ever seen, anywhere, including WV and rural Ohio.

[SteppingRazor]

4. I'm not certain, but I think this might be Miami, Ohio, not Miami, FL...

everyone in the video is wearing coats, gloves, and whatnot.

[MLFerrell]

8. You may be right... Hard to tell.

Either way, fuck these fucking pigs.

[longjohnsilver]

5. miami police

I was somewhat sympathetic to the protesters until I Heard ( you sprayed Children ) These people are childish. When the cops repeat, Move now, you better move. If the protester wants to get in a cops face then don't whine ( You sprayed Children ). Why does this party put these type of whiny protesters as a face of the party. It gets hard being a good union/dem and seeing these little punks protesting and then whining when the result does not go the way they want. The cops are good union guys doing their jobs protecting property and law, lets not dis-respect them. The people in power are not affected by people going off on cops. Remember this, when the rednecks and whitey kooks go off, its not the whiny protesters that will stop them, it will be the law and police enforcing the law that will stop them. Also, calling the police fucking pigs on a blog is real manly, you would not have the stones to do it in person.

[ret5hd]

6. oh man...i guess when they are loading up the cattle cars...

you'll hop right on!
:rofl:

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[MadHound]

10. Welcome to DU, I guess.

First off, you need to stop with the broad brush insults and the false memes.

I suppose that you think that it is OK for the police to trample over peoples' right to free speech and freedom of assembly, eh. Second, if you will take a look at the tape, the videographer didn't get a warning to move along until after he had been maced and beaten. Third, is macing and beating peaceful protesters really the way to deal with them? What crime were they committing that they deserved this? Fourth, despite your smear, protesters aren't the face of the party. Fifth, not all protesters are young, in fact if you would take the time to go to an anti-war protest you will notice that the participants rage across all age and social ranges. Sixth, are you seriously implying that all protesters are "punks". Seventh, this is Miami FL police department, they have a long reputation for being brutal thugs, and down there it is just as likely that the "rednecks and whitey kooks" attacking protesters are actually going to be the cops. Perhaps you're too young to remember the Miami police riot of 1980 or other MPD transgressions over the years. Finally, your last comment about people not having the stones, well, I suggest that you replay the video, and listen to the young woman who is calling the cop much more worse things than pig.

You obviously have an attitude of supporting the police, right or wrong. Sadly pal, it is becoming incresingly clear that more and more, the cops are in the wrong. There has been a major attitude shift in police departments over the past few decades. Formerly, police thought of themselves more as public servants, and treated the public with respect. Now they feel that they are simply guards at an outdoor insane asylum and are empowered to perform any sort of brutality they want. Even long time police officers are aware of this paradigm shift, and bemoan the authoritarian and brutal turn that police work has taken. Face it, if you want respect for the police, then the police need to prove that they have respect for the public. After all, we pay their salaries and we still, at least nominally, have civil rights in this country.

Enjoy your stay.

[SteppingRazor]

12. Speaking as someone who has seen the bad end of police gone haywire, I gotta disagree.

The cops are not here to protect and serve you and me. They are here to protect and serve the status quo. And when those "rednecks and whitey kooks go off," as you put it, whether the cops protect us will depend solely on what they're told to do. And if you don't believe me, you weren't at the FTAA protests in Miami back in 2003. (Google "Miami model" sometime. It was pretty damned horrific.) Police brutality is not necessarily limited to a few bad seeds. When the orders come down from on high to do things a certain way, the police will do it, regardless of whether they're abusing civil rights.

[Mika]

11. Its not Miami Florida. They're speaking english.

:P