Two female protesters who challenged police officers for not displaying their badge numbers were bundled to the ground, arrested and held in prison for four days, according to an official complaint lodged today.
The incident was caught on camera, and footage shows officers standing on the women’s feet and applying pressure to their necks immediately after the women attempted to photograph a fellow officer who had refused to give his badge number.
Considering the video is POLICE SURVEILLANCE and not amateur surveillance, this is atrocious.
All charges were dropped against the two and the arrest is currently under judicial review. Cases like this, along with the Homeland Security situation in the USA, remind me of Thomas Jefferson.
For a people who are free and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
and another splendid bugger, Alan Moore
People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
and Malcolm X
Concerning non-violence: It is criminal to teach man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.
I am appalled.