Posted on 09/01/2004 12:35:27 AM PDT by GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY
A suspect was arrested last night in the vicious beating of a cop at a protest Monday, a law-enforcement source said.
Jamal Holiday of Manhattan, who turns 20 today, will likely be spending his birthday in jail for assaulting Detective William Sample Jr., according to the source.
Sample, meanwhile, was on the mend at home.
The 10-year veteran who usually investigates taxi-business crimes, was badly bruised and suffered internal injuries in the attack that Mayor Bloomberg called "outrageous."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Ron Kuby was almost giving tacit approval of this boy's actions too. Sick!
It is time that Kerry call off his attack dogs. This is sickening.
What a pig Jamal is if he did this.
I agree, where is Kerry's denouncement of these unacceptable attacks on innocent people?
Don't hold your breath. He hasn't denounced anything else.
and 21st birthday
and 22nd birthday
and 23rd birthday
and 24th birthday
and 25th birthday
and 26th birthday
and 27th birthday
and 28th birthday
and 29th birthday
and 30th birthday
He should get 10 YEARS AT LEAST
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
Disgusting. Even in this liberal city, this is not going to go over well with the Average Joe.
There are lots of bubbas in stir. They all want out.
Too bad there is no mention of the name of the jerk in the article who refers to this as an "unfortunate conflict." Vicious malevelence is more like it.
New Yorkers are pretty tolerant in general, but don't put up with shennanigans against the police that protects them.
I guess it's in the same place as his denouncement of the mistreatment of our Hanoi POWs, the same place as his denouncement of the communists' slaughter of over a million innocent Vietnamese.
In this article -
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/crime/nyc-atta0901,0,7013459.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-crime
Alex Vitale of the NYCLU appears to blame the cops - "Use of these pens is a potential flash-point for confrontation," he says when referring to the cops using metal barriers.
Protests flared Tuesday outside the New York Public Library, near the site of the fallen World Trade Center and in the historic Herald and Union squares.
"People are trying to question the policies of a corrupt government. They take to the streets and don't ask permission," said protester Gan Golan, 30, a graduate student from Boston, who was arrested hours later after he sat in the street and refused to get up.
Also Tuesday, outside the Fox News Channel studios in midtown Manhattan, police in riot gear contained around 1,000 demonstrators behind barricades. In what was dubbed a "shut-up-athon," protesters denounced what they called the network's right-wing slant. One woman held up a sign that read: "Republicans are really stupid. They watch Fox News and believe it." The demonstrators spilled onto nearby Sixth Avenue.
Police also announced the arrest of a 21-year-old Yale student after he entered a restricted area near Vice President Dick Cheney's booth at the convention Monday night, coming within 10 feet of him and shouting anti-war and anti-Bush statements. Cheney was never in any danger, and no weapon was found on the man, authorities said.
The suspect, Thomas Frampton, was charged with assaulting federal officers and impeding the operation of the Secret Service.
Great news! And hurting a cop,is NOT something taken lightly by N.Y.C. judges.This punk is going to be spending a long time in Rikers.
And guess who Frampton's daddy is in the same law firm with? David Boies! Wonder if the Times will do a web of connections chart about that!
And released on bond; evidently his lawyer was outside waiting.
Miami, FL -- Charges were dismissed in Dade County Court yesterday in the first jury trial to occur since last November's Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) protests. The defendant, Gan Golan, 30, a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was arrested on Friday, November 21, 2003 and originally charged with "failure to obey a police order" and "resisting arrest without violence."
After hearing testimony and evidence from both sides, Judge Beth Bloom granted the second motion for a judgment of acquittal and dismissed the charges. Bloom ruled that no reasonable juror could convict Golan based on the evidence presented. Public Defenders Philip Kim and Barbara Ho represented Golan and put forward the motion after the defense finished their case, but before the jury deliberated.
After the ruling, Golan commented, "It is not the FTAA protesters that should be on trial--it's the police. 'Law enforcement' not only not only assaulted a group of non-violent citizens exercising their first amendment rights, but also trampled on the Constitution. As Miami Court Judge Margolius commented in another case," continued Golan. "The police should be facing charges."
Bill Clinton is in jail? Do you have details? 8)
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