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Protest ends with pepper spray, dogs and arrests (I love a happy ending)
Yale News ^ | 2/6/2017 | Sara Tabin

Posted on 02/27/2017 7:41:43 AM PST by simpson96

protest against President Donald Trump at New Haven City Hall on Saturday ended with pepper spray, police dogs and two arrests.

After congregating at 3 p.m. to hear speeches, about 200 protesters marched across Route 34, creating a human barricade to block traffic. State police officers then threatened to arrest them if they did not clear the area.

Although many attendees began to disperse or watched from the sideline, at least 50 people remained in the street for approximately half an hour. Protesters moved out of the street by 4:50 p.m. and began to march back to City Hall, followed by more than a dozen New Haven and state police officers.

When protesters reached the corner of Church and Chapel streets, police chased them out of the street and took three men into custody.

“When we started retreating to go back to City Hall and finish the rally, [the police] became violent,” said Alejandra Campos ’19, a protest attendee. “They literally grabbed me and pushed me. They had one police officer that was very threatening. He was threatening people with his attack dog.”

She said a man next to her was arrested by the police and pushed to the ground and, in her panic, she was not sure whether to try to assist him or to get away. Campos said she did not understand why the police began to escalate force and use pepper spray on nonviolent protesters. (snip)

Norman Clement, an activist with ANSWER Coalition, has four charges against him, including inciting a riot, Kane said. He was released on a $5,000 surety bond, Kane added.

Police arrested Clement on Chapel Street outside the dollar store. After his arrest, he was surrounded by more than 10 police officers, who would not let Kane or other protesters come near him.

(Excerpt) Read more at yaledailynews.com ...


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ANSWER scum, Norman Clement.

1 posted on 02/27/2017 7:41:43 AM PST by simpson96
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“When we started retreating to go back to City Hall and finish the rally, [the police] became violent,” said Alejandra Campos ’19,

LOL. Uh, yeah, right. You were just minding your own business, "retreating" and all the sudden, the police became violent.

2 posted on 02/27/2017 7:46:39 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: simpson96

Jeez!

The auditions for The Walking Dead are across town, dude!


3 posted on 02/27/2017 7:47:05 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: simpson96

There’s your hero, liberals...*ROFL* Real fine, upstanding looking gentleman....


4 posted on 02/27/2017 7:48:25 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: simpson96

“Obviously, a Yale man.”

Thurston Howell III


5 posted on 02/27/2017 7:50:40 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: simpson96

Is it just me, or is that Norman Clement in the news frequently? Thought I saw his pic from another protest not long ago?


6 posted on 02/27/2017 7:50:45 AM PST by Professional
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Gees, this guy might want to stop protesting. It looks like he’s been pepper sprayed enough over the years.


7 posted on 02/27/2017 7:51:05 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: simpson96

If I ever get a mug shot.... I’m going to smile and look like I won the lottery.

Looking sad or neutral...just doesn’t say.... I’m guilty and glad I did it!


8 posted on 02/27/2017 7:52:04 AM PST by Professional
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To: dowcaet

As they say, “You end up with the face you deserve.”


9 posted on 02/27/2017 7:56:40 AM PST by simpson96
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Time for Congress to pass a law that makes anyone or any group that blocks a highway built or maintained by federal tax $’s a severe criminal violation.

A criminal violation that endangers those trying to legally travel on the highway.

Then, add on a violation of the drivers’s and passengers’s civil rights to drive/ride on roads without acts of terrorisms/blocking of the highways.

If the protesters were paid, arrest and charge those who paid and recruited the protesters with the above federal charges.

In the meantime, any city that does not protect drivers/riders from these road terrorists, loses all federal funds until they stop these acts of terrorism.


10 posted on 02/27/2017 8:09:38 AM PST by Grampa Dave (No country has a right to ship their poverty laden, killers, rapists & criminals to our/my country!!)
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To: Professional

The link below describes the terrorist activity this scumbag did and how he was arrested.

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/connecticut_police_arrest_prot.html


11 posted on 02/27/2017 8:13:08 AM PST by Grampa Dave (No country has a right to ship their poverty laden, killers, rapists & criminals to our/my country!!)
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... 50 people remained in the street for approximately half an hour.
That's 29 minutes too long. Break out the pepper spray and then wash away all the scum with fire hoses.
12 posted on 02/27/2017 8:27:18 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Huskrrrr

Two jokes come to mind— “You can tell a Harvard man, but you can’t tell him much”

And Harvard vs. Yale at 1/2 time football game in the men’s room..... Yaley pi@@ing next to hahvahd dude who runs after him saying “Couldn’t help but notice you didn’t wash your hands after you urinate, at hahvahd they teach us to wash our hands after we urinate. Yaley says— “at Yale they teach us not to pi@@ on our hands”.

Nothing quite like the elite self-impressed superiority toots.


13 posted on 02/27/2017 8:39:31 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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>at least 50 people remained in the street for approximately half an hour.

Those 50 should have been surrounded, arrested and jailed.


14 posted on 02/27/2017 8:42:18 AM PST by soycd
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To: John S Mosby

Ha! My former wife, an MIT grad, used to wear a shirt with the words “Better dead than crimson.”


15 posted on 02/27/2017 8:43:21 AM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: Professional
or is that Norman Clement in the news frequently?

Since he's probably never had a real job in his life and has paid zero into Social Security, this may be his retirement plan.

At the age of 66: get arrested a lot, do life on the installment plan from here on in, be assured of 3 hots and a flop until he dies, courtesy of the prison system.

He's a genius, he thinks ahead. :-)

16 posted on 02/27/2017 9:07:18 AM PST by Madame Dufarge
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To: simpson96

The face of liberalism, writ large. Wow, this guy looks like he belongs on a Hoarders episode


17 posted on 02/27/2017 11:23:42 AM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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To: simpson96

The face of liberalism, writ large. Wow, this guy looks like he belongs on a Hoarders episode


18 posted on 02/27/2017 11:23:45 AM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“Campos said she did not understand why the police began to escalate force and use pepper spray on nonviolent protesters.”

I’m sure fears of a police ambush had nothing to do with how the officer acted /sarc


19 posted on 02/27/2017 11:26:13 AM PST by confederatecarpetbag
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Ya ever get the feeling that some of these guys might be desperate or crazy enough to be doing this for money? If so, infiltrate them and find out who’s paying..I think inciting a riot is a crime...no?


20 posted on 02/27/2017 11:34:31 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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