Police, Trade Protesters Clash in Miami (Typical Punks getting 'proper' Police treatment)

Yahoo ^ | 11/20/03 | MIKE SCHNEIDER

[PresbyRev]

You are spot on in your posts freeeee!

[george wythe]

Cops keep moving toward the punks to get them out of the area of trouble.

Reporter quotes cops as saying that after the trouble-makers are pushed out, the peaceful demonstrators will be allowed back in the area of trouble.

As I wrote in the first sentence on this thread, most protestors have been peaceful.

The troublemakers tend to be the 'anarchist' punks.

[PresbyRev]

Boston was another city that saw 'riots' that were put down by violence as well as the destruction of private property that was condemned by the ruling class (the Boston Tea Party). I suppose it's a matter of perspective.

[freeeee]

Thanks, Reverend.

[Petronski]

FOX's Orlando Salinas says the protestors like to use ball bearings against mounted policemen, because the balls get caught in the hooves, causing the horse lifetime disability or occasionally requiring that the horse be put down.

[Petronski]

Free speech in a public venue, such as the streets is constitutionally protected.

Within limits for public safety.

[debg]

"garden variety criminals" not buying it. they are funded and trained by countries and organizations that want to create chaos and disrupt order in my country.

while i don't agree with the free trade movement, i also don't agree with the terrorist type tactics that the disruptors are using.

[finnman69]

[RightWingAtheist]

Still, many other protesters kept the peace, carrying puppets, holding signs and chanting, "This is what a police state looks like."

You want to really know what a police state looks like, you punks? Hop on an inner tube, and let yourself drift away to Cuba-which, not by coincidence, is the one country you want us to trade with.

[finnman69]

There would be no need for riot police if these little assh*les obeyed the law.

[Gunslingr3]

"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever"

[meyer]

Free speech in a public venue, such as the streets is constitutionally protected.

Free speech in a public venue to redress grievances with the government is, so long as it doesn't obstruct the free movement of others, nor interfere with the free association of others, nor tresspass on other people's property, nor damage the property of others, nor injure others, nor disturb the peace of others. I think we learned in Seattle that these demonstrations go way beyond speech.

[freeeee]

I think we learned in Seattle that these demonstrations go way beyond speech.

Free speech is not a collective right. If people who look like you and agree with you break the law, that guilt does not extend to you.

[verity]

You are jealous because his toy is bigger than yours.

[freeeee]

The typical Miami macho cops have shown incredible restraint and professionalism.

Police tazer non-violent protesters (quicktime video 1.2MB)

You were saying?

[meyer]

Free speech is not a collective right.

I don't recall claiming that it was, though people can speak individually or as a group.

If people who look like you and agree with you break the law, that guilt does not extend to you.

Of course not. But if you choose to band together with them, you are an accomplice to their deeds.

I realize that there were a few protestors in Seattle that tried, rather unsuccessfully, to contain the trouble-makers. But given their lack of success, they ought to have had the sense to stay away from the trouble.

[CWOJackson]

Yep. Miami sure isn't Seattle...thankfully.

[Gunslingr3]

You are jealous because his toy is bigger than yours.

That doesn't make me jealous, but the fact I had to pay for his toy makes me bitter. ;)

[meyer]

Now There's an unbiased web site. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the video. I suspect that their server is overloaded.

[CWOJackson]

Yes, the source and associated comments are more revealing then the "presumed" video.