Posted on 04/23/2008 8:16:04 PM PDT by Just A Nobody
My e-mail box is over-flowing with alarming news from Pa. where the Gathering of Eagles witnessed a 14-year old boy attacked by Peace Thugs.
This news is so disturbing and so typical, that a website has now been established to document this intensifying level of violence against patriotic Americans. Peace Thugs Exposed!
Dan Maloney, my friend and GOE NY Coordinator writes about this outrage.
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Iraq War Veteran and Family Assaulted!
April 22, 2008
Peace Fascists, College Professors and Hillary Supporters assault Iraqi War Veteran and Family while citizens do nothing to intervene.
Edinboro, PA, Apr. 22
For the second time in as many weeks, an Iraq War Veteran and his family held a Support the Troops rally across the street from the weekly “peace” protest in this college town. This week the true nature of the ‘peace’ activists was revealed for all to see. When the veteran’s 14 year old son crossed the street to videotape the protesters and their signs, the protesters became agitated and began harassing the boy. The right to record video in any public venue is long established in law and any attempt to interfere with that right is a violation of civil rights.
Seeing the escalating tension across the street, the veteran and his wife crossed over, leaving their three youngest children on the other side for safety while they went to retrieve their eldest son. Two of the female ‘peace’ protesters then attacked the veteran’s wife. When the veteran pulled one of those attackers off his wife he was jumped by four or five of the ‘peace’ people and knocked to the ground where they held him while beating him and smashing his eyeglasses.
The son pulled the remaining attacker off his mother, but the attacker managed to get in one last kick to his mother’s head with her boot. She then punched the son in his face while his mother called the police.
This all took place at a busy intersection, the mother had been knocked into the street in bumper to bumper traffic. People were visible in the windows of shops and a bar nearby. One might think someone would intervene to put a stop to the assault. One would be wrong. In a scene eerily reminiscent of the Kitty Genovese tragedy in New York, the bystanders and passers-by refused to stand up to the ‘peace’ thugs. Displaying a craven cowardice one would not have expected in middle America they would rather go on their way thankful that it was not them being assaulted. It was NOT them, today, but what about tomorrow?
When the police arrived they reviewed the video of the incident and then, astonishingly, refused to make any arrests, even when one of the ‘peace’ thugs spit in the face of the 14 year old boy right in front of the police and they did nothing! Officers, that is an assault! I don’t know where or how they train police in Edinboro but they obviously need some refresher courses!
One of the police was very aggressive toward the veteran and his family as if they were the attackers!
I think it is long past time for the people in this country to wake up to the violence of the ‘peace’ movement. I think it is long past time for them to realize that not standing up to the excesses of violence will only beget more violence.
Last Fourth of July, in New Jersey, one of these ‘peace’ people walked up to a young veteran of the War in Iraq and Afghanistan and shot him in the heart just because he was in the military. Last month another person or persons unknown detonated an improvised explosive device at the Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Times Square. Today a veteran and his family were assaulted in plain daylight on a public street in view of dozens of people and not one lifted a hand to help. This is not the America I grew up in. This is the Amerika the ‘peace’ crowd is bringing to your town and neighborhood.
Dan Maloney
NY State Coordinator
Gathering of Eagles
It is past time for the American people to wake up to what is going on in this country and actively defend our Troops and country!
I wouldn't think they would, as most have the same perspective, with a few exceptions of course.
(Along with smooth and Red of course! Wouldn't want them to get jealous.)
Hopefully, the few good folk who may still dwell in such a rathole will find a way to leave, get far away. For what's left there, who in their right mind would lift a finger? To hell with them.
Here in SW PA, we still have a chance, we still fight back.
Somehow I am reminded of the 1917 Russian Revolution when the Russian Army war vet that didn't join in were branded as war criminals.
No the local media here barely covers the return of of fallen soldiers.
And barely covers returning troops. They cover it like an inconvenient footnote.
I was in Maine last year when a fallen soldier was soon to be returned. You couldn’t not know. They were really respectful about it. I was only there a few days but the preparations were shown as important news. And it really stuck out how different it is in MA....arrogant.
Google is your friend!
Now do you believe it?
Great work thanks.
You’re more than welcome. I guess if some people haven’t heard of something they consider it a lie.
Above quote from Jo Walton.
Why would you be so quick to dismiss how nuts these people can be and how the media will cover for them?
That is a fair call as it seems over the top but sadly you found the truth.
If it’s not taken already I might change my tagfline to “This is not the America I knew when I was young.”
When the JDL would counter-protest Neo-Nazis they would make sure to bring plenty of bug guys who could “handle themselves” in a “situation”. It looks like we’ve reached the stage where that sort of thing is necessary.
Okay, now I see where you are coming from. Erie is about 25 miles from Edinboro and I am surprised at the lack of action taken. Of course, I haven't been there in a long time.
Or this link to an FR thread.
Or this link.
Does that help?
That’s a tagline that sadly is all too true.
Perhaps it’s time for a “mass” exodus of Mass. Hmmmm? ;*)
Glenn Beck said it all: He was shot in cold blood by Matthew Marren in the chest. Marren then turned the gun on himself and saved the taxpayers, quite frankly, a lot of money.
So it’s a college town...?
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