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Seattle cop pepper sprays teacher walking home from MLK Day rally
NY Daily News ^ | January 29, 2015 | Meg Wagner

Posted on 01/30/2015 9:16:46 AM PST by Leaning Right

A Seattle history teacher who was pepper sprayed during a peaceful Martin Luther King Day Jr. rally is suing the cops who allegedly attacked him.

Newly released video showed a Seattle police officer pepper spraying Jesse Hagopian as he walked home from the Jan. 19 rally, his lawyer said.

Hagopian, who teaches history at Seattle's Garfield High School, spoke at the event and was on the phone with his mom when the spray hit his eyes. He was on his way to his 2-year-old son's birthday party, he said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; pepperspray; seattle
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To: Leaning Right; All
You can see the 'demonstration' and such here.

At around the 30 sec mark, around the light pole next to the newspaper stands you can see the female officer lay the spray.

61 posted on 01/30/2015 12:19:17 PM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: allblues

Presumably, you pay taxes there in Seattle.

Some of your hard earned money will be going into Jess Hagopian’s pocket.

That make you feel warm and fuzzy too?


62 posted on 01/30/2015 12:25:19 PM PST by dmz
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To: Quality_Not_Quantity

I just saw that one the other day. Unbelievable!


63 posted on 01/30/2015 12:45:13 PM PST by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: smoothsailing

Looks like Elizabeth Warren.


64 posted on 01/30/2015 12:48:18 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim
I didn't notice that before! You're absolutely right! :)


65 posted on 01/30/2015 2:09:03 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

He’s lucky she didn’t scalp him.


66 posted on 01/30/2015 2:09:50 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!


67 posted on 01/30/2015 2:12:12 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Blocking off the street - but then their bikes are also up on the sidewalk blocking half of it off. So not much room for the people walking. There was no place for the peds to “get back” too.

Poor tactics by the cops, plus one idiot and scared woman.


68 posted on 01/30/2015 2:17:59 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: angry elephant

Look at the photo - the guy is on the sidewalk.


69 posted on 01/30/2015 2:18:57 PM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: FourtySeven
She obviously was in a panicked state of mind.

Thats what happens when you put a badge on a 5 foot 100lb affirmative action hire.

70 posted on 01/30/2015 2:25:10 PM PST by suijuris
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To: Theoria

Thanks for posting the link. I watched it a couple times and still couldn’t see what she was reacting to. It just looks like she wanted to use her spray to see if it would work. Weird.


71 posted on 01/30/2015 3:57:23 PM PST by smoothsailing
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