Common Dreams – by Abbey Zimet
Insult to Injury: Police at the Wisconsin capitol are not just continuing to arrest protesters, Solidarity Singers and residents – including at least one legislator – for simply watching democracy in action; they are arresting veterans, including Veterans for Peace attending their annual convention in Madison.
There can be no more potent symbol of what’s wrong here than the image of a phalanx of beefy cops descending on a balding, conscience-ridden veteran of our country’s ill-begotten wars, duly exercising the rights for which he at least thought he was fighting – of them coming after him, seizing his flag, yanking his hands into handcuffs behind him, and unceremoniously hauling him away – and, in one case, dropping him on a marble stairway – while his peaceable cohorts yell “Shame!” Incredible. Also, in case you have any trouble deciding which side you’re on, here are some songs from the Solidarity Singers alongside those from Walker supporters.
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2013/08/09-1
Thanks Millard!
Will Williams, the man in the first photo was injured on the steps when he fell (seemingly helped). He now has a slipped disc. The arrests continue thereby proving that the constitutions of both the state of WI and the US are null and void. I also heard a story of some overpasses people being roughed up and arrested, but have yet to find a verifiable source to post.
The FIT IS GOING TO HIT THE SHAN DAMN SOON. If I’m lucky, I’ll be there when it does!
See how hippocritical those cops are when the pig put his fight hand over his heart at the 1:06 mark – wait, I forgot, cops have no heart. Yea them cops had better get used to running when the SHTF because they are going to be a endangered species for sure. Good post Millard.
I want to know why they let him get arrested F#@K THOSE COPS!!!