"Mom condemns violent protests in wake of Anaheim police shooting" by Gillian Flaccus | Associated Press, July 26, 2012
ANAHEIM, Calif. — The mother of a man who was shot by Anaheim police officers has condemned violent protests against the killing, saying Wednesday she did not want them to become her son’s legacy....
Yeah, the protesters were violent, yup.
I've noticed that the elitist corporate press is usually easy when the thin blue line is suppressing the rabble, but a lot harder on them when they start hollering collective bargaining. That's the sad part: so often the police and protesters are on the same side, and yet the cops have internalized the authoritarian propaganda they have been fed.
Her press conference followed a fourth day of violent protests over Saturday’s police shooting of Manuel Diaz and the Sunday police shooting of another man. A police dog escaped shortly after Diaz was shot Saturday and bit a bystander.
Oh, so it was TWO GUYS GUNNED DOWN, huh?
In the latest wave of protest, as many as 600 demonstrators surged through downtown Tuesday night, smashing shop windows, setting trash fires, and hurling rocks and bottles at police, authorities said....
When you talk about destruction you can count me out; however, I can certainly understand their feelings right now.
The shootings and resulting demonstrations marred the image of the Orange County city, which is home to Disneyland and the Angels baseball team but also has neighborhoods teeming with gritty apartments....
I have SO HAD IT with the IMAGERY and ILLUSION that we live under here in AmeriKa.
Some 300 police from Anaheim and surrounding communities were called in and riot-clad officers used batons, pepper balls, and beanbag rounds.
At least six people were injured, including a police officer who was struck with a brick, a protester who was hit in the chest by a pepper ball, and two reporters who were struck by rocks and a beanbag round, police and witnesses said.
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Now maybe I didn't look hard enough, so if I find any related articles as I begin trashing my Globes I will update.
UPDATE:
"At least five police officers are under investigation after a woman died during a violent arrest in which an officer kicked her genitals, police officials said."
Related:
"The University of California has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed during an Occupy protest at UC Davis last fall, according to a preliminary settlement filed Wednesday.
The Nov. 18, 2011, incident prompted national outrage, angry campus protests and calls for the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi after online videos shot by witnesses went viral.
Did it?
Right into the dustbin until this story surfaced.
Images of a police officer casually spraying orange pepper-spray in the faces of nonviolent protesters became a rallying symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement. The demonstrators had been protesting steep tuition hikes and police brutality."
And they got a big dose of it.
"Suspect arrested in homeless stabbings
LOS
ANGELES — Police arrested a suspect in the stabbings of three Los
Angeles-area homeless people in recent weeks, a man they say goes by a
name signed on ‘‘death warrants’’ found with the wounded victims.
Courtney Anthony Robinson, 38, called 911 Friday and said it was his
face being distributed on flyers around the city, Commander Andrew Smith
said Saturday. Officers found Robinson inside a fast food restaurant in
Hollywood and took him into custody without incident. He was charged
with attempted murder and is being held on half-million dollars bail."
An arrest? What an aberration!
