Yet another question about police behavior with respect to black versus white people.
Note: please keep this about the police behavior, not about the event that this occurred at.
No surprise at all and notice how the victim was expected to comply with being forced to the ground and cuffed because…well…lawful order, maybe. All the talk about constitutional rights miss the irony of a law abiding citizen being asked to submit peacefully to unlawful physical restraint. Thankfully, the protester did not defend himself nor in anyway resist.
DH and I have been discussing these incidents and wondering the same thing. It sure looks like other rally attendees, not just police or security guards, have been involved. Assault is assault, no? And on film? The lack of consequences is really scary.
I just saw this reported on CNN by Zain Asher. Even she had to make an effort to be objective. The coward sucker punched him. Disgusting behavior by the police. What happened to the right of protest? “Private event” my behind.
Outrageous and disgusting.
Looks like the man who punched the protester has been identified and has been charged with assault. They are also looking into the fact that the police did not arrest him at the time.
Thank goodness for videos.
Well lets hope the video helps, sadly we have seen even cops commit murder on video and walk free, so Im not holding my breath. On a related note, this is an article posted by a White teacher dropping off Black students after a game.
I saw it last evening and was totally disgusted by both the man who punched him and the police officer who restrained him. He should file assault charges against both of them. There is no gray area with this one, it was all there on the video.
No surprise here especially given where it was at.
I fully expect that we’ll see more of this.
Racist cops have been doing this for years, except now they’re being publicly shamed and white America is finally taking note. We’ll see if it changes anything but I’m not holding my breath.
ETA: By the way, the man who was punched and the other male who went out with him are being interviewed on MSNBC right now.
They have the guy in the cowboy hat on video - thinking it would not be that hard to identify him. He should be charged with assault.
He was arrested today and charged.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/10/politics/donald-trump-protestor-punch-face/index.html
His comments are sickening.
So this might be the beginning of the end. When any speaker suggests violence and it then happens that speaker can be charged with inciting violence or a riot.
So if a speaker says, oh, lets say, " If I was down there I would punch that protester in the face. " and then someone does it he should get charged.
Oh wait…
Did he say that?
The candidate for whom the rally was held said something like that about a different protester at a different rally a few weeks ago.
Scary if these rallies are turning into “hate” and assault platforms. Dang! Where us civility and comity? Where is respect for reasonable differences and right to represent differing views, nonviolently. We really don’t need more modeling of bullying. Ugh!
If a speaker, lets say, offers to pay the legal bills of people who beat the crap out of protesters I might think that speaker would begin to get into trouble.
Oh wait…
Just talking in general here…
I simply could not be more appalled on so many levels.
“if these rallies are turning into “hate” and assault platforms”
IF??
Horrifying and frightening. Afraid for the future if this is our direction. One would hope it would be the final straw … but it seems not to be.
I think this assault is impossible to separate from the event where it took place. I remember reading about political campaign events in the past, I think the last three Presidential elections, where people who snuck in wearing a t-shirt critical of the candidate were quickly hustled out when they exposed it. That was disturbing enough. Really, as Americans I believe it is our right to peacefully display an alternate opinion at a public event.
Now we have a situation where there is taunting and shouting added to the hustling out. It’s not surprising it’s led to violence. I can’t believe some supporters were upset with a young woman who was peacefully protesting an event last week. SHE WAS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY WHERE IT WAS HELD, and they were NOT! In my mind, she had more right to be there but all of a sudden if you don’t agree 100% with what is being said you can be literally shoved out the door.