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Forum Post: Legal Observer (Judge) Threatened at OWS

Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 28, 2011, 8:50 a.m. EST by Truthcipher (62)
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Why is this not bigger news?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063716/Occupy-Wall-Street-Retired-JUDGE-shoved-wall-threatened-NYPD.html

7 Comments

[-] 1 points by ramous (765) from Wabash, IN 12 years ago

Disturbing the peace =/= peaceable assembly.

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[-] 1 points by Truthcipher (62) 12 years ago

"FEAR" Enough, oh I mean "FAIR" Enough.

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[-] 1 points by jimbojimbob (15) 12 years ago

This morning in LA the police dispersed the protesters. They gave them fair warning and every one left except 4 people. The police aren't there to beat people up or arrest them but they r under orders to move people. Real simple when they say move, you move. OCCUPY LA just proved it. I don't feel sorry for anyone who doesn,t follow police directions and gets sprayed gazed or arrested. Police aren't the enemy

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[-] 1 points by GirlFriday (17435) 12 years ago

'Police are using much less force than they were 30 years ago but there are still officers who act inappropriately.

I can see how that makes it all better.

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[-] 1 points by ZenDogTroll (13032) from South Burlington, VT 12 years ago

Because

society depends on stability to function -
Police departments are a method of maintaining that stability,
incidents of this kind are not universal at protests around the country,
the consequences of this [these] event[s] will filter back up the chain of command - where the political pressure came from to get tough
and the expectation is that as long as we, the protesters, don't become violent, this kind of thing will taper off and then stop altogether.

Does that answer your question?

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[-] 1 points by Truthcipher (62) 12 years ago

'Fear' enough. Oops, I mean 'Fair' enough?

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[-] 1 points by aahpat (1407) 12 years ago

I am not siding with the police but I have known since the 1960's that if you do anything to change what a cop is doing during an arrest or seizure that they will say that you are interfering with an arrest and arrest you.

Whether or not the initial arrest is lawful.

The judge should have had a camera for documenting actions but otherwise have stayed out of it.

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