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Forum Post: Occupy Oakland police shoots a guy for recording video. I am totally speechless. How on Earth is this OK in America?

Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 6, 2011, 6:50 p.m. EST by precipice (220)
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This is pretty incredible footage.

http://www.occupyr.com/General/thread.php?id=713

A guy is filming a police line in Oakland. It's fairly boring at first, there is no action going on. At about the 30 second mark, a cop raises a gun and shoots the guy with a rubber bullet. This is absolutely unwarranted. Guns are generally used when there is a direct and immediate threat that cannot otherwise be prevented, as a last resort. How on earth a man who is simply filming even represents a threat is incredulous.

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[-] 1 points by precipice (220) 12 years ago

juuust despicblea!

[-] 1 points by Nevada1 (5843) 12 years ago

Hi Precipice, Thank you for post. Best Regards, Nevada

[-] 1 points by Keepitsimple (110) 12 years ago

Every time a cop does something stupid like that and gets media coverage, it triggers 100's more people on the street in support of OWS.

[-] 1 points by MattLHolck (16833) from San Diego, CA 12 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0pX9LeE-g8&feature=player_embedded

"While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3 following the Nov. 2 general strike, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet. I was standing well back. There was no violence or confrontations of any kind underway. At 0:31 seconds you can see a tall officer in the front raise his weapon and then fire. This is the full clip of the incident."

[-] 1 points by gestopomilly (497) 12 years ago

get use to it. this is how the powers that be will behave and back it up with propaganda.. and the people will side with them .. thats the way dissent is handled in a free country

[-] 0 points by Thrasymaque (-2138) 12 years ago

Here's another video where a pacific protester gets shot. It's near 5:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=prgkEAuSQT0

[-] 0 points by Frankie (733) 12 years ago

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.