Austerity was a deliberate ideological choice by Prime Minister David Cameron’s ruling coalition of Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, elected 17 months ago. It has failed and can be expected to keep failing. But neither party is yet prepared to acknowledge that reality and change course.
At the corner of Maiden and Water Streets I spoke to a National Lawyer’s Guild observer who said she watched a video of a police motorcycle run over another Lawyer’s Guild observer’s leg and then saw with her own eyes that man get pushed to the ground by police, be arrested and get thrown into a police van.
“He’s a legal observer with the National Lawyer’s Guild, he was observing the protest and he was run over by a police motorcycle,” said Zainab Akbar, 31.
Akbar said she watched the entire thing on the video camera of a protester and then watched with her own eyes the end of the incident, with the observer, whom she could only identify as ‘Ari,’ being arrested and put into the back of a police van.
“His leg was stuck under the bike and he kicked his leg to get the bike off his leg and then the police attacked him and shoved him into the ground and put a night stick against the back of his neck,” Akbar said.This photo was taken by Joe Marino for the Daily News. He’s one of the photographers seen in this photo allegedly just standing there, taking pictures, instead of helping.
Now y’all know why.
Furthermore, 1010 WINS reporter Steve Sandberg (sorry, no link) has natsound of the incident, with the man, pinned under the motorcycle, screaming, in excruciating pain.
Words. There are none. I am disgusted.
I’m disgusted at the cop who ran this gentleman over but I’m even more disgusted at the people in the background standing there, some obviously taking photos, not making a move to help this man up. 5 people, including the person who took this photo, just stood there. Taking a photo was more important to them than helping a fellow human being. What’s wrong with that picture?
Here’s video of the incident. Notice at 0:20 an officer beating someone (the victim?) with their nightstick.
You can see in the video that people are actually trying to help him (yes taking pictures at the same time, it’s kind of worth recording) but the police are shoving them away. Disgusting, especially since it seems that this is not a singular occurrence.
Is running people over the latest NYPD strategy?
-Joe
Government Orders YouTube To Censor Protest Videos
In a frightening example of how the state is tightening its grip around the free Internet, it has emerged that You Tube is complying with thousands of requests from governments to censor and remove videos that show protests and other examples of citizens simply asserting their rights, while also deleting search terms by government mandate.
The latest example is You Tube’s compliance with a request from the British government to censor footage of the British Constitution Group’s Lawful Rebellion protest, during which they attempted to civilly arrest Judge Michael Peake at Birkenhead county court.
WHO THE FUCK IS “ONE DIRECTION”?!
>Meeting Simon Cowell is a valid argument..
I do believe this is the most blasphemous thing I’ve seen on my dash. Also, I looked these guys up… Just another modern pop boy band with a “flattering voice”… Basically, it’s like comparing The Jonas Brothers to Rush.
this is blasphemy, this is madness!
This is like comparing Justin Bieber to Michael Jackson
Let’s see Justin Bieber be popular in 10 yearsI
I don’t even
WHAT
what in the actual fuck is this nonsense on my dashboard
why is this even a thing
John Lennon never even met Simon Cowell. REALLY? I WONDER WHY.
