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Video footage of New York cops clubbing and arresting peaceful Tibetan protesters who were merely walking down the street has gone relatively ignored beyond Youtube. While stories emerge out of China every day of police beating and killing Tibetan protestors in the streets, the same sort of behavior by cops in America tells its own story. The footage was shot at a free Tibet peaceful assembly in New York on the 14th of March. It shows the protestors holding flags and signs and peacefully walking down the street towards the UN building in the Turtle Bay neighborhood only to be accosted by police officers with batons. One officer identified as “Delgado” is seen in the video pushing people as the group crosses the street.
Another officer, identified as “Serano” is caught threatening to kill two protesters as the cameraman passes. He later admits to the threat and apologizes for it. As the group nears the UN building, cop cars and vans screech onto the sidewalks, cops pour out and begin to beat the protesters with clubs as UN security guards observe without becoming involved. A non uniformed officer, who seems to be directing the entire operation, then orders the cameraman to step back and move away. “Look at these cops, clubbing people in front of the UN, unbelievable, protesting to free Tibet, cops clubbing people in their legs on the sidewalk, in front of the UN in America, unbelievable, this is not China.” the American cameraman announces in disbelief. The officer identified as Serano then forces the cameraman away from the melee, telling him to shut the camera off and that he will not talk to him because he may be a reporter.Several officers then follow the cameraman asking him about his recording of the incident.
#14. Welcome back Angel.
#19, BillM,
Are you referring to the Americans of Japanese decent that were incarcerated during the war? The ones that lost their homes, land, possessions, and often their lives?
They weren’t tortured until organ failure, but they sure the hell didn’t get a free ride in Disneyland.
Not defending, merely saying that it looks odd, and it is one sided. The crowd was largely moblike and agrumentative, and nothing on the tape showed who started the violence. The fact is, that crap like this takes away from the real issue, and makes it about protesters in NYC getting CLUBBED, and not about protestors in Tibet getting SHOT. They do their cause a disservice.
Cops abusing their power. Nothing new there.
Also wanted to add that i highly doubt cops tied into some support china by harassing protesters. They are just doing what they do best, being bullies. Nothing more
You don’t want to offend the nation that’s making Bush’s economic stimulus package possible. Ya get in bed with dogs NYPD’ll deal with the fleas.
Fucking 14th of March? None of my written news sources covered it.
Cops vs citizens and nothing political about it==just put the two groups together. Like putting red and black ants in a jar as a kid.
I actually wonder====what would happen if you sent out invitations at random to a group of people giving them a red or blue teeshirt to wear and then told them to show up at some place and time?
How long before a fight breaks out?
People are stupid. Cops are aggressive and confrontational. Democracy is fragile. Freedoms are not appreciated.
Keep all fingers crossed.
#27. “Fucking 14th of March? None of my written news sources covered it.”
Yes, you were the first to notice, its a bitch aint it?
Since it so clear (by viewing the video) that the cops were in the wrong, there will be successful civil suits… An attorney viewing the video would have to be nuts to take the case but…
strangely, if this was a video of chinese cops handling the Tibet “peaceful” protesters in such a way. The whole media would have been crying crocodile tears for the Tibet protesters. Since its USA and NYPD who consider themselves as godfathers of policing, you can’t do anything about it.
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I believe that was a Babylon 5 episode played out by the Drazi.
The video no longer seems to be avaliable.
Just a note. The comment, #32, was submitted earlier in the morning today. The DB here is royally screwed up
Welcome to the Police State of Amerikkka. Had these people been whites, protesting abortion, the cops would have been in line with them. Had they been protesting gay marriage, the cops would have been there with them. This is typical of the Egyptians among us. They live in denial, and just say that it’s a non-incident. Police are paid by WE THE PEOPLE, to protect and serve. These are not police, they are goon squads, who are sent out to quell any uprising that may look bad to the elite capitalists, who have much invested in China, which is who these demonstrators were protesting. If you can’t see this, you are an Egyptian, living in Da Nile!
Police are outnumbered, and are pushing back -trying to keep the ‘peaceful protesters’ at a distance from themselves (like they need one of these idiots making a grab for a side arm)
When they refuse to follow instructions to stay on the sidewalk, and instead wander off into traffic – you’d have the police ‘pretty please?’ them into compliance?
Why not invite these ‘peaceful protesters’ over to your neighborhood sometime, I’m sure they’ll behave themselve..
Nobody got tasered – must be fake.
And we all [almost except for the 'non-event' guys above] scream loudly when we see clips from Lahsa about systemic government brutality; killings, beatings, maiming…. but – when it happens right on your doorstep, it is OK? The US is the worst double standard nation in the world that calls itself a democracy. Something really bad happened with 911 besides the huge loss of innocent lives by lunatics. You through out civil liberties and human rights for the sake of national security. And ‘national security’ now covers everything. You are becoming a police state without knowing it. This website is one of a very few that cares to point this scary development. I hail you for that!
And those out of control police in New York… beating a handful of protesters. Any consequences. Doubt it. And why? Because people don’t care, and that is even more scary!
Hard to tell what’s going on with such poor video and strongly biased reporting. Appears to be a group of people without a permit marching into a security zone and accosting the police officers who try to stop them from committing various misdemeanors and possibly felonies. Some were “armed” with their own sticks (i.e. clubs) and for some reason were running into the streets interfering with traffic, etc. The police responded quite fairly, I think. For instance, that was not a “club” the one cop was wielding – it was a combat baton. Designed to break bones. Yet no one seems to have been seriously injured. So, I doubt he was trying to hurt anyone. Nobody got tasered, nobody got pepper-sprayed. A few bruises. I live in Asia these days, not NYC. I doubt the cops here would have been half as nice. The worst I can say is Officer Serrano needs to lose a lot of weight. But, then, so do I. Hey, Serrano? Wanna get a hot dog? My treat.
Cops beating protesters?!? Amazing.
I love all these comparisons with the monks in Tibet. 1st, these people marching obviously aren’t monks. 2nd, the cops are not shooting anyone. 3rd, if this were China, the cameraman would have “disappeared”. We would never have seen the footage.
It’s not good to make bad comparisons.