Posted on 06/21/2013 8:49:40 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Pictured: The shocking moment a woman is thrown to the ground by Florida police officers as she celebrated Miami Heat victory
Euphoric basketball fans spilled onto the streets of Miami for an impromptu party after the Heat claimed their second consecutive NBA title last night.
But this picture suggests that celebrations turned sour in at least one corner of the city.
It reveals a woman apparently being pushed to the ground by police officers as they attempted to clear the streets of jubilant Miami Heat fans.
One picture shows the woman tumbling onto the concrete, while another shows a police officer apparently trying to haul her to her feet by grasping her t-shirt.
She can then be seen pointing angrily at the City of Miami Police officers as they form a barricade with their bicycles.
But officials in the city said the jubilant scenes that followed Miami Heat's 95-88 victory over San Antonio Spurs passed largely without incident.
Fans swarmed from downtown bars and rushed cheering and screaming into the streets after their team won its second straight NBA championship.
As the final seconds of the Heat's win over the San Antonio Spurs wound down, fans by the thousands streamed into the area surrounding the AmericanAirlines Arena to exchange high-fives and hugs, blow whistles or simply scream.
Some climbed atop street signs and a railroad crossing.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Looks like a weak throw to me. Who’s his pitching coach.......Obama?
She’s Asian, he must be a racist. Oh wait, Asians aren’t considered oppressed minorities. Then he must be waging a war on women. Yeah, yeah, that’s it. War on women!!!!!!!
One cop to do the dirty, and six cops to watch. I guess they have to watch their bicycles, so nobody steals them.
Gotta love that dry British whit.
Odd how the UK news provides this story when there is more violence in the stands DURING a soccer game in Europe than there was in this video.
cue the leather-fetish crowd to come on to say “she must have asked for it”.
And if soccer-violence was routinely committed by the Police you would have a point.
Must be a slow news day in London....
meanwhile in Syria......or Benghazi.....or Fast and Furious......or IRS.....or NSA.....
crickets all around
you are an idiot
or it could be that she was drunk and tried to pass by a police line....I don’t see the ‘shocking’ violence of police in any of these photos
Minor correction. "women" = "womyn". Be PC at all times!
or it could be that she was drunk and tried to pass by a police line....I don’t see the ‘shocking’ violence of police in any of these photos
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Yes, that could be. Since we have only that photo to judge it, judging solely by that photo I’d say the woman “got into the wimpy looking cops’ space” and he reached out and pushed her down. I also notice that the black, female cop to the left of the wimpy looking cop has the look of someone who’s thinking “what the hell are you doing, you pussy”.
But again, we don’t know.
It’s not the cop’s fault. He couldn’t find a dog.
True. It was merely an observation.
I see a police line, and a woman close enough for a cop to reach her. I would guess she shouldn’t have been that close.
If I was forced to dress like a bicycle cop, I would shove people around, too.
Was she just a person going somewhere whose progress was stopped by the riotous celebration and police activity? She didn’t look like a fan, and was apparently alone.
meanwhile in Syria......or Benghazi.....or Fast and Furious......or IRS.....or NSA.....
crickets all around
The Brit press covers those, too -- unlike our own media. Are you saying this isn't news? Did you read the Daily Mail's website today? Is this the only American story they covered?
Do you even know?
One FReeper chose to highlight this story by posting it on FReeRepublic and you are criticizing the paper.
bleeeccch
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