Posted on 01/12/2007 7:20:09 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
The Taser incident make me smile.
"I was standing right next to (Hilbert), doing the exact same thing that he was doing, and they didn't Taser me," Seymour said. "I guess it's that the scruffy-looking kids get taken to the ground and older women don't."
Officer K.B. Johnson, who administered the Taser, said he gave warning first.
"He was resisting and I told him I would Taser him if he did not move," Johnson said. "He was resisting, and when you have a crowd situation like that, you have to start with someone."
NC Ping Please!
Among those arrested were Liz Seymour, 57, and her daughter, Isabell Moore, 27, both of Greensboro. Seymour is an activist and writer who has contributed to The New York Times.
why does this not surprise me??
Taser envy.
I must have just missed this. I work in downtown Greensboro, and left work at approximately 4:30 yesterday. I'm sorry I didn't get the chance to express my views to the war protesters as I drove by.
Good one! LOL
I sez Pig-Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
We just ain't a gonna pay no toll
So we crashed the gate doin' ninety-eight
I sez, let them truckers roll, 10-4
Yep. Our local snooze said the lunatics protest here was organized here by MoveOn.org.
Posted: 12 Jan 2007 10:24 am Post Subject: Proud To Protest Read Article
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I am proud to have been arrested protesting the war. I am proud to stand with the 72% of Americans who believe Bush has mishandled the war, the 70% who disagree with this troop surge, and the thousands people who attended over 500 demonstrations around the country yesterday.
My friends in the military are telling me this is quagmire, that folks need to get out and leave the Iraqis alone.
If military folks, military families and veterans can stand against war and death, so can I. And they are doing it right now at Ft. Lewis, in an encampment to support Lt. Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse orders. (www.ivawdeployed.org and www.thankyoult.org for more info)
Military Families Speak Out (www.mfso.org) and Gold Star Famlies for Peace (www.gsfp.org) represent some of those most effected by the war in this country, and they are calling for an end.
My friends tell me that they have been ordered to commit war crimes. That they have killed children, women and civilians. That things aren't getting better and 21,500 troops will only make it worse. Johns Hopkins estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since the beginning of the war than would have died with out a war. 3000 US troops have died.
Many of the 21,500 troops Bush wants to send will be leaving from Ft. Bragg. I know folks there right now who have already been twice, and don't want to go back to a life-threatening situation where they will be asked to kill people for no good reason.
I hope more and more of us will stand up and speak out to stop the loss of life. Would you stop someone on the street holding a gun to another persons head? Then lets try together to stop this mass murder.
Haha!! Stinkin' hippies.
That is great. Thanks for the link.
I hope they soiled themselves during the Taser Tickle. Hehe!
I suspect Liz has been arrested before, and I suspect she is still upset over 2000 Presidential Election.
CONTACT: North Carolina Peace & Justice Coalition
Lou Plummer 910-433-9053
Liz Seymour 336-274-1814
Ryan Fletcher 202-641-0277
I'm proud of the Greensboro PD for dealing appropriately and correctly with these self-centered ego-bats blocking the rights of others.
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