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.
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.
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.
Did you notice that, in general, they were either old enough to be flower children or too young to think clearly yet? I suggest that the young ones go enlist. They'll be better people for it.
Anyone else noticed how lazy neo-hippies have gotten? At least the paleo-hippies learned to play guitars and sing.
Those who refuse to support and defend a state have no claim to protection by that state.
Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be defined as "murder" in a legalistic sense.
The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons inside city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or "Endangering bystanders," or other misdemeanor.
LAZARUS LONG
"I've never been arrested before," Seymour said as she stood next to her daughter in plastic hand restraints. "But I decided after a lot of soul searching that we needed to do something to show that this affects all of us. We've gotten so used to this war being a crisis situation that nothing feels like a crisis anymore."
To use the words of the gentlelady from California, Senator Boxer, when she attacked Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, "You're not being affected, Mz. Seymour. Your child isn't being forced to fight in Iraq. Your daughter is standing right next to you. There are others who are much braver than you and your daughter, who have volunteered to pay the price for your freedom to be a stupid fool."
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Zahra Billoo, Advisor, Muslim Student Association West*, Alhambra, CA
The should have...
a/k/a Revolutionary Communist Party.
Taser a Commie, It's Patriotic.