Posted on 08/08/2009 2:29:36 AM PDT by Scanian
Last night, as reports began to emerge of unrest at two big health care town halls in Tampa and St. Louis, a man on Twitter claiming to work with SEIU, claimed a handful of arrests in St. Louis had been Obamacare critics, and they'd been arrested for assaulting SEIU members. His report was dutifully repeated by liberals looking to paint the violence as caused by critics of the administration.
When I went looking for corroboration of his story, I found something quite different in this report from the Post-Dispatch:
Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with "Don't tread on me" printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was awaiting treatment for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him before the attack.
"It just seems there's no freedom of speech without being attacked," he said.
Six people were arrested: "Two of the people were arrested on suspicion of assault, one of resisting arrest and three on suspicion of committing peace disturbances, police say."
Today, video emerged, which looked like it might have captured the alleged assault on Kenneth Gladney. It was taken by someone from a blog named Missourah, who was shooting the scenes of the Carnahan event all night
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With the racial slurs, why is this not a hate crime? Penalty would be much stiffer.
There needs to be civil action againt the SEIU people who assaulted him.
And against SEIU, as the organization represented by the members.
AND against the administration, who publicly said that if there was action against 0's healthcare scam, they would, ". . . punch back twice as hard."
Just as noisy demonstrations and disrupted meetings have been a tactic used by the left, it's time to start using lawsuits as well.
SEIU is an EVIL, corrupt union. They’ve really gone off the deep leftist end.
I had the extreme pleasure of donating my time and experience dealing with unions to de-certify an SEIU local, which I did with great pleasure.
These people are thugs, however. They will try anything to force themselves on workplaces, and once there steal members money, never to be seen nor accounted for, while providing nothing in the way of services whatsoever. We had the usual death threats these big mouthed commies like to threaten, but unfortunately were too cowardly to show up.
That “union” should be outlawed
Will Obuma stay shut up about this???/s
Obama Acorn and the SEIU.vs. America. Now who do you think will kick who’s ass. We have made the mistake of electing the first anti-American President. He won with the help and collaboration of the Anti-American media. Each day his true colors become a little more exposed in ways his media alilies can not gloss over or hide. Do they really think they can take us over with paperwork, red tape and a few thugs? I got news for em.
The DemoCrooks are running and hiding from the People.
They know what they are doing is wrong, is corrupt, is evil, and these “representatives” know the People know, that they are being lied to their faces.
Sure they want “call in “Town Hall Meetings”..Tjhat way they can have their Union Mobster Thug Technicians, screen not only who gets to ask any questions, but also what questions get “asked”.
They are traitors to their oaths, and are attempting to rule without representing of the Peoples will.
And now they are sending legions of Basiji like goons to attack the People.
By the direction of Mr Obama, violent criminal thugs have been paid and sent out to stomp protesters. He’s criminally guilty. The Unions and the others, are criminally guilty, the violent Union goons are guilty, they are all guilty of a criminal conspiracy to do bodily harm, and have done so based in part on race, which makes them all guilty of the Hate Crimes committed.
Barak Obama had/ordered a Black American man, STOMPED!
How many more will be stomped by his fascist goons?
The AFL-CIO are now sending their legions of goons, “community organizers”, and “union activists”, to join in the Leftist Basiji attacks on the American People.
Herr Adolf OBAMA himself said there must be a “civilian force” with all the capability of the military”. This is pure ORGANIZED CRIME ! ! ! ! !
By this I take you mean the 'White House', don't you?
It is essential that people attending these meetings have video equipment.
The PEOPLE have to get these attacks on citizens recorded.
They need to get the arrogance of the CONgressial officials recorded.
They need to get the lies and misinformation recorded. Then distributed to every source you can find. We have no press or very little in American anymore. The MSM is nothing more then a propoganda outlet for the Obama regime. They can not be counted on to report the facts.
These people are thugs, however. They will try anything to force themselves on workplaces, and
Yes this is true.I have seen these type thugs in action before..
But this is going to be very different.
They are no longer trying to intimidate a worker already a little frightened by their situaion.
The are confronting “PISSED OPF” not going to take this crap anymore American Citizens desiring to exercise their Constituional Rights.
As with all bullies these union thugs are basically cowards. They always try to outnumber those they go up against or to pick what they perceive to be the weaker target. The odds should no longer be in their favor....
Don’t forget AARP has partnered with SEIU to spend the month of August promoting Obamacare.
unlike iran the good people in this country have guns
This whole scenario of the Statist Thugs accusing
peaceful, though Loud, protesters of Violence is a
Propaganda technique called “Turnspeak”.
Thought to be originated by Joseph Goebbels.
Germany claimed that those Evil Czechs were War Mongers
and refused to surrender their land to the Peace Loving Germans.
In modern times “Turnspeak” has been perfected by the Arabs.
Calling Israelis “Nazis”.
This is difficult to defend against, Causes confusion and obfuscates the Arabs actual involvement with the Real Nazis during WWII.
So, If you are doing Evil the most effective way to deflect criticism is to accuse your enemy of the very Evil that you are guilty of.
And Castor here in Tampa cancelled her town hall and went to one for Betty Reed sponsored by ACORN abnd SEIU. Communist Fronts.
“I had the extreme pleasure of donating my time and experience dealing with unions to de-certify an SEIU local,”
Can you share that experience? Knowing how to decertify a union is valuable information.
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