Civilian gets hit by police vehicle during NATO protests | 5.19.12

[@SeleniumRectifier]

Getting hit by accident is one thing. Getting dragged on purpose is something else.

[@headnodnout]

firemen dont take my weed away from me

[@sirwinfredsmith]

no kidding, i have participated in protests with 20 000 people in a town of 150 000 here in france

[@CoWolArc]

The man may be an idiot for being in front of the van, but the cop should be in jail for continuing to drive with him there.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

in 49 states you can tell your kid to scream and yell and someone with a carry concealed permit will save them before the cops are even on the way.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

do you really think people would go protest against the north atlantic treaty organization without knowing what it was?

[@jr1434]

was one of the protesters punching the police officer through the van window....probably feared for his life at that point

[@jr1434]

and then there was the guy trying to flatten the tires of the van....lol

[@likwidshoe]

Reality: a low IQ criminal stupidly tried to block police van, gets a lesson in physics.

[@xXGOHHH123Xx]

"Civilians get hit by police vehicle during NATO protests" Most misleading title on KZbin? Only one person was "hit" by the police van, which was more of him being pushed by it. No one was hurt or run over.

[@mickeydougal]

Oh wait, so you're saying there are "rules" to anarchy, now? Man, you can't pay for comedy better than that!

[@sirwinfredsmith]

how so? it involves people protesting stopping vehicles of people trying to get them to stop protesting. being crushed is being crushed, granted it takes more balls to look down the barrel of a tank, lots more balls

[@mickeydougal]

The long term effects of weed make you lazy and paranoid. I know. I was a regular user from 1979 until 1995. When you sober up from drinking, the effects are gone, except maybe for a hangover if you really over-did it. But weed is much more long lasting. I haven't touched it for 17 years, but I still have long-term and short-term memory issues. Weed is ANYTHING but harmless. But it's also deceptive. One effect of it is it convinces you it's harmless. It's not.

[@eiggaminc1]

man you must have x ray vision how did you know he jumped in front of the van...

[@sirwinfredsmith]

Syria is still in a state of war. Tunisia has a bunch of beach resorts for europeans already and it is a big tourist destination, egypt has the pyramids and has lots of tourists for that. i am not saying they are part of the schengen zone, you need to show a passport to get in. here in europe we pass between countries with no border patrol, its called the schengen zone, and going from germany to france is like going from illinois to wisconsin, you see a sign that says welcome to france

[@smokeysmokey83]

riding the grill of a police van as its signaling you to move shows the level of intelligence of OWS..... furthermore they believe the cop is at fault, cause when they occupy your streets, THEY BECOME THEIRS... COPS NO LONGER HAVE AUTHORITY IN THEIR MINDS... so a cop with his lights on, horn on, signaling to pedestrians to move registers in the mind of an OWSer that i need to block this car from moving, AND AT THE SAME TIME CLAIM TO BE PEACEFUL....

[@sirwinfredsmith]

i know chicago has 3 million people. i lived there for 24 years

[@Fuzzythegood]

Police vans move a lot slower when they're on fire...

[@sirwinfredsmith]

and sometimes when a good honest cop gets the call from dispatch about it they actually roll up and try to bust the gangsters.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

notice you deleted your post. i got it on email, i dont need to work year round to accopmlish anything, i teach six months a year and make enough money to pay my bills and have vacation in the usa or wherever for a couple of months a year. i have no reason to work more

[@sirwinfredsmith]

you know we can smoke weed AFTER work, that is what most people who smoke weed do after all....

[@sirwinfredsmith]

i agree, but the real reason that they dont call the cops often on the gangs is because so many cops are IN GANGS TOO that those cops would just tell the other gang bangers who called the cops. and yes people do call the cops on gangs to say shit like "these damn gangbangers are selling crack and guns on the corner"; they just do it from a payphone in another neighborhood.

[@eliasmontalvo310]

Did they just call the police on a police officer that is trying to get to a place and they are in the way

[@sirwinfredsmith]

it was not an ambulence or fire figher, it was a van of cops crashing through a protest. and sometimes blocking the vehicles is a way of protesting, like the tank guy in china in 89. like the arabs who stared down tanks and camels to get their freedom all over the arab world this past year and who still are today in syria.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

you see peacefull american citizens protesting and think they are terrorists?

[@sirwinfredsmith]

that's weird, i am a regular user since 1993. i am not paranoid and i do a shitload of mountain biking in addition to being a teacher and a father. How does weed last longer than the few hours after i do a joint? maybe you have memory issues but i dont. i am no more forgetful than most people. maybe you are just prone to being lazy and parinoid and i am prone to being energetic?

[@sirwinfredsmith]

your weed, and mine, is still illegal. that is not the cops fault, that is the fault of congress (state and federal level). in alaska cops dont take away your weed because weed is legal in alaska. in california if you have a doctors note they dont take your weed because it is legal. here in chicago the cops should not beat people for legally protesting, but if i were smoking a joint down there i would give them a reason to LEGALLY bust me because i would be doing a crime.

[@mickeydougal]

Bottom line, brother, bottom line.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

why would they care? they dont drug test, i do a fine job teaching, you know the USA is the only country in the world that drug tests for jobs right? here in france people care about how good of a job you do. do you think i am the only university professor who started to smoke weed as a high school student? my mountain biking is for my health and done in my spare time after work. and yes i teach english as a second language

[@sirwinfredsmith]

and what do you think happens when you call the cops on a gang and the cop that arrives is also in that gang???? you have big problems. ask people living in chicago about this.

[@mickeydougal]

This is what happens when the Ritalin generation "grows up" (for lack of a better term).

[@dfgyuhdd]

Demonstrating anarchism in the same way that Westboro Baptist Church demonstrates the teachings of christ.

[@datdereduck]

The police ttried very hard to protect these people from wandering into traffic, I was in the crowds and I heard many people talk about taking DMT, LSD, Ectasy etc. they had no idea where they were, even hen they wandered onto interstate I-55, it's to bad there was not more police there to protect these young people.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

morocco is also a huge tourist destination already. full of europeans on sun holiday

[@sirwinfredsmith]

if the cops dealt with the scum of the earth most of our corrput politicians, bankers and business leaders would be in jail and i would thank the cops for a job well done.

[@AugerDP]

Bring down the establishment people!!

[@kotobide]

don't jump on vans and you wont get pushed down the street

[@smokeysmokey83]

and in response to this another OWSer, fell on the ground and like the best soccer player in the world, WAS TERRIBLY INJURED.... and in a second surrounded by OWSers, who told the crowd to turn off their cameras... i saw one women assult a man and threatened to throw his camera in the chicago river cause he was trying to get a picture of the "injured man" ITS ALL A SET UP...

[@mickeydougal]

I'm wondering if the school where you're employed would like to know about your regular drug use since you were 15. Given the state of American education, your mountain-biking is no doubt making a stellar contribution to the education of our youth. Smoke up, Johnny. Your union will assure you get paid regardless of whether you actually accomplish anything or not. But hey, don't be "parinoid" about it. As long as you're not teaching English, you'll be fine.

[@whalrus24]

>peaceful protesting do you know what that is?

[@sirwinfredsmith]

yes, the former leader in tunisia is going to be sent to death, they elected a new leader, in egypt they are electing a new leader too. in morocco the people won new freedom to criticise the goverment. didnt you hear about the arab spring last year? and what is a link card? sorry i left the usa 9 years ago. i work in education, university students here in france where i live are on summer vacation and so are the people who teach them, we have lots of free time.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

of course there are rules in anarchy. anarchy is all about consensus based local self rule, just not rules coming from far away from people who you dont have any connection to. read about the "paris commune" in the 1870s or read about christiana in copenhagen denmark today. both places had or have rules and both were or are run by anarchists.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

and for all the shit you talk how will my union assure i will get paid? i can still lose my job or not renew my contract which are renewed because i do a good job. the union represents me in negotiations with the government about things like raises etc. and i dont educate american youth, i left the usa 9 years ago, i educate french youth and adults. why work year round when i can make just as much money teaching and having six months paid vacation???

[@stillrob420]

rofl? Nothing is wrong with my grammar, nice try! You are just avoiding responding to my comment.

[@sirwinfredsmith]

sadly today 50 cent and wacka flocka speak so poorly i cant understand them yet tens if not over 100 million amerians listen to every shitty word they say in their songs......

[@KiDoGreg]

Fucking well put!