Guantanamo on the Hudson - Part Deux

[naruki_oni]

It's taken long enough, but the lawsuit has finally been filed against the city of New York for its heinous crimes during the RNC earlier this year.

I've actually talked to some conservatives about that "incident", and their responses made me long to grab a baseball bat.

Some were in smarmy denial, saying that it didn't happen. Some tried to justify it by saying that everyone arrested was breaking the law. Some just shrugged it off as a non-event, probably because it wasn't happening to them. Bastards.

I've serious doubts that anything good will come of this lawsuit, but I will hope anyway.

Comments

Well:

[saminz.livejournal.com]

If you could see one of our cities during another of those "summits" you would be hard pressed to decide who "screws with traffic" more, the security of the visiting VIPs or the demonstrators... Where would you suggest to stage a protest, then? Not every town has a layout like Washington. Especially not hereabouts. And parading your protest along a route has a tradition in Europe, somehow.

As much as I hate to say it...

[naruki-oni.livejournal.com]

Letting the police get away with stuff like this is just asking for trouble.

Exhaust all legal means to punish them. If that doesn't work, well, it's up to you.

Right.

[saminz.livejournal.com]

There is still all kinds of "exhausting" stuff going on. But the trouble is also asked for... We'll have to wait for the next summit to see what happens. It is all sad and disgusting. I am not in the middle of things any more, I must say. But I do follow the casualties... There was one death in Genova (Italy), too.
Of a protester. Caused by police. See indimedia (org) if you want to know more.