Remember his arrest at the Petraeus hearing?
CREW:
Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus and peace activist, announced today that the D.C. Superior Court dismissed charges against him of assaulting a Capitol Police officer while in line to attend a hearing in the House of Representatives. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) represents Rev. Yearwood in his case.
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does that mean they will pay his medical bills from breaking his leg? what a police state. free speech is dead
Rev. Yearwood?
Oh nooos he's a Christian we must not like himz.
Sarcasm aside I'm glad to hear the charges have been dropped.
So he gets falsely arrested and charged, the charges get dropped, and we are supposed to be happy?
Meanwhile he WAS stopped from being heard, being seen at the Pet Show. Mission Accomplished.
Another "criminal" walks away scott-free.
So what happens to the storm troopers...errrr....I mean Capitol Police that attacked him?
So will this arrest be erased from his record? I hate this law suit society of ours, but in his case I hope he finds a good lawyer.
Your tax dollars at work - in a neofascist country. George Orwell had it soooooo right!
Oh! But he's just a victim of innocent Frat-boy, football team hijinks!
Can he sue for false arrest? What about the broken leg? Are the cops getting off scot free?
Why won't our leaders mention police reform? We Americans are attacked constantly with searches just for looking funny - but most of us don't get on TV. Today you can say "improve the schools" without insult - but if you say "improve the police" then people act like you're unamerican.
Hiel Bush!!
PEACE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED ! ! !
So, no harm, no foul, right?
Nah -- sue the bastards.
ralph @ 12:
haha nice one :) Anyways, in a pile of crap that is piled up every day, this was the uglies and most foul smelling lump for a long time. How is it possible that these policemen keep their jobs? They are guarding a place where one would assume relatively high standards would apply.
BTW, if I say AT&T sux, will this site be shut down? (my intertextual skillz at work $$)
Walk slowly, don't make any abrupt moves, show any emotion, ask questions, mention your rights, don't make eye contact with the police, or otherwise behave like a real person.
You'll be perfect for Bushes Murica.
I smell a MAJOR law suit! Rock on
L.A. Confidential @ 15:
Oh I forgot, follow orders, and obey authority.
I'd contribute to a lawsuit to sue the jackboot pussies that attacked him. Oh, wait...the law and Constitution don't work anymore...
Time to learn "guerilla..."
Seems the police in general are being raised to the height of the soldiers, if you speak ill of them you aren't being patriotic or American. There are limits on their actions and they should be held to those limits, military and police. The police, or some of them, seem to be eager to take advantage of their position. As long as there are no repercussions that number will grow.
L.A. Confidential @ 17:
Yeah! It's like Eric Cartman says: "RESPECT MY AUTHORITAAAAHHHH"
I'm glad the good Reverend was able to extracate himself from the obviously trumped charge and our pay-to-play legal system of chicanery and collusion, but I must remind him that it isn't a case of Black vs. White justice anymore. It's a matter of the haves and have nots. The Man would prefer us all in yokes, and dissent will absolutely not be tolerated.
Sue the cocksuckers!
And don't go to the airport with a little circuit board and battery attached to your sweater. One wrong move and they'll blow you away. That's how it is today in the home of the free and the land of the brave. If they are holding a gun aimed at you and you piss in your pants, I don't know if that constitutes a wrong move or not.
Dr. Know @ 21:
And good luck with the lawsuit thing. There is no accountability and little to no recourse within the judicial or "law enforcement" rackets.
Good thing the Bush Justice Department doesnt run YouTube.
Thanks to C&L and all of the sites that help
to distribute all of these videos that our fellow citizens NEED to see.
Thanks to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.
pissed off patricia @ 19:
I can't figure how gottbaum choked trying to remove her handcuffs. Try as I might, I can't wrap my arm around my own neck while trying to dislocate my shoulder so I can reverse both elbows and bring my arms either over my head or under my ass.
I also can't figure how that could possibly be an explanation promulgated by an idiotic media. Ms. Gottbaum was snatched at the airport for arguing with 'someone official'. From what I read of airport security these days, I'm guessing they messed her up pretty bad and came up with the explanation later.
blackwater is training our law inforcement officers in gestopo tactics, musnt let the sheep be allowed to bleat!!!double siegh hiel
They were talking about getting him a fu*king wheelchair, what about calling an ambulance? Jesus, you get your leg broken if you aren't standing in what the cops consider the proper line?
I hope he didn't agree not to sue.
BaScOmBe @ 26:
POP....Exactly! This is the same problem we are having with bush. No repurcussions=do whatever illegal thing you want.
BaScOmBe...My daughter was in the process of hurrying to Utah when my great grandson was dying recently. She had metal rivets on her jeans and they kept her for an hour and she missed her plane. She didn't get to the hospital until 7 hours later. There must be a better way to screen. Too much power makes some people idiots.
OBEY!!!
Janet @ 30:
Are you all talking about this story?
Woman dies while cuffed
It is disturbing. I am withholding comment until more "facts" come out, but this does not look good at all.
SevenString @ 31:
:lol:
I'm glad the charges have been dropped
It would appear that things are coming to a point in Amerikkka that to excercise your right to free speech, you may very well at first have to excercise your right to bear arms.
Bonkers @ 32:
"facts", yeah, right!
Re the experience of Janet @ 30's daughter, everybody take note: if you travel in riveted jeans, wear sensible underwear. Then you can remove your pants and give them to the little tinpot godlings to put through the scanner while you proceed through the metal detector.
Exhibitionists may prefer frilly or skimpy, but it's all about carrying it off with dignity in front of the largest audience possible in order to shame the arrogant, incompetent pricks publicly. I'm serious.
Remember how your mother said you should always wear clean underwear in case you got run over? This is the 21st century version.
She is lucky I wasn't with her. I probably would have gotten both of us arrested.
The Long Blue Line is seeing Red for anyone daring to use their First Amendment rights and speak out against the madness.
We are becoming the enemy to the now 1.5 MILLON cops in the US, many looking like cons with shaved heads, tats, and rhoided out, with tasers and chokeholds their first choice in conflict negotiation.
Rev Yearwood stopped, gets a broken leg.
The San Diego student at Kerry's speech, stopped and tasered under hold.
The blind, old woman in the South, tasered to death in her wheel chair.
A 42 yo woman found dead in her Phoenix jail cell 'strangled' on her cuffs.
A 15 yo Palmdale, CA girl gets a broken wrist and arrested by a school bully-cop for not picking up some crumbs from a dropped piece of birthday cake.
And that is just a few from this past couple of weeks.
Go to: CopWatchers: http://www.youtube.com/Copwatchers
Tape em and tell on them if they aren't being "Peace Officers."
Fight for our freedom every way you can my friends, cause as the cliche says: Freedom isn't Free.
BaScOmBe @ 36:
I know. Likely we won't get the real story, even if the fuzz did everything right and her death truly is a tragic accident (for lack of a better word).
The Long Blue Line is seeing Red for anyone daring to use their First Amendment rights. We are becoming the enemy to the now 1.5 MILLON cops in the US with tasers and chokeholds their first choice in conflict negotiation.
http://www.youtube.com/Copwatchers
Tape 'em and report 'em if they aren't acting like "Peace Officers."
Help keep us free which ironically is rarely free.
Power to the heart and light to the mind.
EJ @ 41:
Sorry for the dupe...I thought it didn't post :/
What were the charges? Joining an assembly freely? Can people not meet and express opinions any longer. (Silly question. Tasers at the ready.)
I shed a tear when this incident occurred.
Some for the Reverend, the majority for the American people.
What has happened to your country?
What is yet to happen?
CanadaJohn @ 44:
to your first question, we are now a police state
to your second, martial law, katrina-style, from sea-to-shining sea.
I just hope the border wall ain't finished by then, cause my ass will want out.
Greg @ 5:
Storm trooper? Come one, now, I'm not sure of that.
But it IS clear that the security there is crap. They should have leveled with him early on, not argue with him. Either he is perceived as a threat or not. If he is, GET HIM AWAY ASAP -- safely (for him and everyone else). If he isn't, ignore him.
Just terrible security. By failing to understand and control the situation EARLY, someone got hurt. Directly or indirectly, it is the officers' fault and they should pay. (Although the "right" answer might be better training.)
We DO need security for our public officials (yes, even Petrayus :rolleyes: ) do we not? The only question is how should they act.
Side note: What do you want to bet this trend gets a whooole lot worse before it gets better. We've got some poor messed up souls in the mercenaries and regular army in Iraq that we are denying the proper mental care and respect. It is likely they will work in civilian security or police when they get back. Duck.
Having met Rev. Yearwood on two occasions, I must say this is a happy day for me. I hope Cindy, Dede, and their aide also get the same consideration.
I've also met members of Code Pink, VFP, IVAW, Jena 6, and others. These are brave people doing courageous things in front of people who would be quite happy to see them disappear. They deserve our support.
Glad to hear it. Lenox is a patriot and an inspiration.
And yes, free speech is dead unless we exercise it. Use it or lose it.
The Capitol Hill Police reports to the Speaker of the House, people.
That would be NANCY PELOSI.
If Rev. Yearwood sues anyone, it should be Nancy Pelosi for giving the orders for the Capitol Hill police to rough up peaceful protesters.
I got some pictures in here of Rev. Yearwood at the Saturday anti-war march in Washington DC, you'll have to find them, there's a lot of pictures here:
http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f143/maplespak/
Here's video of the protest I shot, which Rev. Yearwood was at:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=maplespak&page=1
Here's pictures I got of Rev. Yearwood at the anti-war march in Washington DC on Saturday, you'll have to find them in here, there's lots of pictures:
http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f143/maplespak/
so the cops do the admins bidding arrest now, release later, and get away with violating a reverand's civil rights. GEE thanks!
GDamt, somebody has got to keep the names of all the execs, keystone cops, and pundits in a database so we can prosecute when sanity is restored.
I wonder where the antagonistic atheists are?
Shouldn't they be screaming about how Yearwood is a fool?
Jamie @ 45:
All of you who cherish liberty, freedom of speech and the right to participate in democracy are welcome in Canada (while we still have those rights).
Um, did people actually read the whole article? Like the last line?
"Rev. Yearwood still faces charges of disorderly conduct stemming from this incident."
Your title of "Charges Dropped Against Rev. Yearwood" is the kind of thing MediaMatters would report if Fox News said it about a Republican who had one of multiple charges dropped. Misleading title by C&L and CREW. You're better than that (I hope).
I am very happy that they arrested such a thought criminal. He should be beaten bloody and left for dead.
Sincerely,
Dick Cheney
Did you ever get the distinct impression that there's a lot more politically motivated and aggressive law enforcement these days. Like maybe you're considered the enemy because a guy with a badge doesn't like you t-shirt, or your face, knows he can mess with you and get away with it?
Gotbaum kin's plea before dying: I'm not a terrorist!
BY SOO YOUN in Phoenix and ETHAN ROUEN and ADAM LISBERG in New York
DAILY NEWS WRITERS
Monday, October 1st 2007, 9:31 AM
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, at corner of 81st St. and Central Park West, reads statement on the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum (below).
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, at corner of 81st St. and Central Park West, reads statement on the death of Carol Anne Gotbaum (below).
The daughter-in-law of one of New York's top officials screamed, "I'm not a terrorist!" and fought with security officials in the Phoenix airport before being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed, witnesses told the Daily News yesterday.
Carol Anne Gotbaum, 45, of the upper West Side, died less than an hour later, after cops claim she apparently strangled herself while trying to escape from the handcuffs in a holding cell at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
"I'm not a terrorist! I'm a sick mom! I need help!" yelled the mother of three after she missed the 2:58 p.m. US Airways Express flight to Tucson, said airport workers who witnessed the confrontation Friday.
They said one cop put his knee in her back to restrain her while others grabbed her flailing arms.
"I believe she was a little not-there. She kept punching. She kept screaming. She kept kicking," one worker told The News. "She looked really scared, really frightened. I think she was afraid to go to jail."
Gotbaum's husband, Noah, is the son of longtime city labor leader Victor Gotbaum and the stepson of his wife, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, a possible candidate for mayor in 2009.
Betsy Gotbaum said her stunned family was still searching for answers in the sudden death.
"Carol was a wonderful, wonderful person," Betsy Gotbaum said. "She was a wonderful mother. She was sweet and kind and loving. At this moment, we are awaiting the results of the investigation."
Cops said Gotbaum was traveling alone and could not explain why she was in Phoenix or what prompted her anger. She was charged with disorderly conduct.
Phoenix police spokesman Sgt. Andy Hill said Gotbaum kept screaming after she was placed in the holding cell, until cops realized she had been silent for several minutes and found her unresponsive. The county medical examiner has not determined a cause of death.
"The longest she was alone was five or 10 minutes," Hill said.
She was handcuffed behind her back, Hill said.
But he couldn't immediately explain why a distressed woman was left alone in handcuffs while seven police officers were in the security office.
Lack of accountability is an anathma to justice.
Grr....
... anathema ...
Ok. Here's the deal: If we break your leg while falsely arresting you...
...we'll drop the charges!
CanadaJohn @ 54:
Does your place sleep 180 million?
swarmofkillermonkeys @ 46:
It wouldn't surprise me if what breaks it open is a series of deaths in police custody similar to what was happening a lot in South Africa years ago during the anti-apartheid days. Those were the days when a guy would be handcuffed to a chair and then die from "accidentally" falling down a flight of stairs. The South African Police Service earned their vicious reputation and they still have it. Amnesty International still has yearly reports that suggest that the SA Police Services are going more then a little overboard with their tactics (I remember one that cited electrocutions happening in police custody). It's sad that we're moving in that direction and it will probably take a high profile death (an American Steve Biko perhaps?) to make people at least attempt to institute reforms in the law enforcement sector.
Strange no one wants to talk about his faith though the Rev. feels it is faith that drives him to protest this war.
He needs to be suing them for what they did and I sure hope that he does. It was simply unbelievable to see this kind of injustice in America.
strange that CD is trying to bait this into a religious debate. Religion has nothing to do with our loss of freedoms in America. Troll much?
kmacfarlane @ 66:
His motives were religious yet none of you sad little trolls have the guts to admit that his faith has driven him to do good things.
xoites defends Constitution @ 62:
I have a fold-out couch, but bring a sleeping bag; you never know. ;-)
xoites defends Constitution @ 62:
I have a fold-out couch.
Bring a sleeping bag though, you never know. ;-)
sorry for the duplicate.
Religion is for sheep. God is personal.
"Take one road in life, and follow it blindly, you become a fanatic, and it becomes false."
Athiests and agnostics do "good work" too...how do you explain that in the absence of "religion"?
Josh @ 71:
In the absence of religion free will is all there is.
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