Today in Union Square Park a woman was excitedly talking to a friend. Two police officers came up to her and said "Take it down Miss, you're talking too loud." Now no on else in the park was disturbed by this woman, only the police seemed to annoyed with her. She confronted them with her assessment of the situation and basically told them they had no right to be approaching her in that way because she was not breaking any laws. They told her to shut the hell up or they would place her under arrest. She reminded them that there was no female officer present to perform this threatened arrest. They told her to shut up once again. This time referring to her as a 'bitch' for emphasis. They got on the radio and called a supervisor. We were all stunned yet we figured they were calling for a female cop. Another man showed up, the supervisor. They all put on these black gloves and proceeded to wrestle her to the ground - all three of them. One had her arms pulled behind her so tightly she was screaming. Another stamped his foot on her back and kept it there. And still another had his boot on the side of her face. It was her face sandwiched between the pavement and his boot.
Everyone in the vicinity watching this was shocked and outraged at the treatment of this woman yet these neanderthals cursed at the crowd and ordered it disbursed. They attempted to grab a guy who was video capturing the entire incident before they pulled her up from the ground and dragged her literally kicking and screaming to the squad car. Yet, he was able to elude them and continue capturing all the way to the police car. He came back and said they nearly gave her a concussion trying to put her in the car and slammed the door on her foot.
I was hoping to find the video this gentleman captured on U-Tube but a search yielded everything but that. Yet, I did find a whole slew of police brutality and assaults caught on camera from various areas of this country.
What kind of society are we participating in?
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