NYPD Arrests Veterans For Honoring the Dead
To protest the start of the 12th year of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, military veterans and their allies gathered at New York City's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza to hear speakers, lay flowers and read the names of those killed in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. The NYPD marked the event by arresting 25 people - including an 85-year-old World War Two army veteran - because it was time to "close" the memorial and it was taking too long to read the names. They also reportedly arrested livestreamers recording the vigil. Really? Chris Hedges' speech here.
And from Warisacrime.orgPhotojournalist, poet and Vietnam veteran Mike Hastie was the first arrested, after appealing to police not to force the veterans out of the war memorial: “This is a sad day. I was a medic in Vietnam. I watched soldiers commit suicide. I had soldiers’ brains all over my lap. How can you do this? How can you arrest me for being at a war memorial?”
Hopefully our traditional media will be rescued soon and they can investigate and report on something that matters.
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And in the only other news: Somebody wants
to fire Big Bird, and oh, yeah, Denver is above sea level.
wow... that's pretty sad...
can't wrap my brain around the stupidity of it... sigh...
that 85 year old troublemaker got off too easy!
considering the history of the NYPD that 85 year old was lucky to neither be repeatedly tased or shot multiple times for acting in a threatening manner. I wish the "Justice" dept would launch an investigation into some of the more egregious police actions that are happening in this country on a daily basis.
Thanks for this story Glinda
and especially the link to Chis Hedges.
Perpetual war, the well-known "racket" serving those dark primeval lusts for power and personal wealth to justify the slaughter of the weak and the innocent and mock justice.
Well said Chris.