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| ABQ witches protest 'witch hunt'; Police union sues for deficient planning |
| 2016-06-07 |
| A coalition of groups involved in last month’s anti-Donald Trump protest said Monday that the actions of a few people -- those who threw rocks or punches -- shouldn’t discredit the peaceful message of the rest of the crowd. Ah, the "mostly peaceful" protest rally argument... "Most of us went home and we sobbed," Samia Assed, a protester who said she tried to keep the peace that night. "We sobbed at what we saw -- the pain in the community, the outrage in the community, the way the narrative was changed." And that they had to pack their hands in ice for the rest of the evening... Protesters had gathered, she and others said, to denounce Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric toward im Javier Benavidez of the SouthWest Organizing Project, which sent volunteer peacekeepers to the event, added Monday that it was wrong for community leaders to engage in a "witch hunt" in the days after the protest. Mayor Richard Berry and business leaders announced last week that they had raised at least $20,000 in reward money for tips leading to the arrest of people who threw rocks, flaming projectiles and other debris at coppers or engaged in other violence. Police have placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a handful of people since then -- two adults and a 14-year-old boy who turned himself. Gilbert Montaño, the mayor’s chief of staff, said authorities aren’t going after peaceful protesters, only those who engaged in violence. It's called, "rule of law", as opposed to the progressive "rule of the jungle"... |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 An incredibly descriptive yet accurate assessment there, Tennessee |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2016-06-07 19:00 |
| #3 Hey Samia Asshead - Throwing sticks and stones will surely get you thrown in jail...Trump's words will never hurt you! |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-06-07 10:12 |
| #2 the actions of a few people -- those who threw rocks or punches -- shouldn’t discredit but you (along with DoJ) have no problem broadbrushing all cops as Gestapo for the actions of a few, don't you. Chicago, San Jose, ABQ, there's a pattern there. Your whole act was about confrontation and you play victim. Take it elsewhere sunshine. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-06-07 09:14 |
| #1 Couldn't fit 2 links in post, here is the 2nd one: The Albuquerque Police Officers' Association – the union that represents the city's rank-and-file officers – filed a complaint against the city and police department Monday alleging the department failed to protect its own officers during The complaint says because of this alleged lack of planning and failure to equip all officers with riot gear, several officers were unnecessarily injured. At least six officers were injured during the violence that followed the rally – most of which was caused by rocks thrown by the rioters. Many of the officers on the "front line" against the protesters were equipped with riot gear, but on several occasions, officers only in street uniforms were tasked with helping push back the rioters as they threw rocks at police on 3rd Street. New Mexico State Police chief Pete Kassetas tells KOB his repeated offers to provide tactical units and extra traffic enforcement officers the night of the rally were declined by APD. Kassetas said he put dozens of officers in the field anyway -- a decision that likely helped APD immensely. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-06-07 00:37 |