Angry crowd protests NYPD shooting

they intentionally charged their horses through a human chain, injuring 4 janitors protesting including an 80+ year old man.

also:

The combined $39.1 million bond for the workers and their supporters is far and above the normal amount of bail set for people accused of even violent crimes in Harris County. While each of the non-violent protestors is being held on $888,888 bail ...

* For a woman charged with beating her granddaughter to death with a
sledgehammer, bail was set at $100,000;

* For a woman accused of disconnecting her quadriplegic mother's breathing
machine, bail was set at $30,000;

* For a man charged with murder for stabbing another man to death in a bar
brawl, bail was set at $30,000;

* For janitors and protesters charged with Class B misdemeanors for past
non-violent protests, standard bail has been set at $500 each.

More than 5,300 Houston janitors are paid $20 a day with no health insurance, among the lowest wages and benefits of any workers in America.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/11/19/15325/954

something suspiciously wrong here?

Originally posted by PVS
something suspiciously wrong here?

What a peculiar number to choose for bail. Do you perhaps think they had a monkey or an infant pressing the keys when writing up the forms, or did their thought processes go along the lines of:

"Okay. Eight is an awesome number. We should set the bail at something with 'eight' in it."

"How about $800?"

"No, too cheap, and not awesome enough."

"$888?"

"Still lacking in the punishment/awesome department."

"...DUDE! $888,888,888,888!"

"The public might get suspicious about the bail being that high. Let's try half of those eights--it'll still be expensive enough for us to laugh at their families and have the awesome of eight."

"****in' A. This job rocks."

Originally posted by PVS
they intentionally charged their horses through a human chain, injuring 4 janitors protesting including an 80+ year old man.

also:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/11/19/15325/954

something suspiciously wrong here?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
they didnt CHARGE into them, they just rode up and kind of nudged them aside, forcing them back. its not like they were trampled. i witnessed part of this, and the cops were extremely professional, never resorting to LAPD tactics. they simply showed up and took charge of the situation. i mean, the protesters were blocking traffic. so they are disgruntled, ok, so go on strike, but why make others suffer because they crossed the border illegally?
if these illegals want more money, they should get a frigging green card.

all i know is the cops are clearly using their horses recklessly. may as well drive their cars through it. also, you did not witnes part of this. maybe you saw them protesting since they were at it for a week, maybe you saw it all from a distance, but dont exhagerate. or else ill send you to law school.

also, maybe they were blocking traffic, however in that video and in photos they were clearly on the sidewalk.

and please leave the xenophobic immigrant hating of this thread. whether or not they are legal immigrants is of no concequesnce to whether they should be injured (and fact stands 4 were injured by police).

i was there for part of it. i watched from afar as these IDIOTS sat in the middle of the road and refused to move. did you see when that cop was dragging someone away by their shirt? thats when they were removing them from the street.