Capitol Hill Police "football tackled" Hip Hop Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus' testimony on Capitol Hill

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, was attacked by six capitol police today, when he was stopped from entering the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, where General Petreaus gave testimony today to a joint hearing for the House Arms Services Committee and Foreign Relations Committee on the war in Iraq.

After waiting in line throughout the morning for the hearing that was scheduled to start at 12:30pm, Rev. Yearwood was stopped from entering the room, while others behind him were allowed to enter. He told the officers blocking his ability to enter the room, that he was waiting in line with everyone else and had the right to enter as well. When they threatened him with arrest he responded with "I will not be arrested today." According to witnesses, six capitol police, without warning, "football tackled" him. He was carried off in a wheel chair by DC Fire and Emergency to George Washington Hospital.


Rev. Yearwood said as he was being released from the hospital to be taken to central booking, "The officers decided I was not going to get in Gen. Petreaus' hearing when they saw my button, which says 'I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.'"

Capitol Police are not saying what the charges are, but an inside source has said that the charge is assaulting a police officer. Rev. Yearwood is scheduled to be transferred to Central Processing to be arraigned tomorrow morning.

The incident was recorded by an observer and is available on YouTube WhyNotNews

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiradcejA6o.

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Do you think you make your case more credible with the SS comparison?

They say Gdansk is nice at this time of year.

http://www.cnntraveller.com/2007/july_aug/gdansk/

usually people decide a thread is trash the second they see a nazi reference, except for those who reply with more nazi references or mock WW2 proraganda posters.

usually people decide a thread is trash the second they see a nazi reference, except for those who reply with more nazi references or mock WW2 proraganda posters.

Agreed.

How about them 49ers? Yeah, all the ways this year hmm.

Lets just be happy with beating AZ for now!

It is truly sad to see America come to this; to using police bullying to attack citizens --who are doing nothing wrong-- who may have an opposing view to the people currently running the country.

Even sadder though, to me, is the fact that we have so many people in this country who, instead of being outraged, take the attitude --""If you don't like it, move to Gdansk!"".

The unthinking, sheeplike complacency that such an attitude demonstrates is just one more reason this nation is in serious danger of decline.

1. It is truly sad to see America come to this; to using police bullying to attack citizens --who are doing nothing wrong--

2. Even sadder though, to me, is the fact that we have so many people in this country who, instead of being outraged, take the attitude --""If you don't like it, move to Gdansk!"".
1. Actually, it also existed during the last administration.
http://members.aol.com/basfawlty/shake_bc.htm

2. Yeah, he should have been civilized and called someone a "f--ktard", the way you would.

What happened there wasn't the right thing to be done according to the story. Its Dharma's response, and sig that kinda just makes me angry. Every single thing wrong in this country it seems, is automatically attributed to those who do not agree with you. How about you take some responsibility?

It is truly sad to see America come to this; to using police bullying to attack citizens --who are doing nothing wrong-- who may have an opposing view to the people currently running the country.

Even sadder though, to me, is the fact that we have so many people in this country who, instead of being outraged, take the attitude --""If you don't like it, move to Gdansk!"".

The unthinking, sheeplike complacency that such an attitude demonstrates is just one more reason this nation is in serious danger of decline.

i wasn't suggesting you move to gdansk at all. Your paranoia is showing. My point was merely that it's nice in gdansk this time of year. No more no less.

so gdansk is where waldo is?

I've been wondering....

My point was merely that it's nice in gdansk this time of year. No more no less.

Yeah. Right.

:rolleyes: