NYPD Police Union Warns Protesters: We’ll Sue You if You Injure Officers
- Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:40pm by
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An Occupy Wall Street protester tackles a police officer during a clash in New York's Zucotti Park earlier this month. (AP)
A police union said Thursday it will pursue legal action against any Occupy Wall Street protester who injures any of its members.
Ed Mullins, president of the NYPD’s Sergeant’s Benevolent Association, said he‘s directed his organization’s attorneys to seek “the harshest possible civil sanctions — including monetary damages — against any individual protester who causes injury to my members.”
“In light of the growing violence attendant to the Occupy movements across the country, particularly as evidenced by the recent events in Oakland, I am compelled to place these so-called occupiers on notice that physical assaults on police officers will not be tolerated,” Mullins told the New York Post.
The announcement comes one day after an Iraq War veteran suffered a skull fracture after being hit with an apparent police projectile during a riot at an Occupy Oakland protest. Police officers involved in quelling the demonstration are now under investigation.
Any “assault on a police officer is not only punishable as a felony in the State of New York, but will also be met with swift and certain legal action by the SBA, which will seek monetary damages against any individual who causes injury to a New York City sergeant,” he said.
Mullins said more than 20 officers have been injured during the course of the Wall Street protests, now in their sixth week since kicking off Sept. 17.
“Protesters are not immunized from civil liability merely because their victims are wearing the uniform of the New York City Police Department,” he said.
(h/t Politicker NY)
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Comments (215)
showmerancher
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:12pmSue them? Look, while they peacefully (and legally) protest you protect them to the fullest extent of the law regardless of your own views on the subject(s??). When they violate the law, all bets are off. Arrest them. If they threaten an officer with physical violence, use overwhelming force to neutralize the threat. If the threat is life-threatening, including the throwing of rock or other heavy objects, swinging of clubs, throwing of bottles or fire-bombs, then shoot… and not with rubber bullets.
Report Post »So Cal Tea
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:30pmAgreed! The violence has been escalating and will continue to do so. The timer is counting down and eventually one of these misguided losers will start a fire or throw a Molotov cocktail. I hope these officers are prepared and stay safe.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:31pmHaha. That’s funny. Why doesn’t the NYPD just carry a sign around that says they are with the protesters?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:34pmAlright people listen-up, at five ‘o’ clock you are going to storm my office to protest. Lets make it look good for the press.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:37pmNew Yorkers must tolerate and pay the very heavy price of containing this tiny tiny tiny percentage of their population thanks to the corrupt owners of Zucotti Park. If it weren’t for this corporation this miniscule minority would be long gone. Perhaps the Police (and New Yorkers) should reconsider whom they need to sue….
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:38pmI‘m sorry that all you folks don’t see the humor in this. It’s all staged (I mean it’s real) but it’s staged. I guess that’s why they are taking tips from the likes of James Cameron.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:40pmYa got to love living in the United States of Entertainment. Except that they really are going to shake-down the middle-class.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:44pmThat protester with the blue T shirt & knapsack on top of the policeman in the picture look huge. D amn right the police should sue.
It might be easy to get sprung form jail by some lefty group posting bail but a civil suit will mess the protester’s life up for 2 years or more.
SUE THEM!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:49pmThat would mean if a officer is injuried any groups that support OWS be it financial or otherwise are as responsible the actual protester. And subject to the lawsuit.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:51pmThe protester’s boss (Soros) secretly visited the NYPD boss. I wonder what deal they cooked up?
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:03pmWhat are you going to sue them for? They are lazy sit at home leeches who are angry we won’t keep giving them free stuff. Arrest them and make them clean up the city in which they protested in for 200 hours. It will be more work then then any of them have done in their entire life.
Report Post »rodamaa
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:14pmEither I am suffering from some form of mental disease or this is goofier than the three stooges, Keystone Kops and Abbott and Costello movie all rolled into one. What the hell is going on here? You guys remember
The old B movie, “Mom and Dad Save the World”
Here is, quite possibly, the most endearing part of the movie. As the platoon of imperial troops rolls into camp, opponent leaves a “light grenade” in his bedroll (conveniently marked with a prominent sign). The light grenade is a device that, once the pin is pulled, will vaporize anyone who touches it. This would not be terribly effective on Earth or OWS, but it passes for a doomsday device on Spengo.[the fictional planet] The darn thing has “pick me up” stamped on the side! The soldiers begin falling prey, one after another, to the deadly weapon. Pretty soon there are just two left; while one calls for reinforcements, the other stoops to pick up the grenade…
Yea, I say let’s put a couple of those light grenade around the park. It would solve the problem quickly.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:16pmand so….the revolution begins to eat it’s young. The police union has spoken..what will Trumka do?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:18pmThese are the people O’Blamer, Pelosi and the dimocRats support. I would love to see the Republican TV ad showing this dirt bag and the one crapping on the police car with an O’Blammer voice over saying how he supports this mob.
Report Post »Timothy_Reid
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:21pmThe protesters expect the arrest. As such it is of no real threat. But to hit them in the wallet too? They’ll still be arrested, now they’ll be held to civil as well as criminal consequences. Won’t make them disappear but might make them think another min about assaulting police officers.
Report Post »dogpatch65
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:22pmYeah, sue them. I say sue the lot of them. They could use the education in what’s really wrong with our country:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/10/27/note-to-occupiers-wake-up/
Sandra
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:23pmDITTO! I back the Police all the way. Don’t mess with them.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:26pmI agree. Sue them?
How about you freaking lock them up for assaulting an officer? Then again, that would only happen when Soros hasn’t coopted the PD at the highest level.
Open your eyes, officers. This is a shooting gallery and you aren’t the ducks.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:36pmThe protestors ought to sue each officer and the entire Police Dept. for Police Brutality!
The victims of police brutality ought to come together for a gigantic class-action lawsuit against the entire police institution nationwide, including the TSA and the corrupt FEDS.
Report Post »karen162
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:45pmWow….The Police are so afraid of these guys they have resorted to threats of suing, not threats of long prison sentences. Hate to tell the Police, these people have nothing because they have no jobs. You can’t get blood from a turnip and they have nothing to lose in court to make up for harming an Officer. Gonna have to use force if they become violent, Officers.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:48pmThey threaten with law suits because they are more fearful of the lawyers than the police and what they may do…like shoot them. That would be a badge of honor, but hurt them in their pocket book, tie them up in legal issues for years…thats unacceptable. It may work! But I agree with your original premise. If they hurt the officers with violence then all bets are off. The police should not have to rely on the threat of a possible law suit for their shield against being hurt in the line of duty.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:50pmYea…..like bring a gun to a knife fight…….
Report Post »Marci
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:53pmAgreed. Enough of it. Softball Mayor should have stood up to begin with. With all the nonsense that goes on in the nation regarding basketball hoops or treehouses not being allowed on your own property, AND the fact that Tea Party protestors had to abide strictly by permit laws—enough is enough. The Coming Insurrection that Soros and his leftist buddies in the government have staged is about to come to a head. When you employ animals to do your bidding, it’s tough to rein them in.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:59pmExactly. Last I heard, assaulting a police officer was frowned upon in NYC. Arrest the bums and expose them to the “1-percenters” who reside in Rikers.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:25pmvan jones spoke at occupy boston today. The planned webcast was canceled and those with video cameras were prevented by thugs from doing so. his message today was to challenge police.it is coming soon
Report Post »cosette
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:32pmThe police acted stupidly.
Report Post »TheVoice1
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:47pmV-MAN MACE
Report Post »Shot the cops for doing their jobs enforcing the law !!!!!! Here’s a wake up call for ya, kill a cop as a “protester” and see how that flys with the rest of us. Police brutality…. you call this police brutality… nuts
Don’t be drawn in to this stupidity America and stand strong
V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 5:06pmTheVoice1
The cops act like Nazis, they aren’t enforcing anything. They’re brutal Nazi thugs. I know a great deal of Americans who rejoice at the Nazis getting some of their own medicine.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 5:35pmSue? Is that because this is “Union vs Union”? normal “law enforcement” (as it applies to the rest of us) would crack some heads and break a few ribs, maybe a few teeth. Then prosecute you for bleeding on the streets right along with dozens of charges like resisting arrest, assault, battery, disturbing the peace, conspiracy to riot, rioting, destruction of private property, looting, vandalism, destruction of public property, obstruction of justice, obstruction of public access & egress, conspiracy to misallocate public resources (cause a disturbance law enforcement HAS to respond to). You get the picture. It just seems a bit like easy street for socialist conspirators, while the NON violent TEA Party got short shrift all the while being more than civilized.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 6:39pm>V-MAN MACE.
Seems you have a slight problem with authority? Must be a libertarian thing (thrifty liberals)… because it certainly isn’t a Conservative thing.
Report Post »JMorcan
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 6:52pm>YepImaConservative
What do you think authority is – someone with a gun? Real authority requires a legitimate moral code. The cops lack that, thus they aren’t real authority at all. “V-MAN MACE got it right; cops are bullies and thugs.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:05pm>JMORCAN. “Cops are bullies and thugs” to whom? You and V-MAN MACE?
Are there some bad Police out there? Sure there are… but I guess for the most part it depends on how you choose to interact when coming in contact with them. You get what you give most of the time.
A bad experience on your part maybe?
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:06pmThese mobs can take up permanent residence in all these liberal stink holes. I wish all the smelly liberals vacated my state and start living full time on the streets somewhere else. I’ll give them a map. They can protest life for the rest of theirs.
Report Post »toto
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 10:27pmNew York must be downing in money to be able to afford the Occupy people. No wait NYC has money problems. Aren’t the Occupy people considerate to cause such a waste of money. Self serving selfish people. New Yorkers deserve them.
Report Post »hopefulmainer
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:25amIs that a white protester attacking a black police officer? That looks racist to me..
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:39amThe Nazis aren’t my “authorities”.
They’re my PUBLIC SERVANTS run amok.
Servant, master. Servant, master. Get it?
I pay their salaries. I can’t choose not to, because the Feds will just bail them out with my tax dollars in an economic depression claiming that it’s for “security”.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:44amNazi bootlickers always say the same thing about anyone who criticizes their precious police state heroes.
“You must’ve had some negative experience with your public servants”.
lol
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:09pmLOL. Check out that dirt bag roughing up the copper. Ha ha. Oops, I better be careful, or else Glens goons will delete my post. Glen has given standing orders to 86 any comments that go against the cops. He still thinks that they are with the people. Just take a look at Oakland . The mayor told them to let the creeps tear up the joint and the cops backed off saying “ok, I better do what I am told by the criminal politicians or I might not get my pension”. Make no mistake. If the political goons told them to go after the people they would do it in a heartbeat.
Report Post »BOGOTSTOGO
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:11pmIs it just me or does that protester look like Rahm Emanuel with a beard and no makeup
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:54pmIf Rahm Emanuel saw you and didn’t like your face he would turn to one of his goons, point in your direction and sniff. Then they would beat the glue out of your entire family.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:09pmI’m not certain what I think of this. Charge them with a felony, no question. Letting cops go “outside” of their uniform and sue people they are dealing civily seems to me to be ripe for huge amounts of abuse.
When deciding on when to cheer the cops or not, always take whatever is being discussed out of the context of the discussion, and place yourself on the receiving end of the police in the same situation.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:16pmI, too, am not sure how common this practice is. When a criminal is charged for assaulting a police officer, it’s just that: a criminal charge for assaulting a police officer. Is it common practice to also sue them in civil court for the injuries attained while on the job?
I wouldn’t be surprised, but I haven’t heard of that before.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:21pmThe only scenario I can imagine myself hurting a uniformed cop in is an auto accident Ghost.
Report Post »vnachi77
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:24pmIf law enforcement can be sued personally for actions while doing their job, I see no reason not to turn the tables and sue protestors. In 14 years working for the Ct DOC, I have been sued personally a number of times. Inmates name everyone in the chain of command from the C.O. to the Commmissioner, to maximize payouts with a large number of defendents. As the supervisior’s are sued for failure to command/properly supervise, they are not acting within the scope of their duties and not always indemnified. If this course of action is open to the criminal/protestor, than it should also be open to L.E.O’s. If nothing else this will settle OWS’s question as to what to do with the $500,000.00.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:30pm@VNach
“If law enforcement can be sued personally for actions while doing their job, I see no reason not to turn the tables and sue protestors.”
Well that’s the question. When acted in the capacity of a civil servant, are police allowed to sue people who injure them while they are performing their duties? Do you know if this happens?
It makes sense; civilians can be sued both criminally and civilly (for example, OJ got off on his criminal conviction but lost a ton in civil court), but I‘m not sure if the rules are different when you’re acting in a police capacity.
Report Post »Henrys_Ghost
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:33pmSue them? Why the heck not? Wouldn’t that be using their own weapons against them? I’m sure any Occu-pesters wouldn’t think twice about NOT suing any law enforcement officer for even a cracked finger nail?
Report Post »JohnnyBrillcream
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:42pmI‘d say they’ll sue the “movement”. Since they are now collecting funds and these people represent the movement their actions are part representative of the OWS movement. If one of my employees does something wrong they can go after the employee but they are really going to come after my company knowing they can get more money. Just conjecture, not an attorney.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:51pmInteresting.
Can a firefighter sue an arsonist if he is injured while fighting the fire the arsonist set?
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:51pmOf course they are allowed to sue them. The protesters aren’t assaulting “the police”, they are attacking individual people.
Personally I go the exact opposite direction. I’ve always felt the elevating of police above other people as somehow more important than anyone else alive is not only idiotic, but unconstitutional. The fact that cases that involve harm coming to a police officer are investigated and prosectued far more vigorously, and sentenced far worse than the same crimes committed against average joe citizen should be an embarrasment to anyone involved in the legal and law enforcement system.
Let them sue to their hearts content, it‘s the other part that shouldn’t be legal.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:51pmI‘m not sure the city shouldn’t sue the “movement” to recoup some of the cost of policing the whole thing.
Report Post »neke
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:22pmI have a friend who was attacked by a person because his car was impounded. During the fight, my friend who is an officer was knocked over, broke his ankle. He was off work for nearly a year and a half,had three surgeries. He still isn’t 100%, most likely never will be.
The dirt bag was found guilty sentenced to 3 yrs DOC. Heck yes Police can sue and he is. This officer lost all income from his part time jobs, plus had to pay his own medical while on leave for LOD injury. Just because you wear a uniform doesn’t mean you give up any rights.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:24pm@Billy
I tried looking it up, and apparently civil servants and rescue personnel are banned from lawsuits in most states: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireman's_rule
“The fireman’s rule (firefighter’s rule) also known as the professional rescuers rule is a common law or statutory restriction on tort actions by public safety officials. In general, the fireman’s rule bars lawsuits by police officers, firefighters, and in some jurisdictions all professional rescuers from collecting on damages that occur in the course of their duties even in cases of clear negligence by other parties.”
However, it says that some states (specifically in the wiki article, California) have passed legislation overturning this rule. There are also some policies passed in NY that, provided specific requirements are met, police and firemen can sue. Near as I can sort from the legalese, it says that if the person who does damage is blatantly ignoring the law and doing so trying to do damage to the responder, they can be sued (got that from this legal site: http://www.weitzlux.com/municipalliabilityfirefightersrule_1153.html)
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find anything especially concrete; hence why it’s a common law. The logic is “if you are part of a dangerous profession, you need to expect you’ll be in danger and could be hurt from time to time.” So it might not apply outside of specific areas.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:31pmThanks !!!
Report Post »vnachi77
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:49pmLocked, I just don’t have a answer to your question about a LEO suing a criminal. Several years ago in CT we had a inmate sue two CO’s who caught him escaping. The inmate a convicted child molester and murdrerer, beat up a female CO, tied her up and stuffed her into a slop closet. While attempting to walk out the front of the facility in her uniform, two officers attempted to stop him. He ran, was caught, fought with and was ultimately restrained by these two officers. Besides being awarded with the CT DOC Medal of Valor, both officers were sued with excessive use of force for their actions while stopping a felon, who committed multiple felonies while attempting to commit felony escape. He (the inmate) was awarded 2.2 million dollars (the officers were imdemnfied) and ultimatly the family of his murder victim got most of the money through a civil suit. However his second victim (the female CO), to the best of my knowledge is still on workers comp and will never return to work. I suspect that if CT had any mechanism that would have here allowed her to sue the inmate she would have done so. My guess is that LEO does not have the right to sue the criminal and I’ll be damned if I cab find anything under google. However, I would also guess that the NYPD Sergeants Union would not be stupid enough to make the threat unless they felt that their members did not have the option to sue. Either way evicting OWS from Zucotti Park would quickly negate this discussion.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:37pm@LOCKED
You should probably avoid citing wikipedia in the future if you’re trying to have a serious dialogue. An open source website that anybody can go edit right before they link to it isn’t really the most reliable source of accurate information. You might as well be linking people to your personal blog.
Report Post »vnachi77
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 8:36pmRowgue, I don’t get your gripe with Locked going to Wikipedia for info. As for you stating “of course they can sue,” they are not attacking police, rather individuals, what do you base your “of course” on? Seems to me that if anyone was promoting a personal agenda that was better suited for a blog, it was you. The reason for harsher sentences for people who attack LEO’s, is that anyone willing to attack someone armed and better suited to protect themselves than the average citizen, is that much more dangerous. If you want to get into a discussion about something that is wrong, try hate crimes. What does it matter the motovation behind the assault/murder? The end result is the same regardless of motovation. And for your edification, wikipedia was in no way involved in the contents of this post.
Report Post »G man
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:09pmThey should sue the guy that owns the property and is allowing them to gather.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:25pmthe owners have been over ruled by the politicians.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:56pmA lawsuit against Brookefield might still fly. Brooke field could say that they still want to evict the squatters so they could clean up the property but politicians won’t order the police to do so. Instead they allowed politicians to pressure them into not asking for the city to evict the squatters. That makes them culpable.
The judgement against a ne’er do well protester might never be collected but against a deep pockets, Democrat contributor Zucotti the injured police should be able to collect. I would certainly vote against Zucotti, if I was on a jury.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/14/zucotti-park-cleanup-cancelled_n_1010473.html
Report Post »garyM
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:05pmLet me get this strait, the school system searches our first grader’s backpacks and in many cases the little first graders have to wear a transparent backpack and then they allow these protestors to tote backpacks filled with rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Rillobymorning
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:18pmOutrageous….yes!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:04pmSO far there is $500,000 to be had.
Report Post »PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:02pmSue them , WTH just beat them.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:20pmIf they get beaten, they are treated like heros by the media and their pathetic friends. If they get a $400,000 judgment against them (it would NOT be dischargable in bankruptcy), then they are in a sort of “debtor’s prison” for the rest of their lives. I like the idea very much.
Report Post »RighteousTyrant
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:27pmWe did away with debtors’ prisons for a reason . . .
Why do you people here want tyranny?
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:18pm@ righteoustyrant (who implies that he does NOT want tyrany) — reread my post. Now think of the phrase “sort of.” You get it now, right? “Sort of” a debtors‘ prison is different from a debtors’ prison.
Report Post »RighteousTyrant
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:15amYeah, I saw that. My feelings are the same. I don’t want any “sort of” debtors prisons just like I don’t want any “sort of” concentration camps.
Report Post »Voteman
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:58pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhjBlPucpd0
Report Post »11:11
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:58pmit’s all fun and games till someone loses an eye
Report Post »HKS
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:07pmIf one of the protesters get hurt they would defiantly sue, so turn about is fair. For sure that little guy is not going to support the cops, he has made his allegiance known.
Report Post »11:11
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:57pmwhen are the jokers going home already? aren’t new yorkers tired of this or what?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:19pmNo, New Yorkers continue to support them, Tea Partiers we can do without.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:32pmencinom
Report Post »You’re a New Yorker get out of here!
encinom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:43pmJust waitng to hold the party when Beck no longer pollutes the island of Manhattan.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:45amEncinom: — He (Beck) ‘claims’ Jan 2012 — He shoulda left when he left Fox IMHO… dunno ‘what’s keepin him.’
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:56pmThese people are leaving the parks and filling up their backpacks with rocks to throw when and if the time arises. That might be what busted the vet in the face.
Report Post »Shotgun167
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:00pmSo, quit putting policemen in harms way. Rain on their parade instead. Have a firefighting helicopter drop a bucket of NY Harbor seawater on them a couple times a day. The park needs to be cleaned, right? Get it done in one stroke. Make sure the copter hovers a while, so they can get a whiff of that fresh, cool, fall breeze.
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:56pmInclude Obama in the suits. He supports them.
Report Post »StevoMiami
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:00pmAmen. This is how Obama Fundamentally Changed America. Bravo! And when America falls, all of you out there who voted for Obama will have blood on your hands.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:33pmAnd every Democrat and Hollywood weirdo who has come out in support. Use the chain of command against them.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:56pmSince Soros is backing these derelicts he should be sued as well,he has the deep pockets.Sue the communist pig and put him out of business,flood him with suits.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:54pmSue them? For what…their bean sprouts?
It’s all for show because Holder will throw cold water on this and that will be the end of it.
Report Post »I wouldn’t be surprised if this is being put forth only to purposely incite the protestors even more.
FToth84
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:01pmNot their bean sprouts. The NYPD wants their ‘Organic’ Wheat Grass.
Report Post »Shotgun167
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:01pmHolder can’t do anything about it. The Leftist have insured that in America anyone can sue for anything.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:53pmPray for our officers. They are being played. God keep their heads cool. The wall street crowd is looking for that spark that will cause a firestorm.. and many innocents will die or be injured.
Report Post »jblovesAmerica
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:40pmyou are oh so on the mark-
Report Post »following the schematic of the union hierarchy-police unions are being back stabbed, by SEIU & AFL_CIO who are sponsoring this nonsense.
Touching or handling these malcontents-would be grounds for a lawsuit.
FreedomOne
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:53pmThat hippie deserves a good old fashioned beat down.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:53pmSue them for what, their tents and scabies medications? Their drum circles?
Report Post »crypticguise
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:06pmPay attention, dickwad.
Report Post »BertM
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:52pmAt last. Someone with some brass ones
Report Post »FreedomOne
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:52pmI would of hit that guy right in the throat and dropped him like a wet blanket. Then proceed to pull out my boom stick and ask if anyone else wanted some!
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:51pmOccupy wall street is JUST LIKE the tea-party…right??
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:55pmActually you can tell the which is which bindfolded…by the smell.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:56pmExactly! What are we up to now? Well over 1000 arrests vs. 0 for the tea party. I am surprised to hear a union actually stand up for their members though. These protestors are the polar opposite of the tea party. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlIS6gRq32Q
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:56pmThe Police better realize that if they decide to riot like the did in Oakland, they to can be sued for the injuries they casue.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:57pmLOL oh yes… ask Obama .. rofl…
TEA!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:01pm@EM
The police riot? Really that is what you think happened? .. delusional as usual.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:22pmYes, Police Riot, the use of rubber bullets, tear gas and more, the injury of the vet. Yes, given the recent history of the Oakland PD, it was a police riot.
The white shirt brass of NYPD isn’t much better with their free use of pepper spray, senior officiers have already been taken to task for their actions.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:27pm@encinome ………..?
Honest question here…..so is it o.k. for the flea partiers to assault the police without provocation?
and without repercussion?
Oh thats right the cops are all yellow bellied bootlicking nazi’s right. So that makes it o.k. to assault them?
Report Post »50stars13stripes
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:51pmOWS wants fairness, this sounds fair enough to me.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:46pmIf, as Obama says, the Tea Party and OWS are similar in nature, why was there not a warning issued by the union to the Tea Party? Keep backing them democrats, please keep backing them.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:49pmI say just shoot them in the head with a rubber bullit and be over it. You assault the police and you are going to get hurt. that’s all.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:41pmThe police are going to assault you next, you yellow-bellied, bootlicking sheep.
Just wait until they get ahold of you at that TSA VIPR checkpoint, you little coward.
They’re gonna have real fun with you, your wife, AND your kids, while their drug dog searches your car for the CIA/DEA/ATF’s products that they help the cartels move, and while that judge leers at you and your family being forcibly injected with vaccines and having your blood drawn.
Report Post »Jwmajic
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 4:26pmShouldn’t you be under a bridge with the rest of the vile troll trash V-MAN MACE.
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 5:03pmJwmajic
I’m not a bum, I own a home, my bills are ALL paid- on time, I have no debt outside my house and one of my cars, I own a business, I’m self employed, college/self educated, I pay my taxes, I’m a Tea Party member, I execize the 2nd Amendment, I’m a registered Independent, a Conservative Libertarian, Strict Constitutionalist, African American who protests the Nazi Police State, the Federal Reserve, and support I Ron Paul.
I don’t care what you assert that I am. I just defined myself for you.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 6:43pmForgive V-MAN MACE… he’s a Ron Paul supporter. Can’t you just smell the anarchism….
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 8:01pm@Yepima
V is a good person. At least he’s consistent in his advocacy of liberty, further, he’s wonderfully individualistic and does it his own way, which is more than I can say of most people on the internet. If he believes what you believe, he states it with gusto, if he doesn’t, he states it with gusto. He is fearless, and that‘s not such a bad trait to have in today’s world of neutered gelding “men”.
If you think Ron Paul supporters are what you say, I’m wondering how you would classify me, sir? Have I tossed a bomb at your residence lately?
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 8:20pmAs far as I know GHOST… you are just that… a GHOST. Of Jefferson though? I highly doubt that.
Tossed a bomb at my residence? We don’t allow that here where I live, and I credit the Police for keeping it that way. But if the odd bomb does happen to land in this direction… I’ll keep you in mind.
Sticking up for the V-MAN and his comments regarding the Police are we GHOST? Again, must be a liberal, er, libertarian thing. Birds of a feather, no matter what the pattern…
Report Post »Jwmajic
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:07pmYour actions are defining you. Police are just people like everyone else if you provoke them they will act accordingly. I can tell by your hostile post that the reason they act like “Nazis” to you is you got an attitude problem. I show them respect and am very polite to the police and they treat me with respect. You get what you give.
Oh btw thank you for proving Godwin‘s law true you can’t find any meritable argument against them so you call them Nazis.
Report Post »Jwmajic
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:11pmThat last post was for V-MAN MACE.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:44pmSue people who were thrown out of their mommy’s basement? That sounds efficient.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 2:22pmsue mommy as well.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:43pmWell good for him to send the messaage, and stand up for the men. Would that all union people were that way. Sounds like a stand up guy. Hope they sue the pants off ‘em.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:43pmTurnaround is fair play. Sue the hell out of them.
Report Post »stoptheliesbho
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 1:49pmmy sentiments exactly. Union thugs or not. these unemployed losers need to learn a lesson SOMEhow…
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on October 27, 2011 at 3:38pm“Turnabout”?
Crack kills.
Where are the protestors’ tear gas, riot gear, rubber bullets, batons, etc?
This isn’t turnabout, this is intimidation by abusive Nazi jackbooted thugs.
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