State Troopers Forced to Drag Union Protesters From Tenn. Senate Hearing
- Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:10pm by
Meredith Jessup
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Troopers forcibly carried out seven union supporters from the Tennessee’s legislative office complex on Tuesday after their protest disrupted a Senate committee hearing.
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The disruption occurred after hundreds of labor supporters gathered for a midday protest near the Capitol to denounce a bill to strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights. The seven arrested were among those who stood up during the hearing and began chants about “union busting” by the Legislature.
Most demonstrators left the hearing room after a half-hour, but a small group tried to lock arms to keep from being removed.
Troopers pulled the holdouts out of the room one by one, while lawmakers, lobbyists and other observers looked on. Several fellow protesters shouted: “Shame!”
The protesters, some of whom were dragged to a nearby conference room, were arrested and faced charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville in a statement said he supports the right to protest and assemble peacefully in Tennessee. But he said the protesters went too far.
“This General Assembly will not be intimidated by nomadic bands of professional agitators on spring break bent on disruption,” he said. “We talk through our differences here. Tennessee is not Wisconsin.”
In Wisconsin, pro-union protesters packed the Statehouse for weeks trying to stop the Republican governor from pushing through laws to curb public employee unions.
Protester Jacob Flowers of Memphis said Ramsey and other lawmakers just don’t understand the objective, and that “the people of Wisconsin showed what can happen when people act in solidarity with one another.”
Regardless of the intentions, Tennessee Highway Patrol Col. Tracy Trott said such behavior will not be tolerated in the Legislature.
“We’re going to make sure that the Legislature has an opportunity to conduct their business in a safe and secure way,” he later told reporters. “And whatever we have to do to ensure that we will.”
Sen. Bill Ketron, a Murfreesboro Republican who had at least three labor-related bills before the committee, agreed.
“It’s part of our constitution to have the right to exercise your voice and your opinion,” he said. “But there are proper places to voice that opinion. It was totally inappropriate to disrupt the business of the state of Tennessee.”
The conference room where the arrested protesters were held was across the hall from Ketron’s office. As they were escorted out one by one and onto an elevator, fellow protesters standing by cheered and continued chanting.
Tamara Henderson of Chattanooga witnessed troopers handcuff her 25-year-old daughter, Ash-Lee Henderson, and drag her down the hallway of the Legislative Plaza. She likened it to “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were hosed’” during the Civil Rights Movement.
“That’s how I felt,” said elder Henderson, who became emotional as she spoke. “Any of you guys got kids? You ever seen your child in shackles”
Kenneth Brown, 62, of Chattanooga came to support the teachers and said he was uncertain whether the protest would have an effect on lawmakers.
“There’s not as many people as there is money in all this, and lawmakers hear the dollars,” he said. “If they think it’s going to hurt them in the polls, they may change their minds.”
Rodriquez Lobbins was among several groups who traveled from Memphis to protest the collective bargaining rights and the labor-related legislation.
“All we want to do is work and have a say at the table to negotiate our wages, terms and conditions of employment,” he said. “That’s all we want to do, and to take that away and say that we can’t collectively ban together, that’s almost illegal. That’s the way we feel about that.”
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Comments (233)
Bgroovy2
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:43pmTo quote an old song, You in a heap of trouble cause I’m the sheriff of Boone county. Ya see this cannon on my hip, well let me tell ya boy, it ain’t no toy!
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:38amThat aint no song here, just a way of life.
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:43pm“It’s part of our constitution to have the right to exercise your voice and your opinion,
Report Post »……………………………………..
Silly Rabbit: You have the Right to Speak…. that’s all. There is no right to be heard or have someone else pay for the microphone or a soapbox to stand on.
hkgonra
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:35pmI had just sent my rep and senator a text late last weak about all this. I told them that I hoped they were prepared for WI to come to TN. Looks like they were prepared. Proud to be from TN.
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:35amI for one am shocked the protesters were stupid enough to try that here. The fact that some of them were from Tennessee is even more surprising. Just goes to show you, you can’t measure stupid.
Report Post »Those things do not fly well down here. Even criminals on the run avoid TN, our Police and citizens usually handle these things very well. Y’all just normally do not here about it. It is just a normal occurrence for us.
TnTrader
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:35pmWelcome to Dixie, Trumka. Ya’ll mind your manners and everything will work out. Visitors are more than welcome. Buttin’ in on our business will not be tolerated.
It is a source of constant amazement to me when people come down here and try to do whatever they want in the manner they do things up north. We will tend our own, in our way. We do not need yankee incivility clouding the issue. If our legislators screw up, WE will deal with them. If outsiders attempt to push their agenda on us, well, WE will deal with that as well.
Make no mistake, what was done in Wiscinsin and Ohio and Seattle will go over down here like a lead balloon.
De Opresso Libre
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:48pmTN-
Report Post »Please don’t cast all people from “up North” in the same light as your term “Yankees” – I was born and “fetched up” here in Michigan – manners are manners, wherever you come from. Propriety is propriety, wherever you live. Respect is respect, wherever you came from.
I love your beautiful state, and am looking forward to seeing how this all shakes out…
Steve
Tea-Bone
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:33pmI too support your cause, and I too am a Pennsylvania “yankee”. Some of us north of Dixie have manners and character. I am ashamed of those thugs and it’s got nothing to do with my yankeeitis. Keep up the good fight!
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:35pmPut their greedy tails under the jail!
Report Post »Casca1
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:33pmJacob Flowers: “the people of Wisconsin showed what can happen when people act in solidarity with one another.”
And what was ‘showed’? That you malcontent greedy union-loving thugs can lose as they did in Wisconsin?
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:54pmThat statement was confusing to me, also. Last time I looked, Scott Walker had been elected by the majority of Wisconsin voters. I believe that one of his campaign promises was to deal with the problem and he did. While he did, people were outside the building throwing temper tantrums and drawing chalk outlines of murdered bodies on the pavement with his name on it. And supposedly, these are the people who teach Wisconsin’s children. Maybe they should graduate from grade school first.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:25amSome union boss must have told Jacob that they somehow won. Just goes to show how far out of reality liberals are.
Report Post »tersky
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:19pmYeah, really, and what exactly did they accomplish other than looking like a bunch of idiots to most of the US?
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:32pmDon’t worry protesters. Your grandkids are gonna see this one day, and they‘re going to think you’re cool. It will make the moment totally worth it.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:04pmAnd then they will turn seven & see it for what it was: WRONG and STUPID.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:44pm@Its Gonna Getcha
Report Post »Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:32pm
Don’t worry protesters. Your grandkids are gonna see this one day, and they‘re going to think you’re cool. It will make the moment totally worth it
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But then your grandkids will think you’re REALLY COOL when you take your teeth out to clean, so go figure!
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 2:52pm@mil mom – Exactly. Especially seeing these kids being given these signs to hold, it’s like the protesters must have that moment when they see a movie of their hippie revolution days bridging to the younger generation. As if they are unable to remove the psychedelic glasses. If I was one of those kids, I’d smash those romantic glasses in favor of reality.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:30pmAll I can say is: How about TAXPAYER RIGHTS!
That was the collective statement back in November.
Remember (5% of population) public employees, YOU SERVE the people.
The PEOPLE have SPOKEN!
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:30pmGood for the courage and uprightness of the Tennessee Troopers! While Walker did an excellent thing by getting their bill passed and then signing it earns him a very big kudos to him. However, in Wisconsin, there is a lot of shame deservedly heaped upon the Wisconsin State Police and any other law enforcement involved in allowing anarchists and anti-Americans to freely run roughshod over the state building and the legislature and will be a blight upon their ranks for years to come. Kudos to you Tennessee State Troopers and Legislature for standing up to these thugs and not allowing them to act like they own you.
“Kenneth Brown, 62, of Chattanooga came to support the teachers and said he was uncertain whether the protest would have an effect on lawmakers.
Report Post »“There’s not as many people as there is money in all this, and lawmakers hear the dollars,” he said. “If they think it’s going to hurt them in the polls, they may change their minds.””
This is a pretty stupid statement that these thugs don’t want to happen by making it go to the polls! The professional agitators and union thugs know very well that the only way they can attempt to get anything done is by doing the things they are doing now. They know that it is the only way to make it look like there is a lot of people on their side and that if it did go to the polls that it would show everyone that these thugs are a very very small minority and then they would lose their credibility completely!
miles from nowhere
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:29pmGive credit where credit is due, these troopers did there jobs. The Wisconsin police forgot who they are working for and need to be fired.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:22amNot fired, just de-unionized. Most are good people, they are just confused who their real employer is.
Report Post »Atlappraiser
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:27pmI’m an independent contractor, so call me stupid on this. What happen to someone negotiating their salary and benefits package on their own with management/employer?
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:39pmMy thoughts, ATLAPPRAISER:
Report Post »If you can’t come to what YOU consider to be a fair deal, go elsewhere.
If you can’t get it elsewhere, sadly, chances are good you are overestimating your value.
Steve
Atlappraiser
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:50pmExactly my way of thinking Steverino.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:56pmBoy it’s great to be self – employed, ATL!
Report Post »People are freakin’ CLUELESS!
Most think you’re “rich” and have the world by the balls.
HA!!!!!
maryslittlelamb
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:21pmAtlappraiser
Not stupid at all! Individual negotiation is not affected by the new legislation. Individuals can still haggle to strike a bargain on anything they want, including the terms of their employment.
Report Post »GdaddyTejas
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:27pmThat is just another thing I love about Tennesse and the good people there. Awesome! Maybe Wisconsin could learn something from the law enforceement in Tennessee
Report Post »DaytonConserve
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:23amWe will be sending Dayton’s F-troup to Tennessee for training.
Report Post »TheRealElvis
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:25pmThat’s my Tennessee. They almost always eventually get it right. That‘s why it’s called the Volunteer state. Unafraid, fearless and fair.
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:38pm…and good sour mash whiskey.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:51pmAnd made in a “dry” county!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:43amwell hell yeah. You see, ole John understood. A drunk man does not good whiskey make.
Report Post »“When you’ve known him as long as I have, you call him John.” -LTC. Frank Slade, USA ret.
ReGul
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:24pmGreat for Tennessee. Well said,Rep Ramsey it’s a bunch of spring break yahoos making a ruckus about something, they no nothing about.
Report Post »tinydd
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:22pmTenn is not a major presidential voting state, so yeah, only seven protesters.
Report Post »Chris_Dad
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:25amJust try telling that to Al Gore!
Report Post »tersky
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:15pmThere were a lot more than seven protesters, that’s just all who took it far enough that the state troopers could arrest them. And, from what they said on the local news last night, those who were bussed in were mostly from Chattanooga and Memphis. Chattanooga is not so unlike Nashville, but Memphis is working on becoming another Detroit or New Orleans.
Downtown Nashville is predominantly black, but this is still the town that had horrible floods last spring, which resulted in no public whining or calls for federal assistance and virtually no looting. The only story of looting I saw covered was that of a couple red-neck dudes driving around in a pick-up gathering what they thought were discarded metal objects that might be sold for scrap.
For all the crap you see posted on Craigslist by wannabe professional musicians from California and elsewhere about how backward or red-neck or stupid Tennesseans are… No, These are high-quality humans we have here in Nashville. Tennessee is my 10th US state to live in (13th if you count foreign provinces, prefectures or territories), but probably only the 3rd I have called Home. Hopefully I will be blessed enough for this to be the last, the real thing. It sure feels like Home.
Report Post »Buck_Ofama
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:21pmGood for Tenn. and their legislators. If you give these people an inch or blink they’ll be all over you. I know from the 1960′s this is what outside agitators will do. The people in charge have to be ready for
all out war and stand their ground. The protesters will eventually lose their will and fall away.
It is one thing to petition your govt for redress of grievances. It’s another to stop duly elected legislators from performing their duties.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:20pmTennessee was the wrong place for the unions to protest!
Report Post »MrsNix
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:51amIndeed. I laughed when I saw TN in the headlines. Before I even read the stories, I said, “Those folks who come in from Wisconsin on a bus are gonna get their Yankee asses handed to them on a platter.”
Report Post »fletcher1
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:20pmI live in Tennessee, and I can assure you that these union thugs will not fare well here if they attempt to do what they did in Wisconsin. We have our share of liberals, a lot of them in fact, but there are more hard working people here who have no respect for bullies, and will not tolerate them. These are people who have hard jobs and take pride in a days work for a days pay, but they will not hurt their neighbor by wanting more than their fair share. They will be right there with these policemen to help drag these nuts to the state line.
Report Post »1959
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:31pmFor the reasons above and many others, I am proud to live in Tennessee, a state of extremely decent people.
Report Post »Snackman
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 1:07amI also live in TN (Knoxville area). Our troopers don’t take the crap like they do in Wisconsin.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:19pmWell we the employer of these people don’t have a say at the table, what’s fair about that??
Report Post »Buck_Ofama
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:22pmThen un-elect them or recall them but do it in a lawful fashion. Lots of people have issues just because you are a union member shouldn’t mean anything.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:17pmThey have stepped into it now! The judge up there can commit murder, but no one will charge him with a crime, and the prosecutor won’t prosecute him. (The judge has not murdered anyone to my knowledge, however.) Walter Fitzpatrick can tell you all about the law in Tennessee!
Report Post »krjones
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:17pmGood for Tennessee State Cops!
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:56pmRefreshing taint it!!
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 10:21amExcellent. The freak show cometh, the state troopers shutteth it down.
Report Post »SoonerBorn68
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:17pmIndeed, Wisconsin is not Tennessee.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:30pmExactly …
Report Post »safewrite
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 12:23amThis is precisely why I fled the north for the deep south. They don’t put up with nonsense here!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:21amAfter days of Waterworld, it is so nice to see good news.. on ‘my Friday’, no less. And the cherry on top: State Pride baby! Damn I’m proud of the THP right now…
“Any of you guys got kids? You ever seen your child in shackles” -‘shocked’ mother, through crocodile tears.
Report Post »Yep, and if they feel their conscience demands civil disobedience then I will expect them to respect other’s rights in the process. If they choose the State House to ‘act out’, then I will expect the state troopers to drag him, or her, out in handcuffs.
-Line
“You don’t have to ask (Line) to drink, he’ll volunteer!” -former C. O.
NancyBee
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:29amThe State Troopers did the right thing…..nip it in the bud.before it starts growing
Report Post »drbage
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:16pmWow, a police department that understands that part of their job is to protect, defend, and enforce the laws regardless of their own personal convictions! How refreshing!!
Report Post »Here is a suggestion to all their unionistas. Since We, the People pay for your salaries and we have been hoodwinked for years by duplicitous politicians, let’s change collective bargaining to ballot measures put forth each and every time you want a pay raise or additional benefits.
archimedes00
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:55amThis is what happens when Officers have time to plan and prep for a Civil Disturbance scenario before it takes place or gets out of hand like in Wis. Does my heart good to see and hear this story. Hoorah !
Report Post »CanteenBoy
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:15pmHow about that? Troopers that did their job instead of union sympathizing.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:26pmA refreshing change if you ask me. Same ‘ol tired story: If you don’t agree with the laws – work within the framework to change them. Sounds simple enough to me. It seems to me that the left is like a very young child….. They want instant gratification. “ I want what I want, the way I want it & I want it RIGHT NOW!!!!!”
Sorry kids it doesn’t work that way. Right, wrong or indifferent that is life. Deal with it or go back to your parent’s basement.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:27pm“Tamara Henderson of Chattanooga witnessed troopers handcuff her 25-year-old daughter, Ash-Lee Henderson, and drag her down the hallway of the Legislative Plaza. She likened it to “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were hosed’” during the Civil Rights Movement.”
If that isn’t racist, I’ll eat my computer!
CatB
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:30pmAbout time someone took care of these thugs from the unions … where is the MSM? Where is the outrage at this lack of CIVILITY?
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:33pmI’d have been tempted to tase one and let the others see how effective it is, then order them out. But then, I’m not a police officer and have no desire to be one. I’ll just stick to what works for me.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:33pm@Showtime
Report Post »I make a pretty mean bar-b-que sauce if you need it!
saneasylum
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:36pmWhen are the UNION IDIOTS going to realize they’re digging a deep hole for themselves PR wise with the general public !!! They just don’t get it !!!
Report Post »Silent_Majority
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:37pmI cannot believe I missed it. I promised myself that I would be there support the legislature, but I was too busy working. I’m very happy they did there job. This did not even make the local news here.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:47pmIn reply to Showtime “Tamara Henderson of Chattanooga witnessed troopers handcuff her 25-year-old daughter, Ash-Lee Henderson, and drag her down the hallway of the Legislative Plaza. She likened it to “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were hosed’” during the Civil Rights Movement.” If that isn’t racist, I’ll eat my computer!
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Give me a break. If her daughter Ash-Lee had left the chambers when requested, she would not have been arrested. No one denied anyone’s civil rights. This Ash-Lee chose to stay, chose to resist and actions have consequences.
Report Post »82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:00pm@My Sacred Honor
What is that awful smell?? Is it just some nasty straight leg infantryman or, God forbid, a jarhead?? Wow – anybody have any air freshener?????????????????
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:23pm@Showtime
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:27pm
“Tamara Henderson of Chattanooga witnessed troopers handcuff her 25-year-old daughter, Ash-Lee Henderson, and drag her down the hallway of the Legislative Plaza. She likened it to “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were hosed’” during the Civil Rights Movement.”
If that isn’t racist, I’ll eat my computer!
I hope it is an Apple :-)
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:45pm82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:00pm
@My Sacred Honor
What is that awful smell?? Is it just some nasty straight leg infantryman or, God forbid, a jarhead?? Wow – anybody have any air freshener?????????????????
What you Army Dogs don’t get is that women LOVE the stench of a war-tore, ilthy Battle-ridden Marine!
Air freshener?
Hell. We freshen the air with the sweet smell of victory and honor everywhere we go!
See you in Heaven, Brother. I’ll be be guarding the streets when you arrive!
With welcoming arms and a Hand Salute!
Report Post »Jackie Rogers, Jr.
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 12:11am@ Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Report Post »Considering your screen name, it was amusing reading the previous posts asking what you meant.
Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:10amPlease be advised I am sick to death of receiving questions about my dog who mauled:
3 Muslims sitting on a rug next to my back wall,
6 illegal’s wearing Obama t-shirts,
4 Democrats wearing Pelosi t-shirts,
2 rappers,
5 phone operators who asked me to press #1 for English,
9 teenagers with their pants hanging down past their cracks,
8 customer service desk people speaking in broken English,
10 flag burners, and
a Pakistani taxi driver.
FOR THE LAST TIME…….
THE DAMN DOG IS NOT FOR SALE !!!”
He likes liberals — they taste like chicken!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:29am@My Sacred Honor and
@82nd Airborne – (re air freshener)
Y’all just tickle me to death with your military humor!
Sacred Honor –
Report Post »Barbecue sauce? Hmmm. I can deal with that.
Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:33am@82dAirborne
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:33pm
@Showtime
I make a pretty mean bar-b-que sauce if you need it!
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I thought My Sacred Honor mentioned the barbecue sauce.
He must have been quoting you…okay…when he said not to be flirting with his girl.
It may take a while, but I’ll get it (the point) sooner or later! Slow but sure, you know.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:38am@82nd Marine
@My Sacred Honor -
“What you Army Dogs don’t get is that women LOVE the stench of a war-tore, filthy Battle-ridden Marine!”
(Easy there, Showtime! Need to behave myself!) Whew!!!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 5:52amOur State Troopers are not unionized. Wea rea right to work State and teachers are the only group in the State of Tennessee who have collective bargaining. We had dueling rallies in Nashville on Mar 5. The Tea Party was on the steps of the Capitol. The State Troopers were our security force they kept the union thugs away from us and took no guff from any of their attempts to disrupt and provoke. I spoke to many of the Troopers – they were professional, polite and from their comments – probably conservatives who supported the Tea Party over the unions. The majority of the union protestors weren’t even from Tennessee as was ecidenced by the signs fron the South Carolina Teachers, Georgia Teachers, AFL-CIO, SEIU UAW, There were very few protestors actually from the Tenn Teachers Assoc
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:14pmBut he took his 15 minute break half way to the squad car. Then took a break in between nightstick swipes.
TexOkie
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:22pmWhat are you talking about. You need to be clear in your statements so others know what you are talking about.
Report Post »Steverino
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:32pmSimple question for these people – “Are you pro – choice?”
Report Post »For abortion, they may say “yes”.
For being FORCED to join a union? Well, that’s another question entirely.
“Choice” is choice, and choices have consequences.
Peace to all,
Steve
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:34pmAs in a good union cop, he took his break as he hauled off the protestors, and took a break in between night stick swipes, just to show solidarity with the union. A Joke, maybe not a good one.
Report Post »One thing I have always been waiting for is the unions to try this in a true conservative state. The people aren’t putting up with this foolishness.
Mettag
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:35pmNot all cops are bad. In fact most are great people. And actually do their jobs. You clearly watch to many liberal tv shows show corrupt coPsp
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:43pmBy the way, I am not putting down cops. I have respect for them. A very hard job.
Report Post »1959
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:48pm” Tennessee Highway Patrol Col. Tracy Trott said such behavior will not be tolerated in the Legislature.” In honor of him, here’s a great song by Junior Brown.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M
My Sacred Honor
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:55pmYup. Just like “people in Mississippi and Alabama who were hosed” except it was white kids being dragged, legally, to a holding chamber by a black Trooper.
I feel so sorry for your “shackled’ child, ma’am, I truly do.
Now how bout you teach your child the difference between right and wrong, and the consequences for breaking the law?
God how I fear for our country sometimes…
Report Post »MiketheTrucker
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:57pmThey’re protesting in TX too, but the reason is that 100,000 are going to be fired.
The problem I have with that, is that in TX there is a 1:1 ratio of administrators to teachers. No school system needs more than 2 admin to 5 teachers.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:58pmWALKWITHME1966 you have no idea most of the time.
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:07pmThe mother that commented how painful it was to see her daughter in shackles is naive beyond words. What should have been painful is to see her daughter break the law by disrupting government meetings and willfully disobeying the police order to leave the premises because she was disturbing the peace. That mother supporting her daughter’s inappropriate behavior is just another sign of the decline of decency on the left. I guess it is no mystery as to who was responsible for raising such a child.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:29pmThose that Can….DO
Report Post »Those that Can’t …Teach
Those that can’t teach… Protest
Those that can do…thank a Good teacher
BMartin1776
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:31pmSorry who was it that was removed? UNION members labor supporters huh how do you like that. Funny I dont recall TEA Party or those deemed conservative and on the right being carted away at any recent protest nor were any dragged out during obamacare debate.
They dont care how inappropriate it is they will do whatever they want to b/c they are union members and its what their handlers have instructed them to do.They pull the 1st Amendment excuse for themselves but do everything in their power to silence their opposition who uses the same reasoning to speak out. Dont you just love the double standards!
More proof unions have outlived their usefulness. The members dont get it, that they are useful idiot zombies and the leaders are all about fattening their wallets! Time for a game changer http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:31pmToo many unions are run by communists. They train people (just like Obama trained ACORN people, and The Midwest Academy of Chicago) trained people in intimidating methods to force people to give up and give in. Read “Radical-In-Chief” to understand more fully what is happening across America. Then read “Dupes”. Read more books. You can’t learn anything from the internet. Read the books, and the stuff on the web starts making more sense.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:35pmPS: Read NewZeal blog for all the background you need to fight for freedom in America. When freedom dies there, it dies eveywhere.
Report Post »Tertius G Himmelreich
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 11:57pm@My Sacred Honor: You took the words right out of my head. The only other thing that ran through my head was, this is not like the Civil Rights fights in Alabama, to say that is a horrible, disrespectful, vile thing. It diminishes the reality of those days, implying your reality is just as bad. When those cops not only arrest, but also hose down, beat, spit on, tar & feather, & hang your child, then I will gladly stand by your side, ma’am. Until then, speak your venom that we may know to which level you would stoop for your “cause”.
http://tghimmelreich.wordpress.com/
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:08amMy only wish is… as the protestors were dragged away their heads accidently bounced off a door or two. Not only would they have aknot on their heads, the troopers could charge them with ‘destruction of public property’!
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:09amMettag
Posted on March 15, 2011 at 10:35pm
Not all cops are bad. In fact most are great people. And actually do their jobs.
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Amen brother!
http://tinyurl.com/4rv8xsm
Report Post »quiet little lamb
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:22amthis doesn’t surprise me that they are from memphis. When i saw this story i thought “oh man don’t let me see one of my friends.” But thankfully it was from the wacko parts…not that nashville doesnt have it’s peeps. East nahville. great people as long as you don’t talk politics
Report Post »sodizzy
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 4:50am1959 Thank you!! I didn’t know about Junior Brown. Lovely.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:03amRed-shirted commie pukes. Anarchy is NOT acceptable. Rule of law is.
Report Post »At least Tennessee gets it!
Way to go, Troopers!
upstateny
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:45amToo bad the cop didn’t knock the trash out.
Report Post »zancudobob
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:49amCongratulations, Tennessee ! The Capitol “police” and State Trooper’s in Wisconsin should be bussed over to the Tenn. Capitol for on-the -job-training, as they sided with the wrong side in wisc. to their shame. Why is not the quote from FDR, the Left’s Great Hero, and Obamas too, about collective bargaining not being permitted in the public, gov’t. sector, hammered in all the newspapers and talk shows and wherever the Repub.’s take a pulpit for a press conference. Let the Left refute Their Hero’s own admonitions! On another subject, Marco Rubio has it right. If the Repub. majority won‘t shut down this gov’t. and de-fund the “health care debacle” for $105 billion, they should be replaced too. Get serious, or GET GONE !
Report Post »Klarky
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:55amI am a Tennessean, and I have faith in my fellow countrymen, that if Union supporters (nomads) start showing up in droves that there will be just as many non-union supports to meet them.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:23amIf that mother didn’t want to see her disruptive daughter in shackles, she should have taught her some manners or kept her home. Race card, boo hoo, boo hoo, and it didn’t work. I hope the fine for getting out of jail was astronimical, plus lawyer and court costs. Apparently, personal income/money is the only thing that is important to these demonstrators – the heck with the rest of the population of TN and the fact that they have to foot the bill for their retirement on the beaches of FL or elsewhere. And being a FL native, I can tell you that the sense of entitlement these people feel is nauseating. They are rude and act like the year-round citizens owe them something when they arrive because they are who they are. (not all of course) You can spot them a mile away and the cashiers in stores can too – it’s a joke, not funny, around here.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 8:38am1959, that was great pickin’, thanks for the link.
Report Post »Uncle Crusty
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 9:25amhey there unionista’s – please come to Virginia and try this – you will be dealt with in just the same way, hauled off to jail.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 11:07amLook for the Union label,
So that you know what not to buy or who to fire.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 11:07ami agree, this idiot makes no sense. if he is referring to the cops using night sticks, good! they need to use them more!
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 11:19ami thought democrats ran from hearings and votes? funny , too odd to not comment on. Maryland state employee unions protesting governors draconian cuts cheered on the governor who made cuts after he ripped wisconsin.. from what i get from it, the maryland state unions are mad at wisconsin governor for the cuts democrat governor of maryland made.
Report Post »olduffer
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 1:06pmI’m posting this again…you do not have to belong to a union:
Our nation’s founders, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, believed it was tyrannical to force individuals “to contribute even “three pence” for the “propagation of opinions which he disbelieves.” So they wrote in the Constitution and the Bill of rights, terms that would prohibit that kind of tyranny.
A union, however, can not, consistent with the Constitution, collect from dissenting employees any sums for the support of ideological causes not germane to its duties as collective-bargaining agent. The National Labor Relations Association rules are as follows:
Under the NLRA, you cannot be required to be a member of a union or pay it any monies as a condition of employment unless the collective bargaining agreement between your employer and your union contains a provision requiring all employees to either join the union or pay union fees.
Even if there is such a provision in the agreement, the most that can be required of you is to pay the union fees (generally called an “agency fee.”) Most employees are not told by their employer and union that full union membership cannot lawfully be required. In Pattern Makers v. NLRB, 473 U.S. 95 (1985), the United States Supreme Court held that union members have the right to resign their union membership at any time.
If you are not a member, you are still fully covered by the collective bargaining agreement that was negotiated between your employer and the union, and the union is obligated to represent you. Any benefits that are provided to you by your employer pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement (e.g., wages, seniority, vacations, pensions, health insurance) are not affected by your non-membership. (If the union offers some “members-only” benefits, you might be excluded from receiving those.)
If you are not a member, you may not be able to participate in union elections or meetings, vote in collective bargaining ratification elections, or participate in other “internal” union activities. However, you cannot be disciplined by the union for anything you do while not a member.
The Supreme Court, in Communication Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988), a lawsuit that was supported by the Foundation, ruled that objecting nonmembers cannot be required to pay union dues. The most that nonmembers can be required to pay is an agency fee that equals their share of what the union can prove is its costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment with their employer.
Except in extraordinary cases, the union’s costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment do not equal the dues amount.
Beck makes clear that nonmembers required to pay union fees as a condition of employment have a right under the NLRA to object and obtain a reduction of their compulsory payments so that they do not include union expenses for purposes other than collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment.
Report Post »Lost in the Flyover
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 2:32pmIf our educational system was not ranked as one of the worst amonst developed nations then maybe the unions would have some credibility in their efforts… but the sad fact is that it is! It is not the teachers that the fight is against, but the unions which destroy most anything they touch. It is amazing to me how they are changing the interputation of the american
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 3:35pmSeeking understanding here: Besides the unions, what’s the common thread between all of these different disputes in all these different states?
Why are they going after teachers first in every state, rather than police & firefighters? This has happened in WI, TN, OH, and FL that I’m aware of, and I‘m sure it’s the same in other states. Is this political come-uppance for off-the-deep-end nature of the education community vs. the GOP?
Report Post »yourpantsonfire
Posted on March 16, 2011 at 7:03pmDarmok you are a dork!
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