They should be ashamed! Instead they were just roughed up and arrested.

Where is the justice?!

Arresting them is harsh. They should be Tasered and dragged back to their cars or buses.

I think this video needs a "white people" tag.

Of all the things to protest and demonstrate about, and of all the things to body slam and choke someone over: white people choose these things.

White people, just fucking white people.

Cause it is staged. Protesters like this follow a script. Show up, do what the police told us not to, get arrested, cry police brutality.
These protesters would make awesome soccer players the way they exaggerate the force the police had to use.
For God's sake how many times does a cop have to say get on your knees before he can wrestle them down, because he gave him enough chances.

die you ridiculous cartoon

haha John Cena got beat by R Truth last night

R TRUTH

I hate when people here don't give me a serious answer, but in this case its because they know I'm right.

I find your post odd considering the protestors are libertarians.

I understand why they're protesting, freedom of speech and all that. I just hate how they act like such big babies about getting arrested.

dude you aren't even right about John Cena and he's in your fucking name

YEAH! FUCK THOSE DOUCHE FAGGOTS! ATTACK AND ARREST PEOPLE I CONSIDER STUPID! I'M WITH YOU SJOHNSON301!!! PREACH IT BRUTHA!!!!!!!







Fart.

Okay Simonsaysalotofstupidshit, how was the arrest unjust, and where was the police brutality?

Watch out, guys, he has a 666 in his username!!

My argument first argument is simple: It's ethically wrong for police not to provide the statute (law etc) they claim is being violated when asked by those in alleged violation; it is wrong to use violence as a means of projecting and reinforcing one's authority when that authority is not being challenged with violence (dancing is not violently challenging police authority). I think society on the whole would be better without the behaviors exhibited by the police--questions of "justification" or "legality" aside.

Further, as far as the evidence this video provides, the police are alleging a law pertaining to protesting is in violation, then purposefully interpreting 'dancing' as a protest. This interpretation is questionable in its own right, but even so, I don't think the state has reasonable interest in regulating dancing at monuments. This is definitely an overreach of government authority, one that I'm not going to support. Individual liberty over state interest is what I'm advocating here.

Being a "douche" is not in and of itself a crime and I don't want to live in a society where merely being labeled by a pejorative is justification for state sponsored oppression.

The police, as indicated by their willingness to give a warning in the first place, seem as though they were not committed to arrest and physical force. But if this is the case, why did they not simply escort the people off the property?

spikestoyiu, you didn't warn them fast enough, and now we got a legal briefing.

"t isn't a a police state, and it is not fascism-- it's just how things are."

lol

Seriously, the fact that you could post that without realizing how it makes you look doesn't speak well to your intelligence.

It's a public space that is generally not used for demonstrations-- for example, the Westboro Baptist Church probably could not just decide one day to stage a protest in the Jefferson Memorial. However, I'm assuming that they were staging something stupid before the video started, which lead to the cop's warning. Also, welcome back, futurebot! #LOL #FUTUREBOT #Footloose #poe-news

http://poetv.com/video.php?vid=87981

Charles, you are more than welcome to infer that this is some Orwellian plot to take away your right to dance. If that's the case, perhaps Footloose has proven prophetic and our only hope is Kevin Bacon.

"I'm assuming that they were staging something stupid before the video started, which lead to the cop's warning."

lol

Thomas Jefferson was all about obeying police orders

I mean it's right there in the Bible

that was nothing like a suplex you moron

Cena will back me up here if he'll get off his high horse for a minute

Only if they can drag themselves from their hospital beds after such a vicious beating.