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Originally posted by Xcathdra
reply to post by D377MC
I could care less if you take exception to the words I used. They are what they are. The students were drunk, inibriated, intoxicated, 6 sheets to the wind, insert whatever here.
They were so intoxicated, that EMS had to respond to deal with alcohol poisoning.
PIcking apart words tells me you dont have any argument you can defend. Period.
The students caused the probvlem by acting in an irresponsible manner. That is not in dispute, contrary to the way others want to portary what occured. The facts are there, the articles are there, the video is there.
There is nothing to debate - The foficers ctions were within policy, they were within State Law and they were within FEderal law.
There was NO violation of 42 USC 1983.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Proto - BIB - Colby and the others...
Please answer the question -
Why do you condone the action of the students? Why do you find it acceptable to destroy city property, to vandalise other peoples property, to start fires in the street (whcih the youtube video shows), and to throw beer bottles at EMS while they are treating patients, and then throw beer bottles at the police?
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by Xcathdra
Well so-called copper, you can take your little code book, and shove it. I really don't care anymore, I am done being extorted by any government body.
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Not against the law, unless a no-burn decree is in force by the Fire Marshall.
This is the only thing that might be not correct. In the last town I lived in in NY, you actually had to go down to city hall and get a permit to have a fire in your yard, ludicrous isn't it? You had to pay 75 bucks for a year permit...
Of course it is not an arrestable offense, just 150 bucks fine if you got caught. All about extortion these days, BS written by the rich, and enforced by the mindless drone police.
Other than that bravo, keep handing these police apologists their asses again and again, maybe one day they will see the light. I can only hope one day their children will be abused at the hands of the uniformed thugs, sometimes that is the only way they see the light. Then again sometimes they will take a fellow thug's word over their own family as well....edit on Wed, 04 May 2011 17:06:11 -0500 by TKDRL because: (no reason given)
Extortion, outwresting, and/or exaction is a criminal offense which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person(s), entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime groups.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
A. No city property was destroyed a stop sign was vandalized and damaged.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
B. No damage was done to the homes, 8 of which are owned by the same landlord who has no problem with the students throwing these parties.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
C. No structures were burnt by these fires and no people were injured by them, fire being something most humans learned to master long ago.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
D. No evidence of beer bottles being thrown at EMS is present.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
E. The police violated civil rights, invaded private property, and committed crimes against the citizens, the citizens were within their constitutional rights to defend themselves against the agents of a unlawful police action.
Originally posted by xuenchen
can anyone confirm the identities of the "students" who threw bottles at EMS ?
maybe they are actually there to incite the disturbances and are not really "students"
maybe they are "students" who were paid to start the trouble ?
IMO to be clear.
Originally posted by skinnyb82
The Macomb Police Department has a history of excessive force complaints, most of them involving the liberal use of pepper spray. One incident involved a handcuffed student's head being slammed into the trunk of a squad car, resulting a broken orbital. I've been a victim of overzealous MPD officers. In fact, I don't know anyone who hasn't been screwed with by the Macomb cops. How do I know all of this? Not only do I have two degrees from Western Illinois University but during the time I spent at WIU, two of those years were on Wheeler Street. This party happens annually and I've participated in it multiple times. This is WAY less complicated than some wild, half-assed conspiracy theory that the Macomb Police Department's behavior was a "dress rehearsal for the future." It was a party. It was a very very large party that got out of control. It really is that simple.
So City property was destroyed. The Stop sign is city property, it was uprooted from its location and thrown in the fire.
Cite your source - and damage was done according to the articles.
Fires being set inside city liits is against the law. Fires being set on a city street is against the law. Why is it these people who discovered fire a long time ago, just recently discovvered they have opposbale thumbs. Dont start fires in the street, and dont burn debris in peoples yards.
Evidence of beer bottles being throw is in the articles, as well as the reports that have been released by the County. Again you are cherry picking the info form the articles. Beer bottles were thrown at EMS and at Police. Just because that info doesnt support your Bs argument, doesnt mean it didnt happen, and your attempt to deny that is a joke.
Agauin I see you are once agaion showing us your ability to not know what the hell you are talking about. No civil rights were violated. Private property was violated by the 3k students present, and if you knew the law, you would know there are exceptions to law enforcement when it comes to dealing with a situation, including disregarding parking regulations, disregarding the speed limit, the ability to discharge a gun inside city limits, and yes, even the ability to be present on property owned by a person not invlolved in the situation.
The unlawful action came form the drunk students who destroyed city property, who blocked public right of ways, who started fires, and who threw beer bottles at EMS and the Police.
All of which is in the articles listed, and can be seen in the youtube vidoes posted.
It would be easier at this point for you to jsut come clean and admit that you hate the government so much that you are willing to use this type of an indident, to spin the information contained to support your argument, and then to outright lie to the people in the thread about what occured.
You dont know the law
You have no idea how those laws work
You have no idea about hw law enforcement operates
You have no clue about case law that governs our use of force and what we can and cant do.
All you see is your petty argument and lies, and you are desperately hoping that by lieing and continually spinning your answers, while ignoring questions, that people wont see through your chirade...
To late.. Leave the thread now with what little diginity you have left, and once you get home, look up the term integrity.. It would be whats missing from your argument by the way you lie when stating your position.
You cant even explain what excessive use of force is. There was no excessive use of force. I have told you this. There is NO 42USC violations present in the videos.
The only people who broke the law were the 100 students / non students who were issued citations / have charges pending against them.
By the way though thank you for supporting my post about you and the other 2 argument style... Now you are in pahse 3 of that, attacking the poster because the evidence is so overwhelming it no longers supports your agenda here, which is to take this situation and turn it into something its not so you can feel better about your soverign citizen BS.
The reason there is no violations listed for Police by the way, is because their were no violations by the Police. AGAIN, I refer you to 42 USC 1983 to prove my point.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
There is no evidence that a trash fire can burn and melt metal.
In fact it can't, it needs reinstalled and a coat of paint. three man one hour job.
Send me the bill for pity sake.
Try to stop clubbing innocent kids in the meantime if you can.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Read the thread, its a few pages back, if you weren't so busy trying to figure out how to misconstrue everyone elses argument and spamming the thread with your nonsense trolling you would have read it already.
I am not your secretary.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Oh would those be the articles that simply say damage was done. Great description their Sherlock Holmes.
States Attorney: Your honor and damage was done!
Judge: What damage?
States Attorney: You know damage, damage!
Judge: What kind of damage?
States Attorney: The damaging kind!
Judge: To what things?
States Attorney: To the things that were damaged!
Judge: What would those be?
States Attorney: What would what be?
Get real man, are you this desperate for attention?
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Please cite the ordinance for the specific municipality citing rubish can not be burned in your private yard.
Sec. 10-2. Outside burning.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to burn any combustible material upon any street in
the city.
(b) No person shall burn any combustible material out of doors within the area bounded on
the east by Campbell Street, on the south by Jefferson Street, on the west by McArthur
Street and on the north by Adams Street and the extension of the south line thereof
eastward from Randolph Street to Campbell Street, unless such material is burned in a
closed incinerator equipped with a flue covered with a spark arrester constructed of
metal screen with a mesh not greater than one-half inch on a side, which incinerator
shall be located at least 20 feet from any building.
(c) It shall be unlawful to build any fire that is not so completely enclosed as to prohibit the
escape of flames, sparks or hot ash when a fire ban has been declared by either the city
council or the fire department.
(d) No person shall burn any garbage, grass clippings, leaves, rubbish or other refuse out of
doors anywhere in the city.
(Code 1972, § 10-4; Ord. No. 2860, § 1, 3-18-02)
Cross references: Authority to ban open burning, § 10-88; burning garbage or refuse which
emits offensive odor, § 11-3; burning rubbish on public ways, § 11-4.
Sec. 10-3. Other burning prohibited.
No person shall burn any garbage, rubbish or other refuse anywhere indoors in the city
except in an incinerator complying with all applicable laws and ordinances.
(Ord. No. 2860, § 1, 3-18-02)
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Once again articles are not evidence of anything but a newspaper is being published. They are not sworn testimony and the only thing in the articles is from Police Press Releases that are merely allegations and not fact.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
The videos support my argument, non-admissible and third party statements of heresay will not overcome those in a court of law.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
You have not established that the owner of the property was not on site, you have not established that anyone on private property was there against the expressed consent of the owner.
You have not established that the dwellings suffered any damage.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
No city property was destroyed it was merely borrowed and slightly modified, the only people blocking the public rite of way were the police in fact, the party had been contained to the lawns throughout the day through rigoruous code encorcement of open containers for anyone venturing into the street with one.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
You still have not proven that bottles were thrown at the EMT's and as far as being thrown at the Police the Police certainly had a lot worse to them coming after their violent and unlawful assault on peaceably assembled citizens.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
All your rediculous arguments are displaying is that THERE IS NO TRUE PRIVATE PROPERTY in the United States of America.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
Articles are not admissible but are third party hear say and innuendo. The Videos do not substantiate your gross misrepresentation of occurences.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
People need to speak up and out about police brutality and your bias is so well known as to make you a detriment to the cause you are foolishly arguing not an asset.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
You keep telling yourself that Clarence Darrow.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
How you haven't been banned from this site yet I have no idea.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
They say if you listen long enough and close enough to people they will tell you everything they don't want you to know.
Here we have "and once you get home".
So you are not at home, but are posting as part of some job.
Thanks for clarifying that.