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One marine vs. 30 NYPD cops and wins!! On Saturday, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators occupied Times Squares when thousands flooded the iconic location to protest economic inequities. After a number of demonstrators refused to leave the streets there, police responded with heavy-handed tactics to arrest them. Now, video has emerged of an apparent U.S. military veteran speaking out against these police tactics. The man, who identified himself as Sgt. Shamar Thomas, explained that he spent fourteen months in Iraq and that his parents served in the military as well. 'This is not a warzone. It doesn't make you tough to hurt these people!' protested Thomas to police officers. 'There is no honor in that.' The crowd gave the man a hearty applause. Watch it: |
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by Rob Kall on Monday, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:51:31 AM
More on Sgt. Thomas...
by Amanda Lang on Monday, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:35:18 AM
In Defense Of Our Homes - Our Bill of Rights
by Lance Ciepiela on Monday, Oct 17, 2011 at 2:11:09 PM
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by Paul Repstock on Tuesday, Oct 18, 2011 at 2:23:01 AM
Sgt Shamar Thomas USMC - "I saw the Police Brutality"
by Lance Ciepiela on Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 at 8:40:19 PM