We pointed out that as a result of a serious head injury, Nick wasn't aware enough to speak for himself. The police responded with, too fuckin' bad.

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RNC, DNC, Presidential debates. Maced, beaten, arrested, tortured, abused, beaten, threatened, harrased. Illegal search and seizures. Peaceful demonstators met by riot police then charged with terrorism.

Endless wars. Obscene bailouts for the obscenely super rich, while the VA goes underfunded and understaffed.

There are people who stand up to make this a better country. Many have died. Been imprisioned. Many give up everything they have to fight an unjust system with no reward but an FBI file. While many others watch 'I Love Lucy' and complain about the weather. 

Why won't the people stand up to protect their leaders. Are you waiting for us to be killed before you riot. What is it going to take before you say enough is enough. I'm going to stop writing now because I'm too f'n pissed. Not at the police, but at YOU!

Here's the report I've just recieved from Afghanistan war veteran Matthis Chiroux:

Wednesday, Oct. 15th, 2008, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War
and supporters gathered near the Hempstead, N.Y., train station to march
on the final presidential debate at Hofstra University.

Our intent was made clear in a letter to Bob Schieffer, the debate
moderator, one week prior. We wanted two members of our organization inside
the debate where they would ask one question of Obama and one of
McCain. If CBS and the candidates failed to meet our demands, we would march
on Hofstra at 7 p.m. in a peaceful attempt to enter the debate to have
our voices heard.

Non-violence was stressed in every stage leading up to this action. It
was stressed by me and Kris to Det. Thomas J. Calvert and Det. Robert
Annese of the Nassau County Police Department the day before the action.
Calvert and Annese were in charge of security for the debate, and they
assured us they would instruct their officers to respect the
non-violent spirit of the action by using restraint towards peaceful veterans
and demonstrators.

We were at Hofstra to force the issue that veterans and servicemembers
are not being cared for or heard from by our government, and the
candidates, CBS and the Nassau County Police Department couldn't have
proved us more correct.

So at seven p.m. when we'd heard nothing from the moderators, IVAW
made good on its promise to the candidates and Det. Calvert. We marched
to the front gate of Hofstra, and read our questions peacefully.

Because these candidates cared more to hear from Joe the Plumber
than veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, ten veterans went to jail and
five civilian supporters joined us.

One officer, when I brought up the prospect of speaking to a lawyer,
threatened to, put me in the back of the jail, where, the big boys
will pop your cherry! When I asked this officer if he had just
threatened an honorably discharged veteran of Afghanistan with prison rape and
told him I wanted his name and rank, he refused and told me to look it
up on the police report which the Nassau County Police Department has
refused to provide us a copy of.

While detained, the three females who were arrested with us, including
Marine Reserve Capt. Marlisa Grogan, were sexually harassed by the
police who went so far as to hold Ids next to the chained women's faces
and make comments like, you look like you came out of a S & M
magazine.

All night, they didn't stop. You're cowards, you're idiots,
they said. The hostility was thick and unwarranted.

This non-violent protest stuff is retarded, they said (as if
they'd prefer the alternative). See how it got your friend's face
fucked up?

Literally, they said this when they brought Nick in and chained him to
the bench. The harassment only increased from there.

Look at you friend's face, said one officer. You're
responsible for that. As if I gave the order to charge horses onto a
crowded sidewalk.

After my arrest, the police charged their horses onto a sidewalk and
unprovokedly knocked my friend Nick Morgan, a veteran of Iraq, to the
ground and trampled his face. They then arrested him, put a piece of gauze
on his facewound and loaded him onto a bus headed for jail with the
rest of the Hempstead 15.

After they brought Nick onto the bus and we the veterans identified him
as exhibiting signs of a concussion and as needing immediate medical
attention, our arresting officers laughed at us and told us Nick would
receive no help unless he himself asked to go to the hospital, though
Nick was barely conscience and completely disoriented at the time AND THE
COPS KNEW IT!

We pointed out that as a result of a serious head injury, Nick wasn't
aware enough to speak for himself. The police responded with, too
fuckin'  bad.

After Nick stirred enough for us to instruct him to ask for medical
attention, he was taken to a hospital, diagnosed with a fractured
cheekbone, given nothing more than Motrin for the pain and brought to the
Police Station where he sat chained to a bench for 5 hours with no further
medical attention at all.

Additionally, police pulled other members and supporters of ours from
the sidewalk and arrested them while horses spun in circles causing
injury to anyone who couldn't escape.

After my release, a police officer, approached me,
accused me of being drunk and said I was about to get arrested again. I
retorted that his accusations were false (considering I'd only gotten
out of jail 30 minutes prior) and that I was only interested in
learning the names of the officers who arrested and harassed us as I have the
legal right to do.

I am outraged at the egregious conduct of the Nassau Country Police
Department.

But mostly, I must put this on the candidates.

Barack Obama and John McCain, you have failed to properly address the
occupation of Iraq and veteran and servicemember issues in this
campaign.

The fact that you allowed your veterans to be arrested, brutalized and
harassed for simply trying to be heard by you is inexcusable.

I encourage every person who reads this to contact both the Obama and
McCain campaigns and demand they answer our questions and condemn the
actions of the police Wednesday night.

They don't own this election, the media doesn't own this election,
we the people own this election, and we deserve to have our voices
heard. Any candidate who disagrees with that statement is unworthy the
Presidency of the United States of America.

Peace and Solidarity,

Matthis Chiroux

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