Police Brutality Toward Veterans

from BostonTea.us:
Kansas candidate for statehouse William Stewart-Starks was endorsed earlier this year by our state affiliate there. He recently wrote:

"It has started. The dangerous elements in our police forces are beginning to attack the innocent of our country. The martial law that has been thrown around by our politicians in Washington is beginning to rear its ugly head.

After the events at the DNC and the RNC that some of you were able to witness first hand, we have a further incident from police on the ground in NYC. Many friends of mine wanted to make it a point to bring the issues of our occupation in foreign countries to the forefront of the debate last night. In the process of several individuals speaking out, free speech zones were set up to limit the effectiveness of protest outside of the event. Several prominent members of the organization were detained but not before one soldier in uniform was trampled by mounted police. Some on the ground are now reporting that the horses were used as weapons and the soldiers and civilians that were trampled had been presumed killed in the confrontation. When our uniformed soldiers coming home are no longer safe from the police brutality and violence, what hope is there for the rest of us. Don't let this pass, take action! What will we do when confronted in these situations. Video and digital camera's will now be required at all our events to protect our members from any future illegal action such as this."

Images:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-115455
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-OMTvCa_Oo&NR=1

Note that there are a series of 15 videos on Youtube, so check the listings next to the above video for the other parts.

Check at IVAW.org for updates

I urge you to get involved in the anti-war movement in your country. People who care about freedom should be against militarism and against war. People who speak out against the war are being brutally beaten and deliberately injured by the police.

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without freedom, and no freedom without private property.