Man Wearing McCain Shirt Arrested

[jba48]

Wow, this video is kind of shocking. It's a video of the "celebration" crowd in Philadelphia that includes a man being arrested for wearing a McCain/Palin shirt on the public street.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vynzd9cpQRQ

 

[Emily]

That is terrifying. It will give me nightmares for a long time.

God help this country.

 

[Fred]

Dupe: http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=310011

 

[TECH32]

Looks like the good people of philly will be paying that man handsomely...

 

[Kendo]

They probably took him home. They also probably saved his life. It was easier to take him than to take on the crowd. He may as well had ****** on the back of his shirt. The result would have been the same.

 

[Dex]

Yeah, this is a dupe. He was going to get tore up by Obamathugs and they saved his stupid arse.

 

[TheSearcher]

They probably took him home. They also probably saved his life. It was easier to take him than to take on the crowd. He may as well had ****** on the back of his shirt. The result would have been the same.

I guess the proof of the pudding is whether or not he was charged with anything. He wasn't disturbing the peace, the peace was already disturbed.

Personally, my sense of self-preservation is strong enough not to do what the guy did in wearing the shirt. But he had the right to do it, and I think the police were wrong. YMMV.

 

[cleobc]

Looks like it could be the beginning of a Kristallnacht phenomenon. They probably saved the guy's life.

 

[shane]

Yes, bad that his rights were slammed, but on a practical note, the cops probably saved him from a real beating or worse and themselves a lot of paperwork.

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[Kendo]

I guess the proof of the pudding is whether or not he was charged with anything. He wasn't disturbing the peace, the peace was already disturbed.

Personally, my sense of self-preservation is strong enough not to do what the guy did in wearing the shirt. But he had the right to do it, and I think the police were wrong. YMMV.

I can see how you might think it is wrong. I don't think they swear an oath to defend the constitution, though. They are their to preserve the peace.

 

[TheSearcher]

I can see how you might think it is wrong. I don't think they swear an oath to defend the constitution, though. They are their to preserve the peace.

I understand that, and that is why I'm not too exercised over the incident. I would be much more outraged if they had let him get himself in trouble, then not protect him. In that sense, what the police did was pre-emptive.

I still think it was wrong for two reasons:

1. The guy had the right to do what he did.
2. If the police did this as a pre-emptive protection, it shows they did not have a confident response pending for an assault on the guy.

As I think about it, reason #2 concerns me the most. They new they were outnumbered by the mob, and thus the mob constrained the police to performing an action that abridged someone else's rights. Mob rule?

 

[Ender]

Nobody has mentioned that the guy had a sword strapped on his back.

Kinda dumb move, if you ask me.