100 year old WW II Vet's Ceremony Interrupted By Hands Up Don't Shoot Prostestors

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A 100 year old World War II veterans ceremony was interrupted by I can't breathe protestors in Oregon.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/01/navy_vet_100_persuades_protest.html

These protests at events that really having nothing to do with their actual precise cause are getting more than tiresome. To top it off this in a state city where the actual incident did not occur let alone their choice of martyrs.

Research the Westboro Bapist Church protests because that's basically what most of these hands up don't shoot protestors are along with a lot of rudderless souls, want to be, teeny bop rebels and misguided narcissists.
 

WhatInThe said:
A 100 year old World War II veterans ceremony was interrupted by I can't breathe protestors in Oregon.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/01/navy_vet_100_persuades_protest.html

These protests at events that really having nothing to do with their actual precise cause are getting more than tiresome. To top it off this in a state city where the actual incident did not occur let alone their choice of martyrs.

Research the Westboro Bapist Church protests because that's basically what most of these hands up don't shoot protestors are along with a lot of rudderless souls, want to be, teeny bop rebels and misguided narcissists.
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I agree... that protest was wrong and was no place for it. Just like the NYPD turning it's back on the Mayor at a funeral..... So is your last sentence.. I call BS.. People have a right to protest unfair treatment by the police.. It's a legitimate protest..
 
QuickSilver said:
I agree... that protest was wrong and was no place for it. Just like the NYPD turning it's back on the Mayor at a funeral..... So is your last sentence.. I call BS.. People have a right to protest unfair treatment by the police.. It's a legitimate protest..
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Time and a place for everything. People do have a right to protest treatment by the police but what does showing up at a ceremony for a non police ceremony and events that occurred last century accomplish. The "cause" loses credibility. Wonder how these "protestORS" would feel if a group of protestors showed at the graduation ceremony of many of these giddy adrenaline filled college students. But your right protest and free speech allow "protestORS" to be viewed as a canker sore on a scrotum sack of crap.
 

I agree with Quicksilver ... I equate Westboro's actions as equal to the NYPD back-turning actions. Disgusting. Stomach-turning. Vile.
The protest at an elderly veteran's ceremony is as disgusting as the other two.

Nation-wide protests are, apparently, the only way to get points-of-view across to our congress. Viet Nam protests turned the tide way back then. Certainly Black people have every right to protest as they've been "screwed", you should pardon the expression, more openly and more seriously in the last 30 years than they had been since reconstruction days. What is different now is that there are other colors joining them and maybe, just maybe, there is hope, tho' the atmosphere of bigotry is more ensconced, more open now than I can ever remember.

Rocky
 
WhatInThe said:
Time and a place for everything. People do have a right to protest treatment by the police but what does showing up at a ceremony for a non police ceremony and events that occurred last century accomplish. The "cause" loses credibility. Wonder how these "protestORS" would feel if a group of protestors showed at the graduation ceremony of many of these giddy adrenaline filled college students. But your right protest and free speech allow "protestORS" to be viewed as a canker sore on a scrotum sack of crap.
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Klassy
 
Rocky said:
I agree with Quicksilver ... I equate Westboro's actions as equal to the NYPD back-turning actions. Disgusting. Stomach-turning. Vile.
The protest at an elderly veteran's ceremony is as disgusting as the other two.

Nation-wide protests are, apparently, the only way to get points-of-view across to our congress. Viet Nam protests turned the tide way back then. Certainly Black people have every right to protest as they've been "screwed", you should pardon the expression, more openly and more seriously in the last 30 years than they had been since reconstruction days. What is different now is that there are other colors joining them and maybe, just maybe, there is hope, tho' the atmosphere of bigotry is more ensconced, more open now than I can ever remember.

Rocky
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I agree 100%..
 
What these "protesters" fail to recognize, is that they are hardening already fixed attitudes....especially when they riot, loot, and burn. In such cases, they, and people like Al Sharpton, are their Own Worst Enemies.
 
Don M. said:
What these "protesters" fail to recognize, is that they are hardening already fixed attitudes....especially when they riot, loot, and burn. In such cases, they, and people like Al Sharpton, are their Own Worst Enemies.
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Yes.. and the same goes for the NYPD... They have disgusted me with their behavior.. It's really hard to NOT paint all of them with the same brush... right?
 
It seems to me that increasingly the police are forgetting their Motto of "Serve and Protect". More and more, the police are assuming an adversarial relationship with many of their communities. Out here in the boondocks, we don't have much trouble with the police, but I see a trend more towards "Revenue Generation" rather than maintaining general law and order. The number of Speed Traps, and many towns going to these Red Light Cameras, is starting to leave a sour taste in a lot of peoples mouths. Our State Atty. Generals office is constantly fighting battles with some of these smaller towns who are raking in large sums of money off their "traffic control". When it gets to the point where people begin to look upon the police as an organization with ulterior motives, public trust begins to evaporate...and Everyone suffers.
 
I agree with QS and Rocky, the people have the right to peacefully protest, and there are some police abuse issues that need to be addressed. They're smart to protest on occasions like this whether we agree with it or not....it makes headlines and is talked about heavily on the radio shows and social media.
 
Having a right, and knowing when and how to exercise that right, are two different things.
Leadership is about discernment and the protest leaders seem to lack this.

From a distance they look like a rabble.

The police, one the other hand did not look like a rabble.
Some of them took silent action as individuals and although I find it concerning to witness law enforcement and government at odds with each other, I prefer the power of silent protest to an ugly civil disruption.
 
SeaBreeze said:
I agree with QS and Rocky, the people have the right to peacefully protest, and there are some police abuse issues that need to be addressed. They're smart to protest on occasions like this whether we agree with it or not....it makes headlines and is talked about heavily on the radio shows and social media.
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even to disgrace a 100 year old veteran and threaten to break an old man's jaw?? so, I guess it’s popular in Oregon to protest in favor of ISIS – good for them.
 
Dame Warrigal said:
Having a right, and knowing when and how to exercise that right, are two different things.
Leadership is about discernment and the protest leaders seem to lack this.

From a distance they look like a rabble.

The police, one the other hand did not look like a rabble.
Some of them took silent action as individuals and although I find it concerning to witness law enforcement and government at odds with each other, I prefer the power of silent protest to an ugly civil disruption.
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Sorry... but the funerals of fallen officers is NO place for protest or politics. Especially when the widows of the officers asked them not to. They looked like Rabble to me.
 
kcvet said:
even to disgrace a 100 year old veteran and threaten to break an old man's jaw?? so, I guess it’s popular in Oregon to protest in favor of ISIS – good for them.
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I didn't see anything about breaking an old man's jaw, and I just clicked on the link. I don't agree with disrupting the funerals of those police officers who were senselessly killed, or the veterans's ceremony. But the protesters will take advantage of these type of events for publicity.
 
My mother, as a survivor of war, protested the Vietnam war. As a kid, I found a bit embarrassing. She was involved with a group in the town and I'm not sure of everything they did but I don't think my mother did any picketing. I think they were more involved in letter writing etc. I also know my oldest brother had a passport and was going to go to Canada if his number came up. It didn't.

I believe in the right to protest. But watching some bearded idiot bashing out a window in Berkley with his skate board and some young woman running and watching a fire burning in the street is pure mob mentality and accomplishes nothing.
 
Not only was the World War II vet's ceremony interrupted but the town hall had to be cancelled. Among the other issues to be discussed by other people was a group opposing The Trans Pacific Trade Partnership, a trade agreement that some unions oppose. Luckily they were able to get some time with the Senator but the public did not get to hear the issues. A closed door meeting is not a transparent or open government. There were also some environmental issues and gun control policy to be discussed.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/sto...-issues-focus-wyden-town-hall-salem/21269089/

The venue of another meeting had to be changed because of the protestor interruption.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/sto...-issues-focus-wyden-town-hall-salem/21269089/

This group of protestORs apparently fired up by an organization called Don't Shoot Portland PDX already got some headlines from the mayor of the city with the police department they were protesting. They also got some press about a finding that Portland needs civilian review of police shootings as do many departments.

http://www.portlandmercury.com/Blog...o-meet-with-protest-organizer-teressa-raiford

So what exactly was the mission of this organization on Saturday January 3, 2015 other than rebel rousing. Rather than discuss or debate issues they simply rammed their opinion down other's throats unassociated with their gripes/cause. How productive was that. These "organizers" or "leaders" should be strategically planning with much greater precision with a clear cut obtainable end game in mind. Instead they seem to be organizing flash mobs trying showboat their shinny new protest 'skills' equating them with substantive political effort leading to actual change ie legislation and/or policy changes.
 
The back-turning police tarnished their badges with their rude behavior...
 

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