Once again, corporate whores unleash their thug cops on protesters....

[Minimalist]

no doubt in the name of "law and order."

http://truth-out.org/news/item/11797-tex...definitely

The tree-sit continues for a third day despite an unprecedented escalation in police and industry violence toward peaceful blockaders. Some of the activists say TransCanada supervisors encouraged deputies with the Wood County Sherriff's Department to use pain compliance tactics that included sustained chokeholds, violent arm-twisting, pepper spray, and multiple uses of Tasers, all while blockaders were in handcuffs.

"As someone who has a religious dedication to nonviolence, I have a duty to assist nonviolent tactics," Franklin said before he was pepper sprayed and tased Tuesday.

A plainclothes police officer was among the most aggressive officers to implement pain compliance, according to blockaders who locked down. He put Franklin in a chokehold, cutting off his breathing, and bent him over backwards in an attempt to make him pass out. Franklin reports difficulty swallowing because of bruises sustained to his esophagus.

The most physically aggressive was the ranking officer, a lieutenant with the Wood County Sheriff's Department under the observation of TransCanada employees. One of the law enforcement officials twisted and contorted the tube that Bebe and Franklin had locked their arms into, cutting off circulation to their hands and cutting abrasions into their hands and forearms.

After the the officers stopped their escalated tactics, a senior TransCanada supervisor allegedly congratulated the Sheriff's Department lieutenant for a "job well done."

I'm sure the bullies in uniform are quite proud of themselves.

[Darth]

The thieving dicks are stealing people's land (eminent domain) and assaulting people? I wish the protestors the best.