Carlo Giuliani vs. corporate juggernaut

elSicomoro · 07-23-2001, 09:52 PM

I looked at pics from the NY Times and also read various stories on the incident from several agencies.

From what I've gathered on my own, it IS possible that the cops overreacted. I didn't see pics of the kid getting run over, but saw a pic of the moment the kid was getting ready to throw the extinguisher. Bottom line: Civil disobedience. Gandhi did it. MLK did it. Cesar Chavez did it. The majority of the protestors in Seattle, DC, and Genoa did it. But you do NOT throw fire extinguishers at police officers...period. Whether the cop was in an armored vehicle or not (and from what I could see, there WAS a window open on the vehicle).

This <A HREF=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/international/21ITAL.html?searchpv=day02">link</A> will expire later in the week...and you must be registered with the New York Times to read it (it's free). But these are probably the best couple of pics I've seen (other than the one displayed here).

And for the record, it is a POSSIBLE manslaughter...see <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/international/europe/23ITAL.html">this story</a>.

Socialism and communism are wonderful ideas on paper...and that's really about it. Sure, we all want SOME sort of change...but in a capitalist society such as ours, it will come slowly. After all, it took over 300 years to begin dismantling the injustice against slaves and their African-American and Hispanic offspring.

07-23-2001, 09:52 PM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I looked at pics from the NY Times and also read various stories on the incident from several agencies. From what I've gathered on my own, it IS possible that the cops overreacted. I didn't see pics of the kid getting run over, but saw a pic of the moment the kid was getting ready to throw the extinguisher. Bottom line: Civil disobedience. Gandhi did it. MLK did it. Cesar Chavez did it. The majority of the protestors in Seattle, DC, and Genoa did it. But you do NOT throw fire extinguishers at police officers...period. Whether the cop was in an armored vehicle or not (and from what I could see, there WAS a window open on the vehicle). This <A HREF=http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/21/international/21ITAL.html?searchpv=day02">link</A> will expire later in the week...and you must be registered with the New York Times to read it (it's free). But these are probably the best couple of pics I've seen (other than the one displayed here). And for the record, it is a POSSIBLE manslaughter...see <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/23/international/europe/23ITAL.html">this story</a>. Socialism and communism are wonderful ideas on paper...and that's really about it. Sure, we all want SOME sort of change...but in a capitalist society such as ours, it will come slowly. After all, it took over 300 years to begin dismantling the injustice against slaves and their African-American and Hispanic offspring.

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