Iranian paramilitary psychos beating brave women who fight back (unsettling)

[Turborama]

Run time: 00:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36i1uRpUrg0   Posted on YouTube: June 18, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: June 19, 2009 By DU Member: Turborama Views on DU: 1063

 
More unsettling footage that shows another brave woman getting attacked towards the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99p5ziag7rA

Words fail me, so sharing this might be more appropriate...

'The Fear Is Gone'
Voices from Iran.

WSJ, JUNE 19

Editor's note: The following are firsthand accounts that were solicited by Journal assistant editorial features editor Bari Weiss. Some were translated from Farsi. Surnames have been omitted to protect the writers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124537040666029677.html

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

1. support Iranians - keep the message alive

thanks for posting the video.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. She gets in a few good kicks. Good for her.

[Tx4obama]

3. Hmmm...

Well that was NOT a very good example.
The woman in the video went up to the 'police guy' and starting kicking him and then he turned around and started hitting her with his stick. I person could come to the collusion that he was acting in self defense and his actions were justified.

I think that WE here in America need to look at what OUR government is doing to women and children here on 'our own streets'.
It was just a few days ago that an American policeman tasered a 72 year old grandmother for refusing to sign a speeding ticket.
Children in our schools are being strip searched, tasered, and handcuffed without being arrested or being read their rights.
We Americans need to spend some time here in the USA and speak out against the unjust treatment of women and children here in our own country.

[thunder rising]

4. She should have killed the MF.

[Turborama]

5. "Justified" Are you serious?

At the begining, she was trying to protect the guy they were laying into. Possibly her husband, boyfriend, brother friend, complete stranger; who knows? Whatever the case, she was definitely trying to stop them from beating up that guy in the bus stop and they reacted disproportionately.

[Tx4obama]

6. well..

okay.. I went back and looked at the video again and I did see the police hitting the guy (which I didn't see the first time) .. but since we don't know why the guy was getting hit we really don't know why the girl was kicking him. I think we support the Iranian people in this revolution but at the same time we can't jump to conclusions in all videos without knowing the full story.

[Turborama]

7. Contextually, whatever the reason was for hitting the guy she was protecting is actually irrelevant

Two other thugs joined in as well. there is no way, by any stretch of the imagination, that the beating of that woman was "self defence".

ETA: I'm astonished that a) I have to even spell this out and b) by the amount of "police" brutality apologists I've come across here recently.

[Butch350]

9. Watch out for the feminists - their on the warpath lately...

[Turborama]

11. What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[urgk]

18. Even the Senator Boxer clip?

Just wondering.

;)

[Bushknew]

16. Exactly, Compared to a lot of US protests, they are not being mowed down, yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqeHPd1UrNE&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.democraticunderground.com%2Fdiscuss%2Fduboard.php%3Faz%3Dview_all%26address%3D385x326496&feature=player_embedded


Now compare that to some US protests:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNHO9tQcCo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9hS0ZhpFPA&feature=PlayList&p=50710709479C8B04&index=16

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neetUmqIXqM&feature=PlayList&p=62A87374E0140B36&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsuDo6a7jYA
The cops begin their violence at 1.48 in this clip.

[Butch350]

8. People...

should stop throwing these dubious videos online and labeling them with misleading titles. Too many dram-ma queens out there posting videos with misleading titles and content!

[Turborama]

10. "Dubious" "misleading" "Dram-ma queens" (sic)

Elaborate, please.

[Billy Burnett]

12. Both videos are pretty tame compared to the Miami FTAA police brutality.

Compared to the herding and beatings I personally witnessed these vids are tame.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTJwEz7U3A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tikF7NUjLKQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63FEamhpA0

[Turborama]

13. It's not a competiton. n/t

[Billy Burnett]

14. Not saying it is. Expressing my empathy for these people.

Videos never show the full brutality and fear.

:hi:

[Turborama]

15. Sorry

I've been coming across a lot of apologists recently and I misread your intentions

:hi:

[Bushknew]

17. That video is disgusting. The pigs are clapping & laughing that they hit the protester.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G63FEamhpA0


See my post, # 16