LA Occupiers Traumatized By Arrest; May Need Therapy

Life is hard for the soft.

One speaker suggested that some of those arrested might need therapy. Several said they felt traumatized after witnessing police use nonlethal force and being forced to wait for hours in zip-tie handcuffs. Some displayed cuts on their wrists from the handcuffs. Others complained that they were forced to urinate in bags on the bus as they were transported to jails.

There's no crying in street theater. There's no crying in street theater!

Anyone imagine some cops might have some complaints of their own that could stand some publicity?

Notice the weakest, softest complaints of the Occupiers are publicized.

Compare this to the Tea Party, in which the alleged victims of the Tea Partiers -- one guy who had a brief spray-it-don't-say-it incident was promoted as a Spit Rape Survivor, another guy claims the world's tiniest voice, incapable of registering on audiotape, said a dirty word to him -- were publicized.

Notice an inconsistent pattern?

Oh! Just what I was saying. Occupiers spit on police, and not like that Congressman was "spat" on. (If you don't know the story, that Congressman admitted the guy hadn't spat on him at all; he was just so emotional he was spraying spit as he talked.)

I expect round the clock coverage on this.

posted by Ace at 06:23 PM

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