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Peaceful protester in Eugene, Oregon tasered, punished and tortured


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Quote from Eugene Weekly letter to editor by Rick Gorman, June 19, 2008 Issue.

What happened to a skinny 19-year-old student in Kesey Free Speech Square on May 30, 2008 was nothing short of torture. Anyone who was at the anit-pesticide rally or viewed the video on Youtube knows that Eugene police used unreasonable force on a kid who was already under their control. Even if you believe the "official story" printed in the Register Guard and reported on the evening news that Ian Van Ornum asked the police, "Do you want poison in your face?" he was no longer a threat to them when he was Tased. Van Ornum was lying face down on the sidewalk surrounded by officers when up to 50,000 volts of electricity was shot into his body three separate times.

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Eugene Police has a long history of violence in dealing with protesters. There have been some prosecutions and many Civil Rights lawsuits against the city for the actions of police. Very often the police chief and the city manager have denied through their investigations any wrongdoing by police even though there is video evidence to the contrary. Eugene police now routinely attempt to prevent videotaping of their activities as you can see in the attached video by Picture Eugene.

Look up the case of the police officer from Eugene who was sexually assaulting vulnerable witnesses and petty criminals under the Mayoral ship of Jim Torrey who is now running for re-election as Mayor when he was unseated by Progressive Candidate Kitty Piercy in a runoff election this November. Kitty is fighting to remain Mayor, and Jim Torrey is fighting to reclaim the seat.

Torrey is a supporter of the Bush Administration's policy on torture and he is a Republican who is trying to pain himself an independent Green candidate...what a joke.

The United Nations has declared that Tasers are Torture....what do you think?
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17 responses // Peaceful protester in Eugene, Oregon tasered, punished and tortured

  • When will these sorts of crimminal acts, perpetrated by 'good ole boy' crooked police, be stopped..? With enough exposure, perhaps, soon, we'll see more change for the better...

    Though, it used to be a lot worse, in some areas of the country..(i.e. Mongomery, AL in the 60's) that's still no excuss...
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    PlatoTacius
  • And residents of Eugene seem to act like such progressive thinking individuals. Very, Very strange. And in Ken Kesey square too.

    Oh, yes, and by the way. Lets look into pesticides, too. They are poison. In the air they really do amount to poison in the face. The kid's statement was not much of a threat as just a rhetorical question of the police's preferences. And no. I don't want poison in my face, or in the police's face either. That's why we need to control and limit pesticides.
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    jahbini
  • Constitution? Sorry, no such thing. It's all an illusion to keep us complacent.
    Egnatius212
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  • Under Progressive candidate Kitty Piercy as Mayor this past year....

    We have been dealing with the police here by voting in an independent police auditor and a human rights committee staffed by ordinary citizens who have the right to review all the complaints and call witnesses and issue opinions.

    It is a start to holding the local police accountable.
    jubal
  • Bravi, accountability, as it should be...
    PlatoTacius
  • SIGN OF THE TIMES.
    keithponder
  • I was tasered at a protest as I laid prone in a non threatening position with no weapons or verbal threats coming from me. I could never understand WHY they did it, but they did. Yes, it IS torture...they tased me several times, or should I say several sorties...after the first sortie there was no moving at all...it takes alot outta ya.
    >>POLICE STATE..WATCH OUT FOR BLACKWATER..THEY'RE TRAINING FOR THE USA THEATER OF WAR!!!<< My guess...Bush is going to proclaim a state of emergency for the nation and withhold the elections and take another term. Its going to cause much upset in the USA....just a guess!
    WorldPeaceTV
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  • Europeans observing the USA often say that nothing seems to have really changed since the Wild West days.
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    Vierotchka
  • Thanks Viero,
    However, my opinion of Europeans is not very high due to their extreme alcohol consumption, on a 24 hour daily basis, and their general lack of knowledge about middle/small town America. It seems that their main reason for living is watching the "footies" on the "tele", while consuming huge quantities of beer/liquor, and making fun of anyone with a different team affiliation or from another country, state, parish, village, or farm. Of course after getting staggering drunk they crawl down the lanes attempting to fight anyone that may be capable of raising a fist or eyebrow! No problems with showing up for work the next day, because, heaven forbid that they can be sacked. So after living and working with these wonderful chaps for many years, I respectfully decline to honor their opinions. One more thing, has soap and deodorant not been marketed in Europe? Because everyone there seems to have a body odor problem.
    MoonLoon
  • It seems you have a totally warped image of Europeans - you broadbrush them all with attributes that can only be applied to a tiny minority. Soap and deodorants sell as much as they do in the USA, and most people here don't smell half as bad as Americans.

    However, your description fits most Americans - I think you have been confusing Europe with the USA. Most Americans cannot point out Europe on a map, most Europeans can point out every country in the world on a map. So much for lack of knowledge, eh?
    Vierotchka
  • I'm just commenting on my own personal experiences, working and traveling in Paris, London,Aberdeen, Malaysia, Nigeria, Angola, Amsterdam. I will confine my comments to Europeans outside of Africa/Asia.

    They do not bathe on a regular basis, they drink to excess, curse like sailors, will not work long hours, and are possessed with an amazingly unearned superiorty complex. And cannot make a business profit if handed the keys to the safe. And are hated through out their former colonies. I have reserved a few comments. Cheers!
    MoonLoon
  • That's a mountain of bullshit, and you konw it, MoonLoon.
    Vierotchka
  • I would not say a mountain, a molehill, maybe! So which part do you not agree with? I am mostly exposed to English, Scottish, Croatian, and French, so I can only comment on their habits. I'm sure that other European's do not share these same attributes.
    MoonLoon
  • I don't agree with any of it. I live next to France and often go there. I've been visiting France for various reasons for the past 60 or so years. France has one of the largest soap and perfumes (including deodorants) industries in the world, and it is a lively and thriving market in France.

    For sure, some English men and women are prone to over-drinking, as are Scotsmen and Scotswomen, Scandinavians, and Americans just as much.

    The world's champions of superiority complex are without contest the Americans.

    As for cursing, the French and the English do indeed curse as much as do Americans. So what?

    As far as making fun of people from other villages, towns, regions and countries is concerned, Americans excel at that. In fact, they go much further than just make fun of such people, regrettably.

    All Europeans do indeed work less than Americans and have a minimum of five weeks holidays - this makes for stability and reduces absenteeism, and maintains the physical and mental health of the workers. That's something America ought to emulate - there would be more jobs and far fewer crimes, and much less violence. As it is, America is the world's champion for criminality and has the world's highest prison population.

    As for business profits, the healthy state of the European economies show that they do have a flair for profits, whereas if they make less profits than do Americans, it is because they have more honesty, integrity and morals than do American businessmen, and are less prone to exploit the poor or pillage other countries than are the Americans.

    Your transitional and short meetings with a handful of Europeans do not give you a scintilla of an iota of ability to judge the whole population of a whole continent.

    America lags at the bottom of the list of the quality of life, political stability, level of education, etc., etc., of industrialized countries. "Best country in the world" is a typical American magical thinking phenomenon and paradigm, based on illusion.
    Vierotchka
  • Abuse of power? In America? No... Can't be.
    everydayxangels

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