Why we fight: a mother's guide to civil disobedience
Truthout
by Elaine Brower
09/26/06
I was no longer afraid of the big bad wolves surrounding the UN in their black suits and earpieces, or the hundreds and hundreds of uniformed officers from every single police unit that could possibly incur overtime on our tax dollars. I marched down to the gate on 1st Avenue and 44th Street and walked right between the police gate and a police van. The next thing I knew I was flying through the air, picture of my son in hand. I landed on my back about 10 feet from the gate I was trying to get through. From my viewpoint, I could see a huge melee breaking out. My friends had succeeded in walking through the barricade. I could see camera crews, uniforms, my friends, black suits, visitors, and onlookers just running into the crowd. There I was laying on the street with people jumping over me, thinking 'I can run away and no one will ever know!' But I couldn't. My friends, for whom I have the utmost respect, were being overwhelmed and abused by the law enforcement types that were there...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606K.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Elaine Brower
09/26/06
I was no longer afraid of the big bad wolves surrounding the UN in their black suits and earpieces, or the hundreds and hundreds of uniformed officers from every single police unit that could possibly incur overtime on our tax dollars. I marched down to the gate on 1st Avenue and 44th Street and walked right between the police gate and a police van. The next thing I knew I was flying through the air, picture of my son in hand. I landed on my back about 10 feet from the gate I was trying to get through. From my viewpoint, I could see a huge melee breaking out. My friends had succeeded in walking through the barricade. I could see camera crews, uniforms, my friends, black suits, visitors, and onlookers just running into the crowd. There I was laying on the street with people jumping over me, thinking 'I can run away and no one will ever know!' But I couldn't. My friends, for whom I have the utmost respect, were being overwhelmed and abused by the law enforcement types that were there...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092606K.shtml
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 28. Sep, 13:02
