Media Blackout in Miami: Right of Free Speech Attacked, Again.
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...the right of the people peaceably to assemble...
- First Amendment of the US Constitution

I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
-Patrick Henry


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Further proof that the Internet has replaced the major media as THE serious source of news, you don't know what happened in Miami last month if you only read the papers or watch the 6 o'clock follies. You don't have to agree with what the thousands of protesters were saying (I happen to, they were protesting a conference on FTAA, aka "son-of-NAFTA".) But they were peacably assembled, exercising the "freedoms" that George Bush says we are now fighting for, and they got their heads bashed. Some freedom. This time we have pictures of the police provocateurs who are always present at these things, starting the violence, kidnapping organizers off the street, and other mean, nasty, and un-American things.

Here is an undercover snatch squad in Miami. You can tell they are undercovers because they always dress so silly. Here are more shots of the undercovers.

Beating and arresting peaceful protesters is becoming a regular thing in America, but it never makes much news. Republican Convention 2000 comes to mind, as does Seattle November 28 '99, and a 1000-person December 8, 2001 rally for an Amnesty International-declared political prisoner in Philadelphia (yes, Martha, AI says there are political prisoners in America.) The list is long.

Be warned the footage of Miami last month may be upsetting. Watching Darth Vader-clad cops shooting rubber bullets at peaceful people should be. A note on FTAA, which stands for the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. If you have seen your job go overseas, or if you are under-employed because white collar jobs are now going to places like Russia and China, where they kill if you try to start a union, these patriots were fighting for YOU. But whatever your issue, gun owner's rights, pro-abortion, anti-abortion, the following work shows your right to stand and say your piece is now contingent on how the powers like what you are saying.

BIG Question - The "architect" of the "Miami model" of free speech repression, Miami police Chief John Timoney, has been hired by the Democratic National Committee to provide "security" for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Boston. After Miami he praised his cops for showing "remarkable restraint." Why aren't Democratic politicians, from Boston Mayor Tom Menino on up, demanding the DNC fire this thug? Showing a talent for lying to rival his brother's, Jeb Bush said "sincere protesters, who marched to Miami to express their concerns about FTAA, were afforded the respect and protection of the community. Those who engaged in criminal activity were arrested accordingly to secure a safe environment for the majority on both sides of the FTAA debate." The following is a compilation of videos and photos found on the indymedia websites. All credit to the brave folks who captured the truth.

Video: Unprovoked pepper spraying.
Video: Cops go wilding
Video: Police use tazer stun gun on peaceful woman
Video: American War Zone
Protesting the unlawful arrests on thurs, a large group gathered at the miami jail. Walking backwards chanting 'we are dispersing' the cops surround, tackle and assault a group of unarmed US citizens. Note: this is a 20 MB download, unfortunate if you don't have broadband, but well worth it. This footage is unbelievable.

Photos:
Police infiltrators behind police lines
Wacko Anarchist?
Are we in Bagdhad or America? Armored personnel carriers
Inside the conference: US trade Representative Zollick seals the deal
That'll learn 'em
A beautiful sight
Police marching into position
No comment
Hands
Police fire teargas and rubber bullets into crowd
Police fire paintballs with pepper spray
Nikki praying
Nikki shot in the back
Protesters man barricades
Steel workers call for congressional investigation into Miami
Woman in red
Helicopters over Miami
Miami Chief of Police Timoney
Miami News 7 Report