"A dramatic video showing an innocent Californian man refusing to lie in front of US police..."

[Skidmore]

I came across this video some days ago on FB and shared it there when I found it. It has stuck with me and I've gone back to visit it a few times because what this man did was so brave. I brought it here this morning for you to witness too. I could not figure out a way to post the video though, either the one on FB or the one at Press TV.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/01/388350/mans-standoff-with-us-cops-goes-viral/

The video, which was submitted to the Free Thought Project recently, shows a standoff between the man and police officers from La Quinta, California.

The video dates back to late October but has recently grabbed attention of online users garnering about 490,000 views on YouTube.

Alejandro Natividad, a resident of the Californian city of Indio, has himself filmed his incredible non-violent resistance as a police officer was pointing a gun at him.

When police shout at him to lie down on the concrete while pointing gun at him, Natividad refused to lie down because he knew he was innocent.

[cantbeserious]

1. Thank You For Sharing

eom

[DeSwiss]

2. Thanks for the post. It was jarring

- The irony here is that this video has to be published by an Iranian web publisher for us to find out just how fucked up this country truly is. I'm sure someone will be along shortly to tell us all how terrible a source they are to use. How slanted their stories are. And how no one should even think of using them.

K&R

''If we don't fight now, I guess we'll have to be kicked.....''

[brucefan]

3. I'm not here to do that.

But I found some of the comments disturbing.

[DeSwiss]

8. The disturbances have just begun.

[justiceischeap]

9. Actually, if you do a quick Google search for Alejandro Natividad

you'll see that this has been making the rounds on the net since October.

[Enthusiast]

4. K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations!

Come on, people! Recognize the stupidity of these power abusing cops. Recommend this post.

[mtasselin]

5. Balls

This man has some balls I will give him that. So glad he stood up to him, hopefully more people will start to realize that we are turning into a police state.

[MindPilot]

6. The comments are enlightening...

Nothing like a foreign news source to demonstrate what the rest of the world thinks.

But beyond the glaring irony that people who live under Sharia Law (as it appears from a few of the comments) declare the US a police state, it seems the general consensus is Mr. Natividad is still alive only because someone was recording.

[olddots]

7. come on kids lets sing the National Anthem

once again Berlin 1933

[F4lconF16]

10. This is what I would call a hero.

I can't imagine the fear he was feeling.

[ManiacJoe]

11. The youtube version from October:

The DU thread from then: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025726922