ACLU Leader Challenges Arrest

[rucky]

ACLU leader challenges arrest
East Valley Tribune (Chandler, AZ); 7/13/05

By Gary Grado, Tribune
July 13, 2005
The arrest of Arizona’s ACLU leader was caught on video, but it’s up to a U.S. District Court jury to determine whether police arrested her unnecessarily or whether she had it coming.

During opening statements at a civil trial Tuesday in Phoenix, a jury of seven women watched portions of the video — jerky footage from a roller-skating photographer. Eleanor Eisenberg, executive director of the Arizona chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, is suing Phoenix and two police officers who were assigned crowd control for a presidential visit on Sept. 27, 2002.

Eisenberg was at Third and Washington streets in downtown Phoenix shooting a video to document the arrests of demonstrators who marched to the Civic Center, where President Bush held a fundraiser for East Valley gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon.

Eisenberg’s attorney, Stephen Montoya, said the 64-year-old political activist was simply shooting the arrest of a demonstrator when Phoenix police officer Wesley Martin started yelling at her and then used his horse to shove her.

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[dArKeR]

1. Why don't Americans do that? Asked by lyberyl_prygryssyve

Because Dems now-a-days are a bunch of pussys?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=116x10630

[rucky]

4. naw...just the cops n/t

[Richard Steele]

2. what a crock!

SNIP:
" Martin considered her a danger to the officers arresting the demonstrator because their backs were turned,
and when it comes to protecting the president, a person’s size doesn’t matter, Staton said."
...........................................................
So exactly how is "protecting the president" germane to this? Was the president anywhere near this incident? Somehow, I doubt it!

And is everyone on a public street automatically a "DANGER" because a cop TURNS AROUND?

[wli]

3. crimes against humanity

The whole chain of command in this arrest needs to be shipped to the Hague ASAP.

[Voltaire99]

5. Fascists.

What a loathsome assault. So this is what democracy looks like, hm?

[booley]

6. this is becoming way too common

Police arresting peopel for video taping them, altering video tape evidence and in the case of the Miami protetss, reports that police told local residents they wouldn't midn of any of the protesters got mugged and thier cameras stolen.

The cops have not forgotton Rodney king...

[underpants]

7. ".....or whether she had it coming"

Nice writing there bucko

[jayfish]

8. Beat Me To It.

So much for the much ballyhooed liberal media. Oh wait, it's just newspapers. Oh ummm... never mind.

Jay

[lumpy]

9. A danger to the cops?

To the president? ACLU? The ACLU is not loved by right wingers. Hope the jury is not rigged.