UK protester dragged from wheelchair

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LONDON (AP)— British police say they will investigate a report that a demonstrator with cerebral palsy was hauled out of his wheelchair during protests in London against raising university tuition fees.

Twenty-year-old Jody McIntyre told the BBC he was "100 percent not a threat to anyone" when he was pulled out of the chair during last week's demonstration in London.

Video footage shows a man, apparently McIntyre, being dragged across a road by officers. It quickly spread across the Internet after being posted on YouTube and widely shared on Twitter.

The Metropolitan Police said in a statement the issue has been referred to the force's internal Directorate of Professional Standards. It said McIntyre had not made an official complaint but it would contact him.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/14/uk-protester-jody-mcintyr_n_796444.html


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EDIT: Video at link.

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1. They just dragged him across the street?

Pikers. In the U.S., Mr. McIntyre would have been handcuffed, prone with a foot on his neck, and tased three or four times. We know how to show those palsied fuckers who's boss.

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