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https://www.rt.com/usa/388873-turkey-wants-us-envoy-removed/...after the Turkish presidents security detail violently broke up a protest in Washington, DC.
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...after the presidents security detail violently broke up a protest earlier in the week outside the Turkish ambassadors residence in Washington.
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Attacking the small group of protesters with their fists and feet, men in dark suits and others were recorded repeatedly kicking one woman as she lay curled on a sidewalk. Another person wrenches a womans neck and throws her to the ground. A man with bullhorn is repeatedly kicked in the face. In all, 12 people were injured.
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The Turkish Embassy in a statement blamed the violence on demonstrators, stating they were aggressively provoking Turkish-American citizens who had peacefully assembled to greet the president. The Turkish-Americans responded in self-defense and one of them was seriously injured.
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See? It wasn't that bad. After "aggressively provoking" Erdogan-fans, his bodyguards decided to break up the protest by beating up people. And the 11 people they sent to hospital are not worthy of any further mention.
Who makes the decision to break up a protest?
If your answer is "the police", then you are wrong. The decision is up to the guy who feels offended.
Who breaks up the protest?
If your answer is "the police", then you are wrong again. It's the job of bodyguards to leave their charge behind and rush across the street, past police, and to beat up people because their boss said so.
nolabear
(42,009 posts)If it had been a Muslim gang and they'd used a gun or a car or an explosive the outcry would be so loud our ears would be ringing. The intent here is to terrorize American citizens into silence.
Apparently the ones terrorized are the government officials.
Nice work, Tangerine Scream.
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)*Insert Arabic Name Here* , a Muslim was arrested on drug charges Wednesday blah blah.
Who else gets a religion tag by their name on a common arrest report? This kind of shit usually just goes unnoticed because people don't care. If it's not their black son, or their gay brother, or their Muslim sister, or their Jewish dad, or their Mexican mom, then they just don't freaking care.
Qutzupalotl
(14,348 posts)The thugs themselves have diplomatic immunity.
greyl
(22,990 posts)Infuriating injustice.
anarch
(6,535 posts)as if he was hanging out at Madam's Organ and watched some drunk dudes throwing haymakers at each other after somebody insulted somebody else's girlfriend or something...yeah, no. It was a quick, brutal, professional beating doled out by thugs who do that sort of thing for a living.