just had to add the victims race, didn't you? you're pathetic...

Pathetic?

Hmm, let's see... Several levels of government from state to federal are criminally negligent in responding to a natural disaster that disproportionately affects people of color in New Orleans. In the aftermath, these people are left on their own to scavenge food, medicine and dry clothing- the news media reports this natural response as "looting" primarily when it is undertaken by people of color.

City, State, Federal, and Private law enforcement occupy the city, loot local businesses (yeah, I consciously used the word "loot"), and terrorize the remaining local population with impunity (in fact, with the governor's blessing). The media grows tired of the story- normalcy sets in- everyone knows there's no news in cops beating back unruly inner city blacks.

A bunch of cops beats a guy to a pulp on Bourbon street- is it really a coincidence that the cops happened to be white, and that the drunk guy happened to be black? Is it such a coincidence that these cops just as easily and just as savagely would have attacked some white guy? How many police shoot outs end with white kids lying face down in the gutter?

Is it pathetic to point out the obvious, that segments of our society focus on and use race to draw attention away from the brutalizing and painful conflict of class embedded in our society? That the rage and fear that working class whites (like these cops) feel towards blacks is a sublimated hate for the system which they have lived with so long that they no longer notice how dehumanizing it is, while it eats aaway at them every day? Is it pathetic to point to the pain in an attempt to seek a remedy?

The tragedy in New Orleans- before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina, is the fruit of racism, the convenient lie in the back of our minds, making "right" the true injustice of our society: inbalance of power, grossly unequal access to the resources of society.

Is it more pathetic to point out the obvious, or to deny it because of what it says about one's own willinness to face reality?

I've seen the video, and the elderly black man was the one the police picked on. Everyone else in the video was white.

You're pathetic for not considering that these white police are racist scum, bullies like racists are attracted to jobs like this.

They had no reason to arrest the 64 year old, ex school teacher. They were looking for someone to brutalise. They also manhandled an Associated Press producer, because the police didn't like their crime being witnessed.

Yeah they should have used a tazer on him, since he resisting there attempts to arrest him. However since, most of the people who respond on this web page would find offense to that perhaps they should have just pulled out a large feather and tiggled him into submission. Face it folks when you resist the police they will not give in, for if they do we will enter into a state of complete lawlessness were the strongest will exploit the weak. Perhaps many of you think you would like to live in a society like that. I’m 6’3” and 250 lbs. I think I like your stuff, no police to stop me from taken it, hay that does sound pretty good after all.

1) He only resisted after they started punching him in the back of the head. Its right in the video, moron.

2) Why shouldn't someone bring up his race? Is it shameful to describe someone who is black as black?

3) Tasers kill.

4) I have never had a positive interaction with the cops. They at their VERY BEST cannot help you. Normally, however, they are just antagonistic assholes who walk around taking people's stuff without anyone's ability to stop them from taking it, because they are protected by law. Open your eyes: wherever we have your definition of law and its enforcement, the strongest exploit the weak. So why do we uphold these laws, when they justify the very system of exploitation we were trying to avoid when we came up with them in the first place?

5) DC Indymedia needs a ranking system like slashdot to bury some of these troll comments, which help no one. I like the new ranking system for the articles, can we extend it to the comments as well?

comment 1~true to an extent. he was resisting but not in a violent way. it was passive, similar to what you activists do. dont call names, it diminishes the quality of your comment and makes you look very ignorant.

comment 2~since his race was mentioned, then the officers' races should be mentioned, as well as the producer who was grabbed. give the full story and not half truths, which seems to be the norm for dcimc.

comment 3~tasers do not kill. and to stifle your witty comeback before you give it, many things, which done in excessive amounts or to the extreme may cause physical harm, injury, or even death, especially when done incorrectly.

comment 4~you must either be a criminal or doing something which makes police look at you and question what you're doing, or maybe you're just antagonistic also. obviously, you're an anarchist, overthrow the government and live lawlessly. just remember, you will have to use violence, which means you will step outside the boundaries of the law and consequences may come swiftly and be severe.

comment 5~anti-left comments are to be censored, but yours shouldn't? your progressive view of free speech is very interesting, and humorous, to say the least.

federale

thats excessive force. i still would like to see the evidence you have to back your claims of gentrification and corruption. please provide physical evidence, i.e., photographs, video, audio and the like. then once you provide this information, show it to the courts, congress, or whomever you choose(only credible persons) that can verify it's veracity.

otherwise, quit with the blanket gentrification comments and speak on the truths of the matter. introduce some facts. to reiterate, your link is to a story on excessive force used by police officers, not corruption or gentrification.

Corruption is abuse of power or breaking the rules. YOU ARE A TYPICALLY STUPID AMERICAN. Great education, imperialist brainwashing they give you.

your definition is incorrect.

dictionary.reference.com/search

there's a link to www.dictionary.com & their definition of corruption. part of the definition requires that the subject has committed the act for some sort of personal gain. what did they stand to gain by beating an unarmed, senior citizen?

i reiterate to the ignorant, narrow minded folks who like to insult(or attempt to insult) instead of mature discussion, this is a case of excessive force not corruption.

here's a link for excessive:
dictionary.reference.com/search

here's a link fo force. scroll down to the bottom to read definitions as it pertains to law.
dictionary.reference.com/search