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In reply to the discussion: Cops arrest 80 year old veteran protestor. Handcuffed, his walker taken away. How low can they go? [View all]70sEraVet
(4,584 posts)67. Yeah, just wait till they run out of immigrants to detain!
All of those detention centers and foreign prisons aren't going to fill themselves!
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Cops arrest 80 year old veteran protestor. Handcuffed, his walker taken away. How low can they go? [View all]
Swede
Yesterday
OP
The parade is about supporting Trump's giant ego, not supporting the military.
Irish_Dem
Yesterday
#8
Exactly, the US has fallen without firing a shot. Total silence as the occupation is complete.
Irish_Dem
Yesterday
#17
Everyday gets more absurd. I used to think that I had a fairly good imagination, but........
mjvpi
Yesterday
#3
Yep, that's what the police do, that's why they liked arresting potheads so much
Walleye
Yesterday
#26
The redline of where our rights end appears to be knocking over bike racks.
allegorical oracle
10 hrs ago
#78
This country is going to hell. That man needs to be thrown out on his disgusting ass now.
Initech
Yesterday
#34
An 80 year old, disabled veteran, on a walker, which was taken away, and his hands
niyad
Yesterday
#52
To be fair he wasn't smashing windows and smearing feces all over the Capitol walls.
Tootbsb
Yesterday
#43
Article, video: "87-year-old Gainesville veteran arrested at U.S. Capitol during protest:
sl8
Yesterday
#61
Here's video showing the Capital Police Nazis arresting the elderly man & not allowing him to keep his walker
red dog 1
23 hrs ago
#65
It's so necessary to make sure his hands are cuffed behind him. EYE ROLL. Jackasses.
C Moon
15 hrs ago
#71