Police Crack Down on Peaceful Protestors in Binghamton: Video
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Legal Help Needed In Binghamton
Greetings friends of indymedia..
On Tuesday March 18 a peaceful rally at Binghamton University spilled over onto a local thoroughfare where we 60 or so occupied both eastbound lanes.
As we took the street, police vehicles followed closely behind us.
Our goal was to peacefully 'inconvenience' our neighbors and end the rally at a nearby military recruiting station.
After a half mile or so the police announced that we needed to yield one lane to traffic. We were complying, but then the police became more agressive. We were about 200 yards from the military recruiting office when a free-for-all broke out. Before we knew it students were being slammed to the ground, pepper sprayed and roughly apprehended.
Video Link
http://www.newschannel34.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=070d6349-9...
In all nine people were arrested and we are in dire need of legal help. As you can see from the video the police were inexperienced and used excessive force.
Any help or advice or links would be appreciated.
contact:
schwe(at)localnet(dot)com
Thanks!
See Video Link Below:
