What's the rationale behind Oakland P.D. attacking a US Marine Iraq vet, member of the toughest most elite fighting unit

Um...since when are the Marines the "toughest & most elite fighting force"? Have you seen the guys the marines will take? The bar is not high. Great guys and I really, really appreciate their service, but let's be realistic.

First, the PD didn't attack him. He was accidentally hit by a gas canister fired by the PD at some violent demonstrators. Second, before he shut it down, the dude was operating a website called ihatemarines.com where he was posting all sorts of slander about the Corps and Marines. He is hardly a poster boy for Veterans' interests.

Um.... wrote:

Um...since when are the Marines the "toughest & most elite fighting force"? Have you seen the guys the marines will take? The bar is not high. Great guys and I really, really appreciate their service, but let's be realistic.

True. If you don't know about the Kaibiles, look em up. The US marines are girl scouts in comparison.

that was a politically the dumbest thing that could have been done. jordan and quan can never let that down. they'll be remembered for that cheap shot on the marine for 100 years. if they jacked any other iraqi vet the press wouldn't be so great. but the marines are america's only pure blood and guts / man-to-man war fighters. there are no others.

Clyde Tolson wrote:

First, the PD didn't attack him. He was accidentally hit by a gas canister fired by the PD at some violent demonstrators. Second, before he shut it down, the dude was operating a website called ihatemarines.com where he was posting all sorts of slander about the Corps and Marines. He is hardly a poster boy for Veterans' interests.

He was hit at point blank range by a gas canister that is designed to be bounced off the ground or shot over a crowd into empty space. the point of a tear gas grenade is that it releases tear gas and people run away. They are not designed to cause blunt force trauma to a human being. This "accident" could have easily been avoided by a lobbed or rolled gas grenade.

OPD informants are embedded in the Occupy Oakland Movement. It was a targeted attack specifically by OPD on the Marine. The attack was approved by Chief Jordan and Mayor Quan who were watching 12 video screens of real-time action. Jordan and Quan effectively pulled the trigger on the Marine.

police are cowards...always have been, always will be

99% were bullied as kids and have serious power / anger issues

So effectively what you're saying is that you support the 1%?

not at all... i recognize that the 99% represent a vast spectrum of peoplei sympathize with folks in the economic sphere populated by the working class (like police officers) but realize that any large population base is going to have nutjobs

Wharrrrgarrrbl wrote:

So effectively what you're saying is that you support the 1%?

AMERICA HAS REACHED A NEW LOW WHEN IT'S POLICE ATTACK A UNITED STATES MARINE THE EPITOME OF A WARRIOR PROVEN IN BATTLE TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH THE TOUGHEST STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET EARTH

If the Marine was so tough why didn't he kick the police' ass?

You sir are an idiot.

I'm not a hawk, but all you have to do is read and you will understand what it takes to fight. If you can read, try Matterhon. If you can't, stream Resparto. Your 'mangina will dry up and you won't say this stuff ever again. You'll be happy never to HAVE to fight in a war. I know I am.

Americans want to pretend that drones, robots, and high technology can kill the enemies of the United States. In fact it take Marines to look the enemy in the eyeball to strangle, wrestle, knife, and beat the life out of the enemy with spit, blood, guts, urine, boogers, and excrement sprayed out all over the place. Congress has mandated such for Marines.

You try it, then ? wrote:

Americans want to pretend that drones, robots, and high technology can kill the enemies of the United States. In fact it take Marines to look the enemy in the eyeball to strangle, wrestle, knife, and beat the life out of the enemy with spit, blood, guts, urine, boogers, and excrement sprayed out all over the place. Congress has mandated such for Marines.

Haha -- what about vomit and sweat and pus!