Aug 10, 2006 20:58
Protestor shot in head by rubber bullet. While cowering in corner after being assaulted with a barrage of rubber bullets forcing her to drop her sign/shield.
Shield read: "Fear Totalitarianism."
Woman decides not to press charges then a video is released. Assumed that the final shot to the head which could have been fatal was an accident, seeing as she was in a suit.
Content of video as follows: Police proceed to laugh and and mock said woman. Refered to as cockroach.
Totalitarianism: Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed: “A totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to sieze the human soul”
"The officers broke into cheers and applause, and Kallman continued, “I don’t know who got her, but when it went through the sign and smack dab into the middle of the head…” and again, the officers broke into catcalls and applause."