WTF is this? The fist pounding is uncalled for! @police_videos @policeposts @thinbluelineusa #FastRepost from @miamianimalsave by @fastrepost_app ••• Cops beating up peaceful activists at today's protest at Tar Heel, NC where the world's largest slaughterhouse murders over 33,000 pigs daily! This is so wrong !!!! 💔@Regranned from @ethically_elizabeth - What you’re watching is blatant police brutality against an innocent man who was peacefully bearing witness to the slaughter of innocent beings. While I don’t have it in my possession, I’ve seen the video leading up to the arrest, which shows the man standing alongside other activists, being singled out, thrown to the ground, handcuffed, physically assaulted by 4 officers and beaten in the face by at least two male, North Carolina state troopers. The second clip shows two law enforcement officers assaulting me, as I filmed the incident. A third officer pushed me shortly after this clip. It is NOT illegal to film criminal police behavior. • Twelve activists were arrested today, two were freed and ten were taken to jail and charged with crimes they did not commit. All were unlawfully arrested. Two of the men facing charges were standing next to me, doing the exact same thing as every other activist present - peacefully protesting on public property, well within our legal constitutional rights. One of the men arrested is a good friend of mine, and a Veteran of this country @xcarlos_yanez777x. All twelve activists are respectful, compassionate people who did not break the law. • Over 200 activists stood in solidarity today, in honor and remembrance of Jill Phipps, a dedicated activist who was brutally killed in 1995 when she was run over by a truck carrying male calves being slaughtered for veal. 22 years later and here we are, fighting to end the same horrific practices, battling the same corrupt corporations. When will this end? When will you stop supporting this violence? Please take a stand against cruelty and embrace compassion in your own life by leaving the flesh and secretions of innocent animals off of your plates. #NoPlaceForPoliceBrutality #ACLU #RespectExistenceOrExpectResistence #CompassionIsNotACrim (at Tar Heel, North Carolina)
