Ricky didn’t like the Occupy Tacoma protesters at his speech in Tacoma yesterday. He called them radicals, called the protesters intolerant, and said Obama supported the 99% over the 1% (though some of the occupy movement members might object to that characterization of the President and Democrats in general). In general, he essentially called the Occupy Tacoma members heckling him scum of the earth.
The former Pennsylvania senator was cheered by the largest public outdoor rally in Western Washington that a Republican White House hopeful has seen in years. But Santorum fought to make himself heard over chants from protesters.
The candidate tried to link together President Obama and the demonstrators, declaring: “They’re fundamentally trying to remake our country into a country that our Founders wouldn’t recognize.”
The Santorum rally, at the Washington State History Museum, was the state’s the most raucous political event since conservative talk radio activists provided a loud bump in the 1994 Hillary Clinton health care caravan.
[…]The 9th Circuit decided anyone who disagrees with these folk,” said Santorum, apparently referring to marriage equality supporters among the hecklers, “is irrational and bigoted . . . What they represent is true intolerance, (that) the only possible reason to disagree is that they are a hater or bigoted.”
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/connelly/article/Santorum-fights-to-be-heard-at-a-raucous-Tacoma-3316478.php#ixzz1mNS6l8Pf
Just watch:
So guess what happened? Local news station KIRO-TV reported that one or two protestors were tasered by Tacoma law enforcement officials at the Santorum event and others were arrested. Who gave the order? Why were Occupy Tacoma protestors arrested brutally by the police? Why were tasers used on the people arrested? It’s unclear, but you can watch the video from KIRO-TV at The Raw Story.
Both men arrested were tased after they were already on the ground, according to one witness interviewed by the KIRO-TV reporters. Police admitted to tasing at least one individual. One other woman was arrested for glitter bombing Santorum.
Now ask yourself, if this had been President Obama or a local Democrat would the police have used the same amount of force against “Tea party” protestors? Would they have arrested any Tea party protestors at all for similar actions? You tell me.