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Statehood Does Not Exempt Puerto Rico of Police Brutality #OccupyWallStreet

October 12, 2011 by Raul Colon

Screen-Shot-2011-10-12-at-1.22.43-PM Statehood Does Not Exempt Puerto Rico of Police Brutality #OccupyWallStreet

For the last few weeks I have been observing how the #OccupyWallStreet movement has been unfolding. One of the most disturbing things that I can see out of the Occupy Wall Street issue is that the lower classes are the ones fighting with each other. You can see cops and authorities that are in the lower classes fighting with the protestors.

I have not seen how the Occupy Wall Street movement has affected the upper classes directly ( I am more than sure that they are still playing golf, enjoying there Indian Summer in the Hamptons, or just relaxing at there yachts). Maybe they might have to work from there mansions or Wall Street got disrupted. I really don’t see how those Wall Street executives who are mostly responsible for the Economy tanking having their lives disrupted.

When I started my blog many of my first posts where directed towards the Police Brutality that was being committed against the Students who where being beaten and different to wall street protestors access for food was being controlled. They took away there basis rights just because these students decided that Fortuño’s changes of policy where too much to handle.

Previous Posts related to the UPR Struggle

  • Police Brutality & Unrest in the Most Important Colony!
  • Make the Police Fight Crime not Students!!!
  • Mad Cow Disease Epidemic in Puerto Rico
  • “Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate
  • Sad Day for Our Island – Puerto Rico

From my perspective Fortuño used his power to implement many policies using the people that elected him as Guinea Pigs so he could be on good terms with the Republican Party. A few months ago I published a video which was shared by my friend and fellow blogger @toxic_lunch in which Al Jazeera reports dug in deep to confirm that what Fortuño was doing was to clearly benefit the U.S. Republican party and use the individuals that elected him as Guinea pigs.

Governor Fortuño’s policy has also been one aligned with the local newspapers, which they have control off of silencing the real issues. We even got a touch months ago when Fortuños colleague Pierluisi decided he would try to silence a few bloggers.

Occupy Wall Street Brings Me Memories of Last Year

Last year I saw Police personnel hit and beat the crap out of students who where trying to protect there rights. At that time very few people cared about the conditions and hot these students where being treated not even the local press. They covered it from a light angle and some local bloggers and even outside journalist had to step in a cover the atrocities the Puerto Rican Police Department committed against these students.

 Our Governos Requested Help from NYPD

I remember how the Police Commissioner at one time bragged on how his force was going to be trained by the NYPD when it came to Riot control and now we can clearly see he was not lying. I guess we can now clearly blame those tactics on the NYPD.

Our governor also requested help from the NYPD to help the Puerto Rican Police Department in handling protestors. Now we know why we did not see any improvement.

  • Gobernador de PR busca ayuda del NYPD

I have seen my good set of videos where protestors have been hit and abused and just like it happened here. Similar to Puerto Rico I don’t see the U.S. Government addressing the Human Rights Issues.

In my perspective I thought that since Puerto Rico for the U.S. was only a place where at one point they could test the latest navy weapons (Vieques), Expand their economy (Wal-Mart), Get Cheap Resources, Recruit more service members than any other territory, and clearly not being a priority that is why President Obama and Hillary Clinton did not mention anything about the Abuse of Human Rights that was happening on the Island. I use to be a big President Obama fan but seeing how he has demonstrated to be like any other politician made me lose my admiration.

We found this video thanks to the Facebook Like Page  “Soberanía y libertad ahora para Puerto Rico”

The U.S. Government Appears to Condone Police Brutality When it Benefits Them

I remember some of the ignorant people that would actually say that the police brutality that happens daily on the Island would stop if only we where a state. We can see that is not clearly the case. If they allow police brutality in New York City I am sure they would be more than open to allow it to continue in Puerto Rico (being on the lowest priority list for Washington, DC). We can clearly see the hypocrisy that when in the Middle East there are protestors being abused the U.S. is one of the first to jump in and criticize what is happening in other places. But when it is in there own territory they retreat and continue there days as if nothing is happening.

What will it take for Washington to step in and at least protect those protestors?

I would be more than sure that if they where major campaign contributors those cops would have been fired and the police brutality would have stop.

On the Island I shared multiple experiences on the Police Brutality because are students where fighting for there rights. Now I ask you to not forget that in Puerto Rico we also have Police Brutality and our Government is doing nothing to correct it.

What would you do to make Washington create a Zero Tolerance Policy on Police Brutality?

Do you think those politicians will go against their political and economical interests and put the people which they are suppose to protect in front of those interests?


Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Colony, Fortuño, Human Rights, Pierluisi, Police Brutality, Puerto Rico

Police Brutality & Unrest in the Most Important Colony!

January 28, 2011 by Raul Colon

While in Egypt there is unrest and protests I read how U.S. Officials are asking for the Egypt government to allow pacific protests. I find it absurd that where they have no control they want to show there force but in Puerto Rico the most important Colony of the US they decide  to have no part of it.

They choose to ignore they abuses the local police have against students that are protesting pacifically.

Why do you think U.S. Officials decide they rather ignore continuous police brutality by the the PR government?

Filed Under: Politics, Puerto Rico Tagged With: Colony, Police Brutality, Puerto Rico

Make the Police Fight Crime not Students!!!

December 21, 2010 by Raul Colon

A Few months ago I wrote about Police Brutality when protestors where protesting pacifically at the Puerto Rico Capitol (“Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate , Mad Cow Disease Epidemic in Puerto Rico &  Sad Day for Our Island – Puerto Rico).  Police brutality here in Puerto Rico has been something more common that it should be especially when it comes for people trying to express their rights against pro-statehood government administrations. (Before I read any comments screaming anti U.S. Sentiment I am Pro-Puerto Rico being independent and I have nothing against the U.S.

UPR Rio Piedras Strike

As a son of someone who was persecuted by the Puerto Rican and U.S. Government  (back in the 70’s) because he wanted the Island to be independent I can relate to the abuse committed in the following video by the Puerto Rico Police Department.

When will the current Puerto Rico government recognize that having their police force battling students who want to voice their opinions instead of battling crime.

At the moment we can say that the University of Puerto RIco is one of the safest universities considering the large police force inside of it now allowing other students to voice their opinions.

If you really want to make a difference and help the Puerto Rican Government change their mind on using force instead of negotiation please past the post or the video at least.

It make me nauseous every time i see actions by our police force and the government keeps promoting it.

Let’s leave our political beliefs behind and protect Human Rights!

What else can we do via social media to make the government shift their abuse into a real strategy without using violence?

Let the Puerto Rico police Battle our Crime not our Student! What do you think?

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If you want to stay updated on information of the Student Strike Feel free to visit Noveltica ( Noveltica is no longer online update 04/05/2013) .

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Fortuño, Government, Human Rights, Police Brutality, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Security

Mad Cow Disease Epidemic in Puerto Rico

July 10, 2010 by Raul Colon

More Evidence of the Police Brutality

The Puerto Rico Police Department has a long track of issues with police brutality. For many reasons that can be remembered by many of all circles and ages, we have had one or many bad experiences with the local police department.

This history of police brutality at one point earned some police units so nicknames such as “Gatos Negros” (Black Cats) and “Vacas Locas” (Mad Cows).

madcow Mad Cow Disease Epidemic in Puerto Rico

The reason I titled this post “Mad Cow Disease in Puerto Rico” was if you look at the first video I posted some of the police personnel go into a stampede to the crowd dispersing the protestors it gets to the point that the person filming gets hit and beaten to the point where only audio is available.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzS9Sy

Politicians and Police Corruption in Puerto Rico Bring Human Rights Abuse

This last week many of us were amazed at how poorly the Puerto Rico Police Department and Government handled what was meant to be peaceful protests. I wrote previous posts, but today I saw another video from one of the protestors where you can confirm that the Puerto Rico Police abused their force. You can see that most protestors were only armed with cameras and protest signs when they were hit and pushed out of the protest area. There are many stories related, and most of the ones I read were not too favorable for how the Current Puerto Rico Superintendent Figueroa Sancha handled the situation.

The Puerto Rico Governor took more than 18 hours to make comments but did not answer questions. You can review the video in Spanish wherein various occasions he ignored the press. In This video, you will see many things even when a Policeman breaks a car window. The Superintendent also made false claims of a cop that got shot; later medical records indicated that the cop got injured because of use of excessive force.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OTkwNx

Today the local newspaper Primerahora posted an interview where finally the Puerto Rico Governor admitted partially that there was a use of excessive force. I guess it was his only choice since there was so much evidence contradicting most of the claims of the government.

I believe that the current superintendent should be requested to resign. Let it not be forgiven that Figueroa Sancha was second in Command when the FBI murdered Nationalist Leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios.

Slideshow with Various Pic’s

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Filed Under: Politics, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Fortuño, Government, Human Rights, Police Brutality, Politics, Puerto Rico

“Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate

July 1, 2010 by Raul Colon

170170940_6de1e558a6 “Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate

“Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate

It is Time to Ask for the Resignation of Some Local Politicians

Yesterday I wrote a post titled a “Sad Day for Our Island – Puerto Rico” after watching many videos related to the excessive force used by the police to clear protestors which escalated to violence. This issue was escalated due to the fact that the President of the Senate, Thomas Rivera Schatz prohibited the press from entering the Senate Floor. I read a good blog post by Gil C. Schmidt (@GilTheJenius) on his blog “Problem Defined” and he has a detailed description.

If you read up on @GilTheJenius Blog Post you can read that very clearly what our government has created is a recipe for disaster. It is also very similar to a “Coup de Etat” taking away from our citizens, press, and individuals on the island many freedoms which are bestowed upon us by the Constitution.

What worries me even more are all the comments I read on Facebook and Twitter regarding as leaving the Island as an Option to what we faced yesterday and will continue facing? If as citizens of this Island we do not stand and demand that are politicians do the right thing the issues and problems will stay here and never leave.

For the reason I do agree with artist and fellow activist @calle13oficial with his tweet.

[blackbirdpie url=”http://twitter.com/Calle13Oficial/status/17472375611″]

If we think that by ignoring these issues or leaving they will disappear sadly it has not happened yet.

For this reason I call you to voice your opinions and demand justice and maybe we can start by having our President of the Senate and Police Superintendent to resign.

If you still have doubts why they should resign take a look at some of the videos and pictures on how everything was handled. I leave you two for your own interpretation.

armaq100701 “Coup de Etat” by Our President of the Senate
Foto was published by our Local NewsPaper Primerahora.com

Filed Under: Politics, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Colony, Fortuño, Police Brutality, Puerto Rico

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