In which two of my coworkers protest Prop 8 and fall afoul of the LAPD

[substitute]

We're trying to figure out if they're okay and whether they were arrested.

Comments

how ever can you doubt...

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

Clearly in LA, the Police are your friends....

If these alleged persons need to be purged for reasons of national security, then clearly you should be able to make inquiries with the department of homeland security about starting over again in the New Economic Prosperity Zones....

Re: how ever can you doubt...

[substitute.livejournal.com]

Looks like they're just in a holding cell at Pacific Station.

This is a half-assed police state still.

Re: how ever can you doubt...

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

Blink??? a holding cell? for what???

I mean, seriously a half-assed police state....

Makes me wonder when we can get that part of all of this cleared up as well.

Re: how ever can you doubt...

[gths.livejournal.com]

CALIFORNIA! UBER ALLES!
CALIFORNIA UUUUUBER ALLES!

[jpeace.livejournal.com]

I watched the protest on a helicopter feed. It was pretty dramatic and I wish I was there.

Great shoes all around, if I may.

[handstil.livejournal.com]

We had a protest walk here today. Since you were in Los Angeles, it was just Owen and I.

[jamie-miller.livejournal.com]

Wow. They are actually wearing jackboots.

Jackboots

[torgo-x.livejournal.com]

I have seen this only erratically and from afar,
but: LAPD uniforms and gear only get more menacing every
year. (Psychological factors... oh don't get me started.)

The greatest consolation is that the uniforms
are, as far as I can tell, always black, and therefore
nearly lethal in the 7-month long LA "summers".

Re: Jackboots

[substitute.livejournal.com]

In their defense, those are motorcycle cops and they need big scary boots.

[anaisdjuna.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... running afoul of LAPD does not sound like the makings of a good experience. Hope your friends are alright and that they recover from what is surely a violent trauma both emotional and probably physical. They are brave to be out there on the frontlines protesting and I thank them for that. They are the real troops who deserve our respect and care.

[all-unnecessary.livejournal.com]

Gah, I'm sorry that happened to them. I hope they're not too badly hurt. Tell them there's an ex-Mormon out there who's proud of them for speaking out.

[elserracho.livejournal.com]

this is the new center left america? what happened to the change(tm)?

it is patent pending...

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

and will be released only when all of the underlying Intellectual Property Rights have been settled in small claims court.