Saturday, November 19, 2011

Hartmann: OWS Berkeley - nights sticks violently shoved into their stomachs

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Comment: Only need 0:25 to about the minute mark. The rest is talking heads expressing their opinion, and here at Stick Time no one really cares about opinions, just stick time. So the initial 40 seconds does alright with repeated blows to a large crowd. This video definitely would have been '5 Sticks' if we could have seen some good old fashion overhand stick time, but it was all low blows and no stick time recipients appear to hit the deck.

Cop punches old woman in the face at occupy wall street

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Comment: wow, very nice. This is more like "fist time", but either way it is a solid act of intensity. Unfortunately the video is only good for the first 0:15 seconds. After that it is the usual commotion BS, but definitely some solid moxy on behalf of the law enforcement official. It's hard to tell much about the punch reciever in this case. I cannot confrim if it is actually an 'old woman' or not. This video would have been 5 sticks for more punches, but 1 punch only gets 4 sticks.


Shot by police with rubber bullet at Occupy Oakland

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Comments: This video receives a very high stick rating due to the patented "stick time to video time ratio calculation". At 0:40 seconds the rubber bullet shooting is pretty solid. The recipient of the rubber bullet appears to drop like a stone. It's interesting, because the shot appears unprovoked. I think a law enforcement official on the line just got an itchy finger and let one fly.

Oakland Policeman Throws Flash Grenade Into Crowd Trying To Help Injured Protester

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Comments: This video is pretty good. Although an indirect approach, tossing a tear gas canister into a crowd definitely scores "stick time" points. There also seems to be some occupier carnage and a heat of battle call for a "medic" at the end.

Compilation of Brutal Arrests at Occupy Wall Street Protests

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Comments: There is too much commotion and not enough 'stick time'. Nothing good happens, and an "occupier" has nothing more than a little scratch on his finger at the end. 

Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis

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Comments: The first 30 seconds are solid. There is a real nice full coverage pepper spray of a line of occupiers. The remainder of the video is a bunch of law enforcement walking around with low end paintball (probably pepper balls) guns acting like they are going to do something. At the end the police appear to leave the quad and the occupiers cheer victoriously.




via http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/11/19/police-response-to-occupy-wall-street-is-absurd/