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SquattingMarmot
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28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady
#7436861 - 09/21/07 02:25 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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In the early afternoon of September 8, 2005, police encountered Fouad Kaady shortly after he was in an accident that left him in shock and bleeding, burned over much of his body. Rather than calling for medical help, the police commanded him to lie on the pavement, even though they could see the burned flesh hanging from his body, and even though they said he appeared to be "in a catatonic state." When he did not comply with their orders, but instead continued to sit on the ground in a daze, they tasered him repeatedly. And then, they shot him to death.
In a report that was typical of the corporate media's response to this killing, Channel 8's ever-mealy-mouthed Kyle Iboshi held up a wad of papers left over from the "investigation" into the death, saying, "you can see how extensive this investigation was." He then commenced to highlight (literally, with a yellow highlighter pen) what he claimed to be the relevant details of the case. Not surprisingly, Iboshi was very selective in what he chose to focus on. He accepted, without question, everything that the PIO had told him to say. He never asked a single question about why two officers might have shot an obviously unarmed man to death. And, he concluded his report by implying that Kaady must have been "on drugs" at the time of the killing, as if that might excuse the officers' behavior.
And so, in a pattern of violence that is repeated almost every day in this country, the police got away with murder. So far, anyway. They did so because they have the power and the authority to carry guns and to use them, and to avoid facing the consequences of their actions. And, they got away with it because the complicit corporate media helped them to weave a story that would lull the public into silence. As in so many incidents like this one, they told a story that was engineered to cause people to blame the victim, and accept the violence. No questions asked.
The truth about what happened to Fouad Kaady is important. It's important to bear witness when a member of our community is cut down like this. It's important to stand up for the person he might have been, rather than accepting the media's portrayal of him as merely some drug-crazed monster who "had it coming." It's important to know just how deep the culture of police violence runs through our cities and towns, and just how fist-in-glove the corporate media has been with the police state. And that's why this video is important. Even if you think you know the story, you're not going to believe this. Over the course of a year and a half, Videoistas painfully and meticulously gathered evidence, combed through records and reports, spoke with witnesses, and pieced together the real story. It's much more disturbing than what you might have seen on KATU, but it's the truth. And the least we can do for a fallen comrade is to take the time to learn the truth about what really happened to him.
Believe it or not, this story is told in the officers' own words. And you won't even believe what you hear.
This video is of The Portland Indymedia video Collective and does not represent or speak for the kaady family.
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: SquattingMarmot]
#7436962 - 09/21/07 02:45 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=115654635282841200
And your link is????????
I googled Portland Indymedia. The top story today is about some raid to find a parole violator. No details of any kind given, just this type stuff:
"FUCK the portland police. FUCK them. When did we grant them authority to do this to people? Did they just take it somewhere along the way??? Well let's take it BACK.
FUCK THE PORTLAND POLICE.
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU to each and every fucked up pig who was out there tonite, and every fucking one of you who has EVER drawn a weapon on an unarmed, innocent human being (or other animal) EVER. FUCK you."
Brilliant. And ever so believable. http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/09/365518.shtml
Take your stupid shit someplace else. And dipwad Kaady?
http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=115654635282841200
Oh well.
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SquattingMarmot
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: zappaisgod]
#7437026 - 09/21/07 02:59 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Please keep this thread relevant to the Kaady case. I don't care about bullshit you found on some website. The information in my first post is taken directly from the youtube videos website.
If you had actually taken the time to watch the videos, you would have realised that your links to the "Kaady Files" were actually referenced and proven to be misleading and biased. Oh, but thats right, you don't actually watch youtube videos, yet you always have some loudmouthed opinion about what you think they might be about.
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: SquattingMarmot]
#7437735 - 09/21/07 06:10 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: SquattingMarmot]
#7438137 - 09/21/07 08:16 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: SquattingMarmot]
#7439386 - 09/22/07 06:11 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
SquattingMarmot said: In a report that was typical of the corporate media's response
The second I read that I knew that this piece was written by an incredibly biased Lefty.
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: RandalFlagg]
#7439794 - 09/22/07 09:03 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Which is why I included a little quotation. Meanwhile, the other link I provided (as opposed to the Marmot, who provided no link, just videos) came from a newspaper and seemed to be reasonably written.
Too bad for Mr Kaady. Seems like he lost his mind somewhere. Ramming a car from behind at high speed is attempted murder. Maybe they could have tased him.
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: zappaisgod]
#7440388 - 09/22/07 12:39 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
zappaisgod said: Which is why I included a little quotation. Meanwhile, the other link I provided (as opposed to the Marmot, who provided no link, just videos) came from a newspaper and seemed to be reasonably written.
Too bad for Mr Kaady. Seems like he lost his mind somewhere. Ramming a car from behind at high speed is attempted murder. Maybe they could have tased him.
What do you mean "they could have tased him"? They fucking did tase him, multiple times. Jesus, you don't tase a burn victim.
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Re: 28 seconds: The Killing of Fouad Kaady [Re: Lily_Morgan]
#7440431 - 09/22/07 01:00 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I was being facetious in reference to the other taser threads. The taser didn't work or kill him. They ended up shooting him.
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