Huffington Post – by John Stephens
Officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a man dressed as Santa Claus in Austin Friday on charges of criminal mischief after writing with chalk on the grounds of the state Capitol building, the Austin American-Statesman reports.
Video footage of the arrest was quicklyuploaded to the Internet by members of Occupy Austin, which included a press release with the video detailing the incident and the group’s response.
“Today I saw the jolly red elf at the Capitol, cheerfully requesting that children write their wishes for a better world in chalk on the sidewalk. Santa said his favorite word was ‘Community.’ Various children wrote words like ‘Peace,’ ‘Friendship,’ and ‘Grace,’” Occupy Austin’s Lainie Duro, a witness to the arrest, said in the statement.
In the video, peace officers can be heard saying that the man, identified by the American-Statesman as James Peterson, was the only person drawing on the sidewalk with chalk. But bystanders quickly responded that children and other adults were also drawing on the sidewalk and that they had video footage of it.
Peterson repeatedly asked why he was being arrested and was visibly distraught.According to the paper, DPS spokesman Tom Vinger said Peterson was charged with evading arrest.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/santa-arrested-austin-chalking-video_n_2349446.html
“54. During 2011, more than 58,000 people moved from California to the state of Texas.”
After everything I’ve been seeing posted here on Texas lately…….
I have to ask myself – WHY?
Talk about a cop ruining a little kids trust and belief in Santa Claus. But then again I guess that them little kids that were there will hopefully remember what cops do – even to Santa.
THIS F**KING PISSES ME OFF!!! F**KING FIGHT!!! IT’S 30 PEOPLE AGAINST TWO COPS AND YOU CAN’T RESIST AND FIGHT THEM!!!!?? ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME!!!?? This is what I’m talking about. Everyone just takes pictures and does NOTHING!!!! As if taking pictures of cops is going to save the guy!!! WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!!??? FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!!!!! I’m so sick of this shit! THIS IS CLEARLY WRONG ON ALL ACCOUNTS. WHY THE HELL ARE THEY JUST LETTING THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS??? And why did that stupid person just give up??? WHO THE HELL WOULD DO THIS? ARE THESE COPS PROUD? And the female cop looked scared to death and the male cop was old. Are you kidding me? RESIST!! TELL THEM TO GO TO HELL!!! IT’S like 30 against 2 here. WHAT THE HELL???
WHAT A BUNCH OF F**KING COWARDS!! If I was there I would have gotten up in their faces and if they tried arresting me, I would have called on the people to do something like they should be doing. Instead they just stand there like idiots and take videos to post on the Internet and think that their videos would save them in a court controlled by the elite. What a bunch of mindless fools!!
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE WITH THESE SHEEPLE!!!?? I’M FUMING AT THIS!!! I’m a so angry and I know that after seeing this, these cops could go and beat the shit out of a three year old child and the people would STILL stand there and do the EXACT SAME F**KING THING!!! Does anyone else agree with me on that possible scenario?
I mean really. ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME??? HOW CAN YOU NOT DO ANYTHING IF YOU SAW THAT??? HOW CAN YOU NOT JUMP OUT AND FIGHT THESE ASSHOLES OR GET IN THEIR FACE??? HOW CAN THEY JUST LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS??? IT’S LIKE THEIR TREATING PEOPLE LIKE ANIMALS AND NO ONE GIVES A RATS ASS OR DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT!!!! WTF!!!! I wanna yell and scream and beat the shit out of someone for this, I WANT TO SMASH THE COPS BRAINS OUT AND MAKE THEM EAT IT! THIS JUST REALLY PISSES ME THE F**K OFF!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS WORLD??
I have to even wonder after watching this video if the people are just buying up all of these guns and ammo only to give them to the police when the police come up to them and ask them for it. I mean, as Henry says, “if you are not going to use them, then give them to some other patriot who will.” STOP PLAYING GAMES PEOPLE!!! THIS IS WAR!! THE TIME TO FIGHT IS NOW!!!!