Video: Marine Sergeant Tears Cops A New One At Times Square Protest
(United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas tells the cops to get their heads and their asses wired together.)
After the NYPD clashed with demonstrators at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Times Square Saturday night, an Iraq war vet named Sgt. Shamar Thomas gave the cops a piece of his mind. It seems Thomas, who served with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion USMC in Iraq, didn't exactly dig the way the NYPD dealt with the crowd:
On his YouTube channel, Thomas writes, "I took an Oath that I live by. am NOT anti-NYPD. I am anti- Police Brutality. I am no longer under contract with the USMC so I do NOT have to follow military uniform regulations. I DON'T affiliate myself with ANY GROUPS or POLITICAL ORG. I affiliate myself with the AMERICAN PEOPLE that's it. I REFUSE to affiliate with anything that SEPARATES. There is an obvious problem in the country and PEACEFUL PEOPLE should be allowed to PROTEST without Brutality. I was involved in a RIOT in Rutbah, Iraq 2004 and we did NOT treat the Iraqi citizens like they are treating the unarmed civilians in our OWN Country. No one was brutalized because our mission was to 'WIN the hearts and minds.' why should I expect anything less in my OWN Country."
Setting aside the U.S. military's history of brutalizing the natives, some on the left are hailing Sgt. as an instant hero, with at least one observer elevating him to the level of a lefty Joe the Plumber.
For a different perspective, look no further than NYPD Rant, where one commenter asks, "There is no honor in what? Posturing in front of the camera in a self righteous rant specifically to taunt the Police into a confrontation and when the Police kindly ask you to move on, saying to the cameras 'they scared' is honorable? Listen guy, if indeed you were in Iraq serving our country than thank you but shut the fck up and show a little respect to our uniform and stay out of the street, stop blocking the sidewalk and keep moving when we tell you to."
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Isn't there a video of this guy doing the same speech to an old lady on a subway? And a street cleaner, a dog, a lizard, and a ball of lent?
felixthecat
Regardless on whose side you are on, WE the people have the right to assemble. what right does this govt have to tell us when and where we can walk??? Fuck that. And don't treat people as criminal unless they do harm on property or persons. Stop this bullshit disorderly conduct, jaywalking etc. This is our constitutional right to assemble and All should support our rights.
Dead Himmler
So you believe animals are property?
m015094
Br00klynian is coming off as a complete idiot - conspiracy theories abound. And this is coming from someone (me) who thinks the OWS is an exercise in futility.
section35
Would he act this way without camera's and audience?
Br00klynian
1 day later and no one has bothered to explain what this idiot is saying in minute 4:20 of the video. He is all over the place and if you bother to do the math you will see that he is tripping over his very own words. He also claims to have been discharged 2 years ago and then he supposedly saunters across a video crew still wearing his uniform? WTF! If this does not strike you as suspicious then you are a clueless twit. I just love how he still wears the same clothing on the Olberman show....NASTY NASTY NASTY!
And to drive the last nail into the coffin of this poser's reputation....WILL SOME ONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY HIS RIBBONS DO NOT REFLECT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE IRAQ THEATER OF OPERATIONS? I will tell you why. Because he never served in Iraq....or Afghanistan...HE IS A POSER!
m015094
I already replied to you above, but you ignored it, so I'll repost:
As for the ribbons: He's wearing 9. Even with only ONE tour (he says he has two), that could happen. Pause the video at 1:42. He's got a NAM, CAR, NUC, MGC, NDR, Iraq, GWOT(Ex), GWOT(S), and what looks like a Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbons - although I'm not sure. All in the right order. He could easily have two more if he was wearing Rifle and Pistol ribbons. With the exception of the last one which I thought was for reservists, all of those ribbons are completely appropriate for anyone who has served since GWOT began. I'm not sure why you think otherwise.
TaterSalad
Seems this ex-Marine ( I, myself is one also) needs to "educate" himslef a bit. The Communist Party, and Socialist Party of the U.S. and Van Jones are behind this Occupy Protest with money flowing in from Europe to push this forward. By even giving some bit of acceptance of this protest in the United States, this ex-Marine is giving the thumbs up for the advancement of communism........the very essance of what the Marines fight against. Wise up young man.
Stanleyrama
BrOOklynian.... Does this video PROVE ANYTHING or did they FAKE this Oberman interview and this guy is still lying? PLEASE COMMENT or did you finally shut the F*CK UP? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Br00klynian
Egg on Keith Oberman's face because in a rush for ratings they basically did not bother to confirm this poser's claim to fame. It speaks volumes that no other news outlet has bothered to put this chump on t.v. I WONDER WHY! Wake up already and stop clutching at straws. this movement is fabricating quite a bit of the altercations for ratings. Too bad that their own footage owns them at every turn. The screaming guy supposedly run over by the scooter cop comes to mind. Yet more egg in the face of the OWS movement.
There is no difference between the guy above and the guy below.....POSERS JUST LOVE ATTENTION!
WOW.....8 hours later and none of these so called O.W>S supporters has bothered to explain what this fraud was saying at minute 4:20 of the video. He basically owned himself when he said he was in Iraq with his parents fighting the good fight....LOL!
Upon further investigation those ribbons on his chest do not match his participation of his so called involvement in those theaters of combat.
Dude, give it a rest. It is quite possible that he, his father and mother all served in either Iraq or Afghanistan. I don't know this guys age, but let's say his father is a gunny, or Colonel, or General (he's not, I looked it up). If so, he, his father and mother would be the correct age to have served between 2001 and now.
It doesn't change the fact that he's acting like an ass for the cameras - in uniform, which is just disrespectful of all those that serve. If you want to protest - fine. But don't do it in uniform.
Semper Fi.
Br00klynian
"Dude, give it a rest. It is quite possible that he, his father and mother all served in either Iraq or Afghanistan. I don't know this guys age, but let's say his father is a gunny, or Colonel, or General (he's not, I looked it up). If so, he, his father and mother would be the correct age to have served between 2001 and now. "
Unless this guy is the real Benjamin Button then I can not see how this 30 something year old man was in this theater of combat with his mother and father tagging along under the same or similar capacity......HE IS A FRAUD! And no, this guy stated he just got home after doing 14 months in Iraq so following this rational and the fact that he looks like hi sis in his mid 30's then his parents must be the oldest people in the armed forces...LOL!
If you want to get even more technical please examine his chest ribbons. If you ever served you will see that none of the ribbons match his so so called involvement in the Iraqi war theater.....BUSTED YET AGAIN!
He's 24. I knew families like that back in Frankfurt. V Corp. You're an idiot, you don't know how the internet works, or the military works. You're even making Brooklyn look bad. Your parents must be so proud.
m015094
OK, let's say he's 30 and his father is 50. Plausible, right? That would make his father 40 in 2001 when this all started. As you may or may not know, the last Joint Chief of Staff was 65 when he retired and many senior enlisted are well into their 40's and mid 50's before they retire.
As for the ribbons: He's wearing 9. Even with only ONE tour (he says he has two), that could happen. Pause the video at 1:42. He's got a NAM, CAR, NUC, MGC, NDR, Iraq, GWOT(Ex), GWOT(S), and what looks like a Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbons - although I'm not sure. All in the right order. He could easily have two more if he was wearing Rifle and Pistol ribbons. With the exception of the last one which I thought was for reservists, all of those ribbons are completely appropriate for anyone who has served since GWOT began. I'm not sure why you think otherwise.
you speak too much truth for "brooklynian" to comprehend.... i tried the same tactic, it continues to fall on deaf & STUPID ears, thanks for trying though. They're a moron through & through.... well proven in the comments here alone.
Dead Himmler
It might also be too much math for him to understand.
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