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Topic: Police spray mace, arrest Mich. right-to-work protesters |
Police spray mace, arrest Mich. right-to-work protesters
Detroit Free Press, by Paul Egan and Kathleen Gray
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Posted By:hoosier observer, 12/6/2012 3:49:14 PM
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| Police arrested several protesters and sprayed mace into the crowd in the state Capitol on Thursday as lawmakers discussed right-to-work legislation that would make Michigan the nation´s 24th right-to-work state. The protesters were arrested as they tried to rush the Senate floor, said Michigan State Police Inspector Gene Adamczyk. "When several of the individuals rushed the troopers, they used chemical munitions to disperse the crowd," he said. "It would be a lot worse if someone gets hurt and I failed to act."
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Patriot Forever, 12/6/2012 3:55:29 PM (No. 9052268)
Typical union thugs. Nothing else needs to be said.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
TexasHillCountry, 12/6/2012 4:03:57 PM (No. 9052276)
"Police spray mace on Obama supporting union hooligans seeking to disrupt legislature´s consideration of worker freedom law"
There is the correct headline. But then, what else would one expect from the Detroit Freek [sic] Press than the original topper.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TexasHillCountry, 12/6/2012 4:14:32 PM (No. 9052290)
And don´t forget that Michigan voters turned down a union-backed amendment to the state constitution that would have, in effect, made union membership compulsory.
Right-to-work does improve economic conditions and helps workers because it cuts off the money that union officers illegally direct to dhimmicrats from union dues and "service" fees.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
fire_mission, 12/6/2012 4:22:00 PM (No. 9052304)
This makes me happier than Christopher Columbus with speed boats.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
dwa, 12/6/2012 4:22:25 PM (No. 9052306)
More union violence, but that is played down. Of course if it had been a Tea Party demonstration where they were just standing there, the media would have manufactured violence and racism.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dr.lakerman, 12/6/2012 4:40:33 PM (No. 9052325)
The headline is, indeed,isleading. But I like the photo of the union thugs, wearing santa claus caps. That says it all.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 12/6/2012 4:46:54 PM (No. 9052331)
Cockroaches don´t like to be sprayed, do they?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 12/6/2012 5:06:04 PM (No. 9052354)
Union cops doing the Union´s business...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 12/6/2012 5:53:41 PM (No. 9052414)
I wonder if the drop in union membership will be similar to Wisconsin´s. I believe their teachers´ union lost one half its members.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
pedro4, 12/6/2012 6:20:40 PM (No. 9052457)
The cake is already baked-it will pass. Snyder would not have allowed it to come up otherwise and it will happen quickly. The MEA (teachers union)is toast. There is another law coming allowing for unlimited charter schools. Should be a fun month!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
geoguy, 12/6/2012 7:56:39 PM (No. 9052620)
Poster #10, you sound like a Michigander. I hope you´re right. THIS would be a big deal to break the union stranglehold.
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