Elderly vet cuffed at local board meeting for asking board to speak up

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dmcowen674

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http://rare.us/story/elderly-vet-ge...-meeting-for-asking-this-one-simple-question/


Elderly vet cuffed at local board meeting for asking board to speak up


All Eddie Overholt did was ask his local mayor to raise his voice because he couldn’t hear what he was saying. That led the 76-year-old veteran to wind up in handcuffs and be charged with disorderly conduct.

The Greenville, Tennesse native was attending the county board meeting with a group of environmental activists protesting a new Nitrogen Plant in Green County, Tennessee. The plant would allegedly be dumping waste into a local river.

“The board met up at the front of the room at a big table, had us roped off, and they were talking so low nobody could hear”

“Eventually whatever they put in the river, we’re going to get in our wells. Knowing it’s a chemical company and a fertilizer company, we know what they put in the river.”

After being released on a $2,000 bond, Overholt said that he would fight the charges, and still fight against dumping waste in the local river.

All Eddie Overholt did was ask his local mayor to raise his voice because he couldn’t hear what he was saying. That led the 76-year-old veteran to wind up in handcuffs and be charged with disorderly conduct.
 
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dmcowen674

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Don't know all the details of this but find it odd that the board sat at a table like this rather than using their normal seats with microphones.

Something smalls rotten and it's not in Denmark.
 
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I agree, you shouldn't be reporting this kind of news. It's very offensive and anti-progressive.
 
Newell Steamer

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Wait, are you implying that speaking against corporations who may harm the environment and people may end up being illegal?? Are you fucking stu,...

http://www.thenation.com/article/175506/charged-crime-filming-slaughterhouse
http://rt.com/usa/160052-nc-outlaw-disclosing-fracking-chemicals/

,.. yeah, our government serves corporations - not it's citizens. In fact, corporations have more rights and protection than citizens; http://www.npr.org/2014/03/25/293956170/hobby-lobby-contraceptive-case-goes-before-supreme-court
 
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Just like here some folks blaming Obama, some ignorant folks down there.

County board is corrupt - One of the parcels of land that would need to be gotten is owned by a county board member who voted its ok to re-apply. He thinks thats fine says he doesn't need the land he's old!:rolleyes:
 
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PokerGuy

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Yeah, I'm sure there's no more to the story, just a vet sitting there quietly who had a hard time hearing the discussion and asked the mayor to speak up. The evil cops present immediately pounced on him for such a heinous act and -- after probably beating, choking and pepper spraying him -- arrested him. Yeah, that's surely how it went down.

Are you guys really that gullible?
 
Oldgamer

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The video speaks for itself.. he simply asked if they could at least speak up so everyone could hear and that is all he did.
 
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PokerGuy said:
Yeah, I'm sure there's no more to the story, just a vet sitting there quietly who had a hard time hearing the discussion and asked the mayor to speak up. The evil cops present immediately pounced on him for such a heinous act and -- after probably beating, choking and pepper spraying him -- arrested him. Yeah, that's surely how it went down.

Are you guys really that gullible?
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There probably is more to the story, however implying that people may be gullible based solely on one article is antagonistic.

If that's your only contribution maybe you should stick to Off Topic.

Newell Steamer said:
Wait, are you implying that speaking against corporations who may harm the environment and people may end up being illegal?? Are you fucking stu,...

http://www.thenation.com/article/175506/charged-crime-filming-slaughterhouse
http://rt.com/usa/160052-nc-outlaw-disclosing-fracking-chemicals/

,.. yeah, our government serves corporations - not it's citizens. In fact, corporations have more rights and protection than citizens; http://www.npr.org/2014/03/25/293956170/hobby-lobby-contraceptive-case-goes-before-supreme-court
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Silly boy, corporations are people so the government is serving citizens.
 
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PokerGuy said:
Yeah, I'm sure there's no more to the story, just a vet sitting there quietly who had a hard time hearing the discussion and asked the mayor to speak up. The evil cops present immediately pounced on him for such a heinous act and -- after probably beating, choking and pepper spraying him -- arrested him. Yeah, that's surely how it went down.

Are you guys really that gullible?
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The story is the board was holding the meeting with no microphones and with their back at times to the audience so few could even hear or know what was going on. MANY people asked them to speak up. The board or police said if anyone talks out they will be arrested. He and others spoke up but guess he was louder.

Basically it was a board that is legally required to hold open meetings not happy people wanted a REAL open meeting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/eddie-overholt-elderly-veteran-arrested_n_5608280.html
 
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PokerGuy

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Jimzz said:
The story is the board was holding the meeting with no microphones and with their back at times to the audience so few could even hear or know what was going on. MANY people asked them to speak up. The board or police said if anyone talks out they will be arrested. He and others spoke up but guess he was louder.

Basically it was a board that is legally required to hold open meetings not happy people wanted a REAL open meeting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/eddie-overholt-elderly-veteran-arrested_n_5608280.html
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You're going to have to cite a source more believable than huffpo crap. It smells to me like another case of government officials (the mayor and council) forgetting that they serve the public, not the other way around.... If the board and the mayor don't do what they are supposed to do to the satisfaction of the people, they should be booted out of office.
 
Oldgamer

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PokerGuy said:
You're going to have to cite a source more believable than huffpo crap. It smells to me like another case of government officials (the mayor and council) forgetting that they serve the public, not the other way around.... If the board and the mayor don't do what they are supposed to do to the satisfaction of the people, they should be booted out of office.
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There is a damned video that shows the whole thing.. jesus. Can someone link him the video. good grief..
 
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PokerGuy said:
You're going to have to cite a source more believable than huffpo crap. It smells to me like another case of government officials (the mayor and council) forgetting that they serve the public, not the other way around.... If the board and the mayor don't do what they are supposed to do to the satisfaction of the people, they should be booted out of office.
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Are you obtuse? The links to other sites are in there.
 
Oldgamer

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In this video if you watch the whole thing they are speaking so quietly amongst themselves on purpose no one in that room can hear them. This is done on purpose, and if anyone tries to ask them to speak up or ask a question they have the officers remove them or arrest them. This is a violation of their right to speak freely and have dialogue in these public meetings. That is in fact what a public meeting is all about. A town or civic public meeting is where the city council or who ever has brought the meeting allows the public to ask questions or err concerns and so forth. They simply didn't want these people there, but they had to have the public meeting by the rules and laws that are set in that city and area. http://youtu.be/cdt4j2XbNgs Honestly I think many of those people have grounds for a lawsuit. They should in fact get together and find an attorney because those council members are violating their right to participate. They arrested that man and had no grounds to.
 
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dmcowen674

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Originally Posted by Oldgamer
There is a damned video that shows the whole thing.. jesus. Can someone link him the video. good grief..

PokerGuy said:
Actually, I can't watch videos on my current connection, I just read the article(s) linked.
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Then you shouldn't be commenting because you have no clue as to what you are talking about.
 
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