Saturday night - video from my deck

[Ralph Furely]

This weekend was Evolve, a huge three day outdoor festival in the valley outside Halifax... electronic music by night, bands n shit by day.  its been goin on since 99 or so; i stopped going back in 05 i think.
so anyway the point of me telling you this is i stayed in all weekend cuz everyone was gone to the party, and drank by myself Saturday night.  a cpl females were over and just after they left around 2 i heard some yelling and shit across the street so i popped out to the deck to see what was up.  this is a university town, but regardless, everyone drinks.  we have the most bars per capita i think in NA.  some stay open till 330-4, most others are open till 2.  so once those hours hit its non stop downtown.  the bars pour out, everyones shitfaced, most people are young, your bound to have some issues.  this fact i would imagine is fully known to the police here, so you would think there would be a degree of tolerance with the kids coming from the bars.  the cops know these kids are all otherwise good young adults, who are coming from the bars loaded drunk, either walking home or looking for a cab.  instead of being cool ppl, these cops are complete fucking pricks.  its like theyre working on quotas and just walk around looking for someone to arrest.  its pretty gross.  
ive been frequenting the bars here for a long time and have been thrown in the drunk tank many times.  sometimes it was warranted, others it for sure wasnt.  i wont bother getting into those stories right now, ill save that for the next online campfire.  but i see a lot of bullshit go down after the bars.  it would be nice if the cops were cool, understanding, intelligent ppl so that they could deal with these situations accordingly and in a peaceful manner.  instead they like to escalate shit and fight back/talk back with these drunk kids.  which always ends up with the kids getting pounced on and taken off to jail for no reason.  other than being drunk.  if your gonna have bars, in a college town, that stay open late and sell cheap booze, how can the city then turn around and send out the cops to pounce on any dunk kid they see.  well i know how but im just making a point  anyway its gross and it really pisses me off.  this game me an idea, i think from now on any weekends i stay home i might take to the streets when the bars start closing with my camera, see what i can catch.  maybe make a little doc. on the streets of halifax after the bars let out.  not only would i see a lotta funny shit, fights, etc., but id see a lot of gross disgusting behaviour from our cities police.  thats for sure.

i described most of this on the youtube page, but there was two groups of kids arguing on the corner, and this is like right up the street from the bars.  they just got out and were on their way up the street.  as the paddy wagon pulled up one group (im pretty sure the one that was doin the buggin) walked away and the cops just started with the one group that was still there.  the guys that walked away im pretty sure were talkin shit to the 2 females in the group that got caught up with the cops.  so as they got out i think they just automatically put one kid in handcuffs and tossed him in the back of the van, and started talkin to the others.... as i trained my camera just to the left on the two ppl making out down below i heard some more commotion, so as i turned the camera back on the cops this one dick was pushing this kid in the chest, i guess trying to make him go up the street... not really sure.  the kid is yelling please stop a cpl times, the cop pushes him like 2 or 3 times.. the 1st time i missed it but as soon as i turn he pushes him again.  
then he pretty much pushes him in the throat, or closelines him to the ground and pounces on him.  of course the other cop comes over and joins in on the fun.  the kid is screaming in pain as the do the thing they like to do to the arm while they have u on the ground.  they get the kid up and hes yelling police corruption a cpl times.. which in retrospect was kinda humerous, but i was pretty much in shock that i was really watching this from my fucking deck.  
so, they drive him off to the police station, which is about 50 yards away, im sure give him a cpl more jabs as they bring him in and voila, the kids sleep on concrete that night cuz they got drunk at a bar and the cops felt like picking on them.


so, thats my story.  enjoy the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOkZmpsT ... deos_edit2

[mobes]

Wow.....Over here you would've had at least 5 cops on that guys instantly! I think he got a little bit lucky

[Canard]

interesting stuff

[Ralph Furely]

Wow.....Over here you would've had at least 5 cops on that guys instantly! I think he got a little bit lucky

the other cops were probably busy doing the same thing down the road somewhere else  
but yea i know its not extreme or anything, just a little something to show this kind of bahaviour is indeed happening
everywhere.  even Hali, Nova Scotia