Reply #124: It seems some dickheads detained her briefly and weren't particularly gentle in their [View All]

treatment -- which (of course) is really unacceptable, whether or not she was seriously injured. But it would be much easier to have a definite and informed opinion if Sanchez didn't have a tendency to tell her stories in an incoherent and over-blown manner. Apparently this incident occurred Friday; she asserts it was "very violent" and a "Sicilian-style kidnapping." But she also says that she was in custody only about 20 minutes and that she was the only one injured; it is only on Saturday -- after talking to press -- that Sanchez says she will head off to hospital. The minor details that she emphasizes (a rap on the knuckles and pulled hair) and her larger claims (kicked, beaten, kneed in the back) seem somewhat incongruous to me. And -- she brags about grabbing someone by the testicles. I was frequently harassed by police in my hippy days, and I'm rather sure today I'd be long dead had I grabbed any of those cops by the balls back then. So my guess might be that some dickheads harassed her; she responded like a jackass herself; and the situation escalated a bit before the dickheads quit

San Jose police officers caught on video using baton, Taser gun on suspect
By Sean Webby
Updated: 10/26/2009 03:06:29 PM PDT
A cell phone video shows San Jose police officers repeatedly using batons and a Taser gun on an unarmed San Jose State student, including at least one baton strike that appears to come after the man is handcuffed, as they took him into custody inside his home last month ... http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13635707?source=most_emailed

Fresno Police Kill 2 Unarmed Men this Week
The Fresno police have killed 3 unarmed men in the last 5 weeks ... http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/28/18627051.php

Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Says She Was Detained, Struck by Cops
HAVANA – Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, winner of several international prizes, said that she was detained for 20 minutes and mistreated by police ... http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=346973&CategoryId=14510

... The agents ordered her and one of her friends to get into their car and pulled her hair and kicked her when she initially refused, Sanchez said. "It was very violent," she said ... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-cb-cuba-blogger-detained,0,5703233.story

... Pardo was released with her and had no injuries, she said. Another blogger, Claudia Cadelo, was taken away in a separate police car and released unharmed at a different location ... http://www.reuters.com/article/mediaNews/idUSN0620636520091107

... Sanchez said she planned to admit herself to a hospital Saturday night ... http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/07/cuba.blogger.detained/

Secuestro estilo camorra
... Yoani, móntate en el auto” me dijo uno mientras me aguantaba fuertemente por la muñeca ... Me aguanté de la puerta ... golpes en los nudillos ... Sólo acerté a agarrarle a éste – a través del pantalón – los testículos ...
http://www.desdecuba.com/generaciony/