On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Mark Rickling quoted:
> SEIU RN Dian Palmer Calls On AFL-CIO Head John Sweeney to Review Video
> from Dearborn Protest, Retract Statement Accepting CNA Distortions
Labor Notes editor Chris Kutalik's comments on this:
> Amazing press release from SEIU Int. (the 7th on the LN Conference
> alone). The video released is an odd move on their part as it
> contradicts all their recent accounts of "conference security"
> attacking them. We are shown for what we were: a small group of
> bewildered, yet determined people with their arms linked.
>
> However, their video omits some key elements of the story:
>
> 1. The first few minutes are not shot from this vantage point
> including "the charge", the battle for the doors (both inside and
> out), Dianne going down, and the rest of the roughest moments. I
> distinctly remember video cameras on their part close to the front
> during this time. Where is that footage?
>
> 2. It pans away during the moments when their folks who were caught
> between the lines were striking people about midway through. You'll
> see some of them with bandanas on their brows being let through the
> lines later. One of the larger white guys with a bandana on his
> brow (with a purple fleece jacket) is the one that struck me at
> least twice and the one that others identify as the one that struck
> them while trying to get either forward or backward into their lines.
Doug