> 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
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