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dole's is on the line with us and john his feet member of the american veterans
for peace the lives of course veterans for peace dot org
and john what at in boston in fact in and john
welcome to the program
well thank you for a red back into its probably enjoy your program of actually
thank you it's a it's an honor to have the on john tell us what happened
yesterday you were you were there
well i will have a guy belonged to beat boston chapter which is made before the
uh...
marine major general smedley butler route
resurrected
it was a references to lead it through this franklin roosevelt when the banks
instances absolutely you you've you've got it down and all right
totally recommend a few biographer e_r_m_ it's just called double dog
and did the subtitle is the amazing story true story of the men who saved
america
which alludes to of the attempted coup d'etat that's how we saved america yeah
and we scared about or at least each get about from nineteen sixty three anyway
so what are what happened to you last night
students are will have a ton normal meeting
monthly meeting and we get a tax we have two people from occupied busted at the
meeting
and they got attacked but the cops were about to move on the display on the
occupied boston
so we immediately a trend that meeting and jumped on the the key and headed
down to do we deem necessary skirt
yesterday
and uh... when we are rewrite uh... there was nothing much going the crowd
pet uh... grown prove much to be contained by three square and were on
the next
adjacent piece of property on the rose kennedy greenway
and we are not flags and we keep we got a tremendous reception by the people in
not much was happening and they were regular europe warm boston police you
know all over the place and they were engaging with some of the people of
people were talking to them
and uh...
we both kind of thinking that it was gonna happened and payroll wastes are
gathering
of the uh...
black shirt it uh... jack-booted but uh... robo-cup typable adding up on one
end of the property
you'll recall that ninja turtles
well whatever i've been uh... but
but here is that we uh... better to the peace all week arms
probably more than symbolic compass some of us especially the vietnam guys are
getting a little on the macoutes bubbly
at least symbolically would cover on the line of resistance against
the because proper although
you know uh... on behalf of the regular people yeah
and they advance there that we have ten minutes to clear the area reduced the
past and then they came running
the gentleman next to me was uh... perhaps cameron who's a dear friend and
coordinator of the group but also a vietnam veteran
and next to him was a young up beautiful john iraq that lady
uh... rachel el nino and they were perhaps the most suppose separates from
the chats we were
you know we were repeating the old that we talked to uphold and support please
constitution of the u_s_ against all enemies foreign and film at st and uh...
you know we have a permit it to call the constitution
opens up pat and rachel was sort of leading the champs and that is there a
ride in on them and they grab young rachel and really meant adelaide
and uh...
but pat my friend whatsoever they'll reach over her and they grabbed him and
also a more away
and then two of them grabbed me
and uh... one by the almond one from my uh... the uh... one by the better as a
piece uh...
structure but i was wearing and uh... just looked in their eyes and ears are
really seemed to enjoy the work
and uh... so i pulled away from home and at that point
well i got hit from behind and i found out where there was a cop but the
government back
and then one of my hit me across the she and below are the nato
uh... with the baton dan another run uh... itni in the mouth with republican
elbow check
knocked out of throwing and knocked me to the ground and than then the whole
day book cop swept over me and i guess they were uh... intent on other people
and i didn't seem to be but with red on the ground so i
by the way they crawl away and uh...
basically escape to there's my world off
uh... missus and that there for about another hour and seeing what the people
who committed this ship pat
and uh... rachel we were two other
uh... younger rack that they will uh... it's name escapes me right now and uh...
another gentlemen um...
tape something or other who is a fairly new member
uh... that we know they were arrested and as of yet nobody friends they can
find out what they are including art carney
slow
is
that the you're asking about limited to the veterans for peace dot org folks and
john niles at you and your compatriots who showed up the arrests were but there
were also people there from the other occupy boston
uh... maps yes that park correct unnecessary to date according to the
local mainstream media in a little can be picked up with a hundred palgrave
assault though but they had sure approximately a hundred were arrested
and we were legal that week
uh... you know provide percent of it
okay john thank you very much for sharing your story with us
when a cucumber all the uh...
fighting the good fight by brent okay you got it and we're going to continue
it and please give my very best rehearsed everybody that is for peace
out there in boston and and and dot my boss and everybody else thomas' despair
we have just begun to fight club
allies the i_n_s_ either the john this is the beginning of the and thank you
very much for talking with you thank you tom leases