Police brutality on wheels
by Allen Hines Jody McIntyre, a 20-year-old activist and blogger with cerebral palsy, joined the ongoing student demonstrations in London. On Dec. 8, he says, police struck him on the shoulder with a baton and twice that day dragged him from his wheelchair. A fellow activist caught the second incident on a cell phone. The video, which sparked a police investigation, garnered media attention. Several British activists have been struck with batons and otherwise roughed up by police. Alfie Meadows, [...]
