December 11, 2011
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Video: Occupy Philippines violently dispersed by Aquino government
Students and other marginalized sectors in the Philippines recently camped out at the historic Mendiola fronting the country's seat of government, Malacañan Palace to call for better education subsidy and to act on the issue of poverty, landlessness, and others.
It was a peaceful demonstration and an exercise of a right guaranteed by the Philippine Constitution. But the Aquino government don't agree, otherwise:
So that you'll know who these people are and why the Aquino government have to violently disperse them, check this video out:
The Philippine National Police were so happy bludgeoning and mishandling the peaceful protesters. I was shocked seeing this picture of a lady carried by the hair by barbaric police officers. I found out that this was a 2009 picture of a protest also in Mendiola.
This is how the protest dispersal looked like:
It should be remembered that on January 22, 1987, barely a year after the famous Aquino matriarch, Corazon C. Aquino, came into power by virtue of the people's mandate through the 1986 peaceful revolution, 13 farmers were killed by the Aquino administration while on a peaceful demonstration in Mendiola. Around 3,000 farmers joined in that demonstration demanding from the President Cory Aquino to fulfill her promise of agrarian reform. They were returned with gunshots. (More, here).
Looks like Noynoy Aquino is keeping the legacy of her mother, Cory Aquino. A legacy of violence, most notably for violent dispersal of peaceful protests in Mendiola Street. The Aquinos and their infatuation with Mendiola, it's just too disturbing.
(Source: Pinoy Weekly | Photo credit: Occupy Philippines and Pinoy Weekly | Video credit: Tudla Production)
Comments (14)
Banners with their poles served two purposes. A long stick is more dangerous than a police baton. (that's why one police man took the pole/banner)
The first video showed the crowd chasing the firemen away and spraying the fire truck with their own water.
There were a lot of mediators. Kudos for them for preventing more violence.
There were a lot of cameramen. I suppose this protest got a lot of photo coverage since we are watching a video.....
Land reform is difficult. Especially since there is a lot of money exchanging hands.
Middle East, America, Russia, Southeast Asia... this is a war that has been coming for a long time. It is sad that the ones who tried to mediate peacefully were ignored because now it is coming down to blood thirsty people who want justice for the economical and political injustices that some have experienced all their life. This kind of world crisis will take a long time to recover from. It is time for the governments to stand up for the rights of the working class or this will get much worse.
It's always so terrifying to see how our states can stomp over the most basic and inherent rights of people and get away with it. So sad and scary.
That is very sad and horrible! What the government did!
Very sad and it is happening all over the world.
People are so cruel.
@PPhilip - I was able to join in one protest that went bad,,, it was so scary... we were protesting right in front of the Malacanang Palace and the police were grabbing at people like they don't experience pain or anything... good thing they didn't use their guns... guns should be prohibited in situations like this where there are a lot of antagonizing happening...
@hesacontradiction - sometimes these protests make us think for whom our leaders really serve - the people or the corporations...
@xXxlovelylollipop - a French-Canadian friend told me that some police people like these stuff because it allows them to bludgeon people... he said that in his place, some police are so brutal that they even gang up on people who's not doing anything... I was speechless... he said it happens...
@DraculVanHelsing - decision of people in government
very undemocratic 
@Grannys_Place -
all we can do is share our positive thoughts and let their struggle be known, hoping that those who commit these atrocities still have a conscience 
@PrincessDiyanaAleeya - sad... so sorry you have to see this...
people can be good too... you are good 
But how many protests really work in the Philippines? You also have to determine if the government is on the cusp of deciding how to do things and if government really is bribed or sincere. Good luck on that determination.
@PPhilip - I honestly don't know... protests have become a common thing that people no longer feel sympathy for the protesters, rather they feel irritation that these protests are making them arrive late for work or for their appointments... its really sad... people are becoming apathetic because its just so common...
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