Iraqi Veterans Trampled By Police

By Matthis Chiroux of IVAW

Nick Morgan

Hi folks,

I’m writing to pass along my personal account of what happened Wednesday night at the final presidential debate. Myself, nine other veterans and five of our civilian supporters were arrested during a non-violent action at Hofstra University prior to the final presidential debate.

During the demonstration, Police recklessly charged horses onto the sidewalk and into a crowd of non-violent veterans and civilian demonstrators resulting in the breaking of one Iraq vet’s cheekbone (who was then arrested and initially refused medical treatment by the police) and the breaking of another Iraq vet’s foot.
Please read through my account of the events and join me in condemning the Nassau County Police Department’s egregious actions? and calling on Obama and McCain to do the same, as well answer the questions they refused to hear from us Wednesday.

Here is a link to video from the event in which you can clearly see horses charging the sidewalks and our veterans being trampled: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6062818589753315884&hl=en
Additionally, here is a video containing audio from a wireless microphone in which police officers blatantly disrespect an Iraq war veteran not knowing they were being recorded: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eupU-StpCqM

As well,? here are the links to the Obama and McCain websites should you feel so moved to contact them:

See the following websites to contact each candidate!
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/contact/
http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/

And feel free to pass this e-mail on to any and all of your other contacts. Let’s get this out there and give people a chance to support their troops.

Peace and Solidarity,

Matthis Chiroux