Wheelchair Beatdown
Seriously I don’t know who is worse, the Korean protesters who put the handicapped guy in the wheelchair in the middle of the protest or the cops that beat him down, arrested him, and took him to jail:
I don’t understand Korean all that well so native speakers feel free to make any corrections, but what I make from this is that the protesters are protesting outside a government education office demanding better treatment of handicapped students in Korea. Things turned ugly when the protesters demanded that the handicapped guy they had with them be allowed into the government building to use the toilet. The police would not allow the handicapped person into the building to use the toilet and as you saw in the video all hell breaks loose.
I watched the video. My ??? Why are very young children being exposed to this kind of %^&*.
I didn't see or hear anything about the man in a wheelchair being denied use of a bathroom during the protest. The protest itself was about the installation of a the little toilet seat with handlebars sandwiched between two urinals as a solution to the problem of no restroom facilities for the disabled. Disabled people are free to demonstrate and should be prepared to face the consequences although all demonstrators who exercise non-violence should be handled non-violently.
Sonagi thanks for clarifying, the handicapped toilet in the building is pretty disrespectful towards the handicapped.
What I dont agree with is that the protesters put the handicapped guy right in between them and the cops knowing full well a beat down was coming. The handicapped guy was used as cannon fodder so this group could get video of him getting beat down. That is why I say I don't know who is worse the cops or the protesters?
It's all about spin. Protest groups in Korea like to spin as the victim of police brutality. They just want to get the money shot of the police manhandling a handicapped person. Really, there is no way for the police to win here. They are just trying to keep the peace but their presence only incites the opposite. It's really ridiculous on both sides.
On the other hand, one does have to appreciate the plight of the handicapped in Korea. Things are improving everywhere you look and its easy for the rational to see that it can't happen overnight all over the country but we all know how insensitive people can be and the bathroom between the urinals was just about as insensitive as it gets.