Medieval Repression in Venezuela, exposed via Twitter
As good friend Joe Lima wrote in the email he sent with this photo, "The iron claw, la garra de hierro. Ruthless commie SOBs are not going to get away with this."
No, Joe they are not.
I thank God every day for the power of the Internet.
View photos of the injured Venezuelan protesters on Fox News, and spread the word.
Update: Instapundit link. Thanks! Just like the oppressed bloggers in Cuba, public exposure is the only protection these protesters have against government brutality, please help spread the word however you can.
Yes, Ziva, Thank God for the power of the Internet, since we can't rely on "our newspapers of record" like the New York Times [that claim to "print all the news that worth to print"] to print a photo like this one!
That is an absolutely outrageous photograph. I pray to God that Chavez is deposed soon, very soon!
[...] MEDIEVAL REPRESSION IN VENEZUELA, exposed via Twitter. [...]
Possible dumb question: What would that "Iron Claw" be used for? Do you swing it in a circle and stab people ?
Mr. Mojito, I believe they were used on a persons back.
Well of course this will be well covered by the MSM..outrage by all registered Democrats the Zero Admin.
"THey won't get away w/ this". Looks like they have, and that's why I advocate a "take no prisoners" approach when it comes to commies, both HERE and abroad. I'd exterminate them like the vermin that they are.
Mojito,
Given what the thing looks like, Im not sure I want to know how it's used.
The Miami Herald has used reprehensible photographs placed on internet by Puerto Rican doctors in Haiti to replace this item
[...] The iron claw, la garra de hierro. Ruthless commie SOBs are not going to get away with this.”... [...]
I just learned that the "official" name for the iron claw, as used by the Venezuelan National Guard, is the Garrampiño, and evidently Chavez is quite upset about the coverage its use is receiving in the international press which, he complains, is giving the impression that he is a "bloody tyrant." There is a video of his complaint at that link.
Poor Hugo! No one understands him.
Lo que me importa es la PATRIA de Bolivarrrrrrrrrrr! (cue applause sign)
Hugo G. Chavez. What a dolt.
[...] One Venezuelan blogger pointedly asked, “How many forms of torture can you count on this picture … I count at least three: the fingers in the eyes, the breaking wrist and the humiliation of having to hold tight to your own clothes. And who knows how many others we can count, starting with the image of this armored cops and whatever they did to this kid. Amnesty International is taking notice. The numbers of government expressing their concern keeps growing.” [...]