Eyes on Fire - All Comments

re: The Oakland arrests

JD13 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:43:24 GMT

And as you reported in this blog...water will not help when sprayed by pepper spray...lol. As for Instone's post...True, there are some bad apples in the law enforcement community as well as other professions, and I'm sure there was more than one joke told about knocking heads with protesters, much like many of the anarchist I"m sure made jokes about the "pigs". However, I think the law enforcement community as a whole was very professional in their handling of this summit. I think they showed great restraint in how they handled the Oakland incidents as well. And for anyone who complained that there was too much police presence, I'd rather too much than not enough. You meet force not with equal force, but with greater and overwhelming force. The end result...less injury to all, and a City that is still recognizable the following week.

re: The Oakland arrests

JD13 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:35:51 GMT

Reporters do have a job to do, I agree. But in this age of sensationalism and 24/7 in your face coverage, I think it's pretty rediculous that a reporter or photographer has to be right in the *** and then whine, (not you particularly Michael) and project themselves as some type of collateral damage in a protest, like the CNN reporter that got a dose of CS gas. If a crowd is told to disperse, and they are part of that crowd, it's not the Police job at that time to tell the difference between "press" and some anarchist toting a camera, nor should it be. I think it becomes a contest amongst reporters at some point to tell a story, much like these idiots down south during the floods who have to put themselves in the most pecarious position to show me that they're in a flood because I can't see for myself that they're surrounded by water.

re: The Oakland arrests

Michael Henninger — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:01:06 GMT

Eyes on Fire is a reference to the start of my career (check out the first posting on the blog). It's the name of the blog, not the posting. And I don't disagree that the Police were out doing their job last night. We were out doing our job too. If we all stayed away when it got a little dangerous, we wouldn't be witness to what's actually happening. I was out there too, no different than the photographer who was maced, and these photographs are the result.

re: The Oakland arrests

Instone30 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:34:04 GMT

The police did do their job dispersing an illegal or unauthorized assembly (?) of people, but journalists are there as a necessary part of our society. Anyone that thinks every single cop is of the highest ethical moral fiber is kidding themselves. I know some who were "joking" about getting the chance to beat down some protesters. I mean really, they have a tough job and that fact should be respected, but they're not all saints.

On a side note, is this called Eyes on Fire because on of the photographers got maced? That's one of the silliest headlines I've ever read.

Edited to note that it seems to be the column name. Seriously?

re: The Oakland arrests

JD13 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:02:22 GMT

I have a hard time feeling sorry for any of these "students" or reporters who feel the need to be in the middle of the action for no other reason than to be there. You act surprised that your friend gets pepper sprayed or your collegue gets arrested. You get what you get. The police did there job, and did it well.

re: Something inexplicable

wmpgh — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:58:43 GMT

I agree ... there's just "something about it" that makes it intriguing. For me, I think it's that the man is so small and nature is so big. The second, hard-to-see man sitting at the tree line in the lower-right quadrant of the shot is a little spooky, too.

William McCloskey

Regent Square

re: Victory Parade

PG Admin5 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:23:57 GMT

Great job. L

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