[extropy-chat] Police Officer Dies After Brawl With Biotech Protesters

Samantha Atkins sjatkins at mac.com
Wed Jun 22 17:33:58 UTC 2005


Uh, like he died from some medical thing like perhaps a heart  
attack.  I am no fan of this group of protestors to say the least.   
But a charge of murder is not justified.

-s

On Jun 22, 2005, at 9:46 AM, Mike Lorrey wrote:

> Now the luddites are committing murder...
>
> --- Joseph Bloch <jbloch at humanenhancement.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I hope nobody we know is attending Bio 2005
>> (http://www.bio.org/events/2005/)...
>>
>> http://www.nbc10.com/news/4632819/detail.html
>>
>> Violence between biotech protesters and police in Center City
>> Philadelphia has turned tragic. A Philadelphia police officer has
>> died
>> after a scuffle in Center City on Tuesday.
>>
>> The officer, Paris Williams, 52, may have died from a heart attack
>> but
>> homicide is also investigating the case. He is a 19-year veteran.
>>
>> Williams collapsed near the end of a brawl between protesters and
>> police
>> that lasted for several minutes near 12th and Arch Streets. Some
>> protesters were seen being taken away in handcuffs by police after
>> the
>> incident. The fallen officer was taken away in an ambulance.
>>
>> Police department spokesman Jim Pauley said Williams was pronounced
>> dead
>> at Hahnemann University Hospital shortly after 1 p.m.
>>
>> The street in front of the convention center is now closed to
>> traffic.
>> Earlier, protesters chanted and pounded on drums, and blocked the
>> entrance to the convention center.
>>
>> Several hundred protesters had started marching to the Convention
>> Center
>> from 16th and Arch Streets before 12 p.m.
>>
>> Some groups associated with a wave of violent attacks on
>> biotechnology
>> companies said in advance they planned demonstrations outside the
>> Biotech convention center Tuesday.
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