Picture not from the actual event
Police in the small Utah state town of Roosevelt thought that a riot was taking place the first time that they saw a haka being performed.
Rugbyweek
Not knowing what was happening they used pepper spray and batons on the spectators performing New Zealand’s native Maori challenge following a high school game of American football, including a dozen from a single family, one aged 4.
An investigation by the police of Roosevelt, 230 kilometers (140 miles) east of Salt Lake City, cleared their own officers of wrongdoing in the October incident.
But the Utah branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said the police report was “anything but objective,” and noted the police failed to consider a video of the haka or statements from 15 witnesses who said they did not feel threatened by the performance.
Farking crazy Americans…. hehehehe
These types of incidents are becoming all too common in the ‘States these days.
It’s becoming a bit of a police state.
Not that those kiwis didn’t deserve it, mind you, just sayin’
This story reminds me of Teargas Training when doing National Service… years and years ago.
How it worked was as follows:
They chased us down a gulley and up the rocky slope on the other side (commonly known as “Oom Sakkie se gat”), back and forth the whole time. Whilst doing so they would shout “Dekking” every so often, upon which you would just have to bliksem down on the ground… and stay put right there until the command to get up and go again.
This happened ad nauseam, until we were like machines… at the command of “Slaan Dekking” we happily just moered down, too happy for a few seconds rest!
Inevitably the command almost always came right at the bottom of the gulley…. then they added smoke grenades to the excercise… and we got used to the smoke too, knowing it was OK.
Then eventually in stead of smoke grenades they popped a few teargas grenades amongst us…
Well, the training helped buggerall… soon as they hit you, everywhere where it is wet (sweaty patches in the neck, under arms, nose, eyes, throat… you name it) all hell broke loose, with everybody scampering up the banks in record time…
Hahaha
This happened during a particularly serious OPFOK SESSION during JL’s where 24 of us started out, with all our gear PLUS TEERPALE and SAMIL tyres (4 on a teerpaal with the SAMIL tyre hanging in the middle). They had a bush ambulance and a doctor with for the OPFOK… and only 12 of us made it back on foot to the unit… the rest all on board the freegin ambulance.
Jeeeeez, that teargas works you over… but not as bad as the Pole PT though…
@ grootblousmile:
Yip. Been there, done that.
No party.
@ grootblousmile:As with me, favourite was an opvok, followed by teargas thrown into a hanger and locking us in.
gbs @ 3
” ….. but not as bad as the Pole PT though”
..
you were a stripper?
anyway
those kiwis deserved it
why
should they be allowed to do the haka after a game
when
us cullerts are now prevented from throwing bottles onto the field at the final whistle?
6 @ Ashley:
I only stripped for women… in private…. hehehe
Then gave them some Pole PT!
Hahaha
7 @ Ashley:
Flok, one cannot take you cullerts anywhere… fark, all we were allowed to throw in days gone by were nartjies!
gbs @ 8
djy ve’staan ve’keerd
o’s maak siekerie bottels is ee’s leeg voorlat o’s’it gooi!!
9 @ Ashley:
Must be why the cullerts were so good at klipgooi during the riots & the toyi-toying…. had plenty of practice at Boolands in the years before!
The advent of the ‘papsak’ was a blessing in disguise…. not so easy to goooooi!
9 @ Ashley:
Was difficult goooing an empty nartjie…. hahaha
gbs @ 11
“empty nartjie” 😆
jaaaaaaaaaa nê?
#10
watse die papsak was ñ goeie invention!!
as jy klaar is, kannie laaities daa’mieee speel:
as djy byrie strand is, swem hulle daaaa’mieee
as djy erens anners is, kan hulle rugby daaaa’mieee speel
en
as hulle boring is, kan jyrit virri seaaaaat gebryk
EN
dan het dky noggi boks om in op te gooi oek!!
12 @ Ashley:
Bwahahahaha
Jy meen hulle gebruik die opgeblaaste papsak vir ‘floaties’ by die strand… nooit so daaraan gedink nie!
Moet sê, was seker ‘n goeie ding want dit was seker moer moeilik om die papsak te breek, en om dan jou dronk pelle daarmee te steek!
gbs @ 13
noggie probeer om iemand daa’mieee te stiekie
maa mens ka probeer!!
anyway
eks yt
cheers!!
About bloody time too!
Sheesh. From Cops top pole dancing.
Full circle.
stormersboy @ 16
hehehe, we try our best!!
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