Wow what is happening to America, so much for freedom of anything. Something dark is happening to America. Land of the free.....?

Yep Free america. Stuff that i'm staying in Australia

"My country,' tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing..."

Damn America, you scary.

#(removed comment) not the cop's reaction though !

Don't TASE me bbro!

Ok, now it's official - they're stupid. Not the ones arrested for... what were they arrested for? For moving? Or...? Geez!

This country has fallen so much and will continue to fall. Yes, a subjective statement, but if you look at the social, political, economic trends and facts you will come to the same conclusion. I don't want this to be a long post, but ask your parents to remember the USA of 20-30 years ago.

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is why I will never visit America.

Wait what? Is it real????? I thought it was jokes?

To all Americans...... GL HF.

F*ck the police

I haven't logged in to my account in ages, but I felt the need to comment on this one. I don't believe this is real! If it is real then sometime in the next couple days we will see a lawsuit regarding this. Those "park officers" can't put anyone in prison anyways. Time will tell for sure, case closed.

no fake: http://abcnews.go.com/US/park-police-investigate-arrests-dancing-jefferson-memorial/story?id=13720498

"The dancers were protesting a January 2011 decision by a federal judge who'd ruled that dancing quietly at the memorial was an illegal demonstration and not an expression of free speech. "

an illegal demonstration. yes, right.
it is a shame that your government is so small minded
i bet they were republicans, unable to make any ethic decision.
their next step seems to be an economic death for their whole contry..

at least the cop's didnt kill someone ( this time ) and then they still say that countries like Iran are bad.........

Well the Russian Today (RT) news are know to be anti-US. My personal opinion: I don't know whats happening in this video to make a correct judgment. There is a very thin line between freedom of action and impunity.

Next come the pills. Keep you from dancing and thinking too straight !

#13 - Republicans? Sorry, Washington D.C. is almost completely Democrats.

Jefferson Memorial or not, usa is looking more like a nazi regime everyday.
seems they are at war with their own people, and everyone else on the planet.
such a shame, for a once great country.

Ha ha hahahaha ...
The war on drugs - LOST
The war on terror - FAKE
The war on dancing - IN PROGRESS

"Dancing confirmed, Dancing is confirmed... Light them up" - A130 drone launches Hellfire missiles on dancers.

Anyone read the book 1984 by George Orwell. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

A fine line between fiction and real life USA.

When I was a child US was my "dreamland" because of the US series and the relatives I had there. I visited US in 1994 when it was still pretty OK. Then I was wondering if the next visit would be worth letting them sticking their finger into my ass, possibly letting my notebook,thoroughly searched at the security check, etc. Having watched the news for the last couple of years I am pretty sure that US has started it's fail some time ago already. So, why not see Australia or New Zealand instead?

Mister Jefferson would facepalm the fuck out of people saying "you can't dance in his memorial". As long as they aren't breaking stuff or harassing other people, let them fucking dance.

And those park officers are a bunch of drones just blindly following "the law".

#18. LOL. So you don't understand the difference between having a dance and having a shit? Do you get invited to many parties???

Ha Ha. Reminds of my time at university when guys would stir up trouble in the hope of being arrested 'cos that was proof that things are unfair. Yeah, go to a memorial and act like a bunch of jerks 'cos its your "right" and if anyone take sany action then its a police state. I am Australian and laugh at people's comments that Iran is freer than the US. Grow up and smell reality!

Being told what to do and not to do in such a ridiculous fashion, widespread access to firearms, no free healthcare, whole areas of cities in total poverty and so on. Number one country my ass.

And the saddest thing of all is that so many Americans actually still believe that they are living in "God's Country". They just don't realise that around the world everyone else just feels sorry for the poor saps. America? I wouldn't go there if my life depended on it.

Time for a flash mob, 200 man dancing at the memorial. let's see if we can get arrested for dancing silent with no music, (not making obscene movements, not wearing a message on our clothes)

Well, did some reading around and found out some more information. They weren't just dancing, they were organized protesting. They also apparently knew that protesting without a permit there was illegal and yet they did it anyways.

The dancing wasn't illegal there. The protesting without a permit was. You can still dance all you want at the Jefferson Memorial.

Typical anti-American propaganda. Guaranteed the vast majority of countries in the world (including yours), have laws identical or similar to this.

So funny , land of the free my arse , you cant do shit on the streets of america with out some cop telling you its not allowed or your getting arrested for being smarter than him ~!

Since when did America become a communist?

I think one of the Park Police summed up the situation America is in in two words. "STOP RESISTING".

1:50 the fat cop cant bend the arms of the man.

I am an American. Born and raised here. I have been to D.C. and the monuments several times. I have exercised both my freedom of speech and religon at the monuments with the objections of some bystanders. Never have I been arrested or told to stop by the Park or D.C. police even though they witnessed everything I said and did. Note: This video didn't show anything prior to the police being involved. One of the T Shirts said "Disobey" on it. Not a problem but it does show a particular attitude. The caption on the video said "Adam vs's the Man", again not a problem but it indicates something other than a few people trying to enjoy themselves. The comments left by those who admit never having been to America shows you really have no idea what you're talking about. You judge this country based on short videos and the news media, yes, even our own biased media. You no nothing of what the actual majority population thinks and believes. I assure you it is NOT what you see on T.V.

#33 yea but he did take him out easily

#35 You obiviously didn't understand a thing I said. I could care less about what people think about America. That's part of being free, think what you like, just as I do. It would be far more accurate to base your beliefes/attitudes of another Country after having been there and spent time with the population and not base them on media. Do I think everything is perfect here? No, far from it. Have I been to other Countries and experienced their way of life? Yes, Ukraine, Romania, India, Hatti, Ireland, France, Canada, and Mexico. Do I think those Countries are accurately represented by media? No, I've found them to be very much like America in many respects when it comes to the population. Just people trying to get by they best way they know how. Governments in every Country are corrupt, not just America, and there are biased jerks in every Country too.

IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE OR CANDID CAMERA?

I'm a 44-year old Austrian, and my grandfather was an SS officer. The only difference I can figure out between these cops and the nazis that rules my native country between 1938 and 1945 are the blue shirts and the sunglasses.

#37. I understood everything you said. I've also travelled widely. I could reel off a list longer than yours of countries I've visited and several I've stayed for a number of years, living and working there. Sri-Lanka, Spain, Portugal, France, Mexico, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore, to name just a few. Oh and one of the countries also just happens to be the USA. I would not go there again. I didn't like it. I didn't like your bully-boy police, I didn't like your nauseating patriotism, I didn't like your obscene John Wayne gun culture, your flawed Political system which hinges on politicians doing anything and everything to get themselves elected and re-elected and fuck the public. Yes, it's easy to get a false view of a country by just watching a few videos, but anyone with an open mind and the willingness to research a country via different routes, TV, Newspapers and the Internet can, I believe, arrive at a relatively accurate picture. And just because I've never yet been to any country I would describe as Paradise, does not mean they are all equally bad; not by a long way sonny. And the USA, in my considered opinion is way, way down there with the shit.

Do they have enough handcuffs?

I'm Afraid of Americaaaaans....

#40 awwwwww muffin

43 coments, if this had happened in France their would be 4 or 5 coments!

those damn terrorists have received a dose of harsh reality!

#46 Yes and when the police tell you who you can talk to, what you can say, what you can think....well I guess you should listen then too.

Sooooooo, they did something that they knew was going to get them arrested and then act "shocked" when they do?
Stupid people.
Then their stupid friends come in and try to make a larger scene and interfere with the police and when they get arrested, they act "shocked" for the camera guy.
Of course the police reacted the way they did. They don't know what the intentions of these people are, but they know they have an agenda. Is it to get arrested and cause a scene or try to turn it as violent as possible for the camera?
The police have to react as if their own safety will be put at risk.

Those "cops" look so gay with those sun glasses.

So they would arrest kids dancing around right?

Fine line between law enforcement and abuse... i hate this

Well.. if we're making a "In soviet russia" category.. we should also make a "in decadent USA" category.. I can't believe this video..

It's all lies. America is a wonderful place. The cops there are courteous and polite. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019225/Police-beat-taser-gentle-mentally-ill-homeless-man-Kelly-Thomas-37-death.html

What a bunch of fucking Nazi Jobsworths

I better a dollar that they aren't even real Police Officers but Jumped Up Security Guards who failed to get into Police Academy On second thoughts maybe they will be in the next movie of that name

#27 Good!! I wouldn't want to see you in this country anyways.

0:25 What do you think, which is the worst police in the world?

ouch! this is the country that brought democracy to mine? and now i dont know what to fear more - the american or chinese government. hopefully the majority of citizens will prevent the 'next desaster' in their country :/

Americans often arm themselves with phrases like “freedom is not free” and “live free or die”, but most educated individuals recognize that freedom is nothing more than an illusion.
Unless you are filthy rich, unless you can influence the government, you are not free.

So a bunch of protesters allied with Adam vs the Man and Russian Television stage a protest event that they know is illegal and now they loudly act surprised when they are stopped? Stupid is as stupid does.
Americans have decided that they do not want to visit national monuments and be bothered by protesters and malcontents. If this same blatent disregard for the law had been exibited in many other countries heads would have been broken. (Russia,Estonia,China,Venezuala,Serbia,Saudi Arabia)

USA... the police land of free... I mean of people thinking they are free and got rights.

Seriusly your fucked up over there...

No probs. As soon as the U.S. defaults on its loans, those pigs we be on the street protesting about not getting paid, then we can ignore THEM

yeah...I was thinkin of going to states to study...NOT happenin

I hope this is read by the police. Where is your soul, your heart? Where is the spirit of your liberty? Do you tells the employer that you are violent against older and couples who are in love? They dance and kiss? Do you give this power, courage? Do you feel a hero? Are you more manly? What will think your children and grandchildren when they watch these videos. You will not even dare to love. I live in Slovenia and I'm glad that. At least you can still love and tell your thoughts.
Look in the mirror and think: Who am I, what am I doing? Look at your beloved and her whisper: I love you!
I'd rather not do that! You'll become a criminal! And if you have already done, we have arrested, condemned and shut down as a serious criminal, because you committed a crime, which is called love!

Davor

I can see them from my cell. They´re on deathrow now.

Stop dancing everyone, please

I write this all over the world, not interested in me comment that this has happened in the National Museum, that the other provoked. The fact is that this has happened and is happening. Worldwide!
And what lies ahead?

Davor

I'd like to point all the f**ktards to this: http://www.wimp.com/goodcop/
That's a real cop, in America, not park police or whatever. That's a free country, watch and learn. Think you'll see cops like that in nazi-communist dictatorships? Those scumbags are just losers who have nothing to do with there lives.

This is a police state?! Go live in Iran you moron!

#14 Yep, luckily they don't get shot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vUCtOxM-MQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0WTcTzN96s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibSwITK4jjQ&feature=related


No coment!

And I'm Proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free......yeah right, not these days. Still saving up to move to any place but here.

Fuck That Shit!

This should get thumbs down and not up right?

Stupid rednecks - if they wanted to protest, they should have done outside. The place is a memorial and so its sanctity should be protected. Doing idiotic things does not come under the purview of free speech.

If it were upto me, I would have slapped them silly...Kudos to the cops.

Give a former school bully a badge and this is what you get! Puffed up chest, abuse of power, and more bullying! Someone should take away the cops civil rights and see how they like it!

65...what bollocks........he was being nice as they BOTH used to be marines, do you have any idea what that means.

and if there was no cam being pointed at him it may have been a different story.

and....what if the guy wasn't white?

It is disconcerting to see an overreaction by park cops who swear to uphold the constitution but the real culprit is the United States justice system. Of all places to deny someone their 1st amendments rights, the Jefferson memorial, reinforces Jefferson's thoughts that “A little rebellion now and then...is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

One of the policemen did his job perfectly, giving 3-4 "final" warnings before applying violence. Also if they knew it was illegal, bring more people to make a point (and dance). this way youre just an idiot that has a date with the floor.

AMERICA, FUCK YEAH !! ooorr FUCK AMERICA, YEAH!!

FUCKING PIGS

Is that a comedy show or REALLY REAL?!!? ...

ACAB thumb's up! All Cops Are Bastards

Glad they were arrested for being so annoying !! They deserved it and more.
They should have been tasered.

made in USA

"I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Isn't from Thomas Jefferson?