Vietnam war veteran, longtime peace activist, and frequent noon-hour singer Will Williams, aged 70, fell on his back down a marble staircase while in handcuffs after being arrested by four Capitol police officers in Madison WI on Thursday. Ignoring standard first-aid procedures against moving anyone with a potential back injury, the officers instead spent several minutes "assisting" the still-handcuffed Williams to his feet. As Williams was being led to the elevator in obvious pain, he looked Capitol Police Lieutenant Bob Sloey in the eye and told him, "If you had left your damn blood in Vietnam you’d be standing up for rights too instead of this bullshit." In a radio interview Friday, Williams said "I wasn’t doing anything, I wasn’t even singing. I was standing there with my sign on my feet. I don’t know if I was pushed or what, my feet went out from under me." He added, "I’ll be back at the capitol as soon as I’m able to. They can knock me down but they can’t keep me down. I bled for those rights and I will not surrender to this administration." Will Williams was featured in the award-winning documentary "The Good Soldier" which explores the personal dimensions of war as experienced by the soldiers themselves. In the film Williams talks about how over 40 years later he is still healing from the dehumanizing effects of being a trained killer for the U.S. government.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 16:43:57 +0000
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