In perhaps the most viscerally horrific scene that’s emerged yet from the ongoing clash between police and protesters in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, Turkish riot police were seen blasting a water cannon at a wheelchair-bound protester:
At taksim square. 20:38 police was using toma to shoot water to a person in wheelchair!
— TC EBRU CHAMA (@TCEBRUCHAMA) June 11, 2013
Heart breaking. Just saw TR polis using water cannon on a #disabled man on wheelchair 🙁 #direngeziparki #occupygezi #Taksim
— SibelGul (@Sibellgul) June 11, 2013
These SOBs r sick. Water cannoning a disabled person on his wheelchair | pic via @firatozb pic.twitter.com/XqLSKPlTde #acab #taksim
— Murαt Yildiȥ (@kmyildiz) June 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/KeremGogus/status/344522552103800834
https://twitter.com/ilkeraslan/status/344517850045767680
SCUM. a photo depicting a helpless handicapped man in a wheelchair being water cannoned by police. #occupygezi http://t.co/bk2yDckidf
— Paul Gallantry (@pjgallantry) June 11, 2013
No trace of humanity left in Taxim . Watercannoning a wheelchair user?.. Check. https://t.co/alYnAT3jOG #occupygezi #direngezi””@adri16
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 11, 2013
My G-d. Spraying a water cannon on a man in a wheelchair? The protests in #Turkey have hit rock bottom. https://t.co/xa5XAJJtvV
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) June 11, 2013
Shocking brutality.
tayip's fascist police water cannon #occupygezi demonstrator in a WHEELCHAIR! watch and RT… “@OzgurCengiz: https://t.co/UlTYnMGPiq”
— Atilla (@Atilla09) June 11, 2013
https://twitter.com/gi_syrian/status/344525495909629953
https://twitter.com/evrensahin_/status/344520269043482624
VIDEO: Wheelchair user targeted by water cannon in #Istanbul http://t.co/jk77dcnZMY #Taksim #Turkey
— Српски Бели Лав (@SrpskiBeliLav) June 11, 2013
Maddening. Heartbreaking. Terrifying.
For the love of sweet jesus, what the hell kind of asshat fires a water cannon at a person in a wheelchair #Taksim
— B (@distributedcog) June 11, 2013
This is barbarism, pure and simple.
