Update: Both Martinez and Solnit have been released.
The Halliburton annual shareholders meeting in Houston, Texas was the scene of protests both outside and inside of the meetings. Activists who had been preparing for the event were met by a heavy and violent police presence who arrested 16 individuals and trampled over a dozen people with horses.
Amongst the arrested outside were Bay Area activist David Solnit and documentary filmmaker David Martinez. Watch video shot by Martinez as he gets arrested.
On the inside Andrea Buffa and Medea Benjamin from Global Exchange and Pratap Chatterjee from CorpWatch were able to intervene in the shareholders meeting. Martinez and Chatterjee traveled to Iraq last year to film a documentary about war profiteering.
From Houston Indymedia:
"At the Four Seasons this morning, before 8 am, barricades were erected, over 30 Houston horse police, undercover cops and heavy foot police presence (photos) was amassed. By 8:30, the march had reached the hotel, with about 140 - 300 protesters with lots of puppets, and signs such as "stop cronyism." Dick Cheney flashed people video, photo, activists held signs, played a samba and did a funky dance. A break-away march was met by Houston Police, who attempted to corral them, with one arrest occurring. By 9 am, there were 12 activists inside the hotel. Four were escorted out by hotel security and Houston police, while the rest were detained. Outside, things began heating up with pushing, cops on horses and arrests (photos: 1, 2, 3, 4). Some concerns have been raised about cruelty to the horses. The horses trampled several people (videos: 1, 2)."
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