Police Prepare For DNC Protesters

[Gman]

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There are only two weeks to go before delegates arrive for the Democratic National Convention.

NewsCenter 5's Kelley Tuthill reported Monday that police are gearing up for the arrival of thousands of protesters. Most will peacefully express their points of view, but others may be more interested in disruption than discussion.

Protesters, police and political conventions can often be a messy mix.

"The protesters will try and get police officers to overreact," said former Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Timoney.
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Can't take 20 - 30 freepers for granted. There may be trouble. I wonder what the budget is to guard the Port-a-Potty?


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/khog/20040712/lo_WCVB/2285082

[TrueAmerican]

1. I hope the police have Decon kits on stand-by

And lots of soap and water. They won't want to catch any freeper virus.

[grytpype]

2. Who is protesting the DNC?

Seriously?

Is it just some Repug-organized deal where they bus in a bunch of pear-shaped pasty-white "protestors" to stand around waving flip-flops?

I'll bet we'll put on a better show in NYC.

[nodehopper]

4. lots of left/anarchist groups will be protesting

[hightime]

7. ANSWER, Bl(A)ck Tea Society, ANTI-WAR COALITION

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/06/294159.html
http://www.answerboston.org/2004dnc/
http://blackteasociety.org/index.php
http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg03422.html

Democracy Commission Socialist Party USA
http://sp-usa.org/democracy/dncprotest.html

National Peace Action Committee (Green Party)
http://www.gp.org/committees/peace/dnc.html

[grytpype]

9. Good.

That brings a smile to my face. I hope that gets some coverage. Kerry is going to OWN the moderate vote.

[salinen]

3. Whatdaya bet they'll

be carrying pictures of aborted fetuses?

[AFSCME girl]

10. Yep.......

:grr:

[nodehopper]

5. it won't be just the freepers

Lots of groups to the left of the Anyone But Bush platform. Lots of anti-WTO, WSF groups, JATO, JREJ, anarchists, socialists, CP-ers, etc.

[AlCzervik]

6. I'm sure Larouche supporters will be there

in full force.

[nodehopper]

8. oh my god

I got the WEIRDEST pamphlet from La Rouche people in the subway today. It was all totally reactionary but also how Cheney is the beast of Satan and something about sexual cutlure. I really tried to read it, but I just couldn't make ANY sense of it whatsoever.