Reply #47: you are absolutely right! many people were shocked [View All]

[Nigel_Tufnel]

even though i have done much reading about current events and past protests in the last four years, i was not prepared to be herded around unnecessarily, penned, and treated in a threatening manner. we were a group of older folks and kids (mostly) and followed the directions of the police in order to make our voices heard. i didn't witness any police brutality, but their attitude and the circumstances they put us in were scary indeed.

as i said in another post, most of the people who witnessed the event left immediately thereafter, and folks brave enough to stay were dispirited. i salute the kids who stayed, especially. they were very brave, and i told them so! i tried to explain to them exactly how the police control methods were calculated to take away their rights to have their voices heard...

if they do this on their "60 state tour" to enough average citizens, we might make some progress. if they have hubris enough to stomp on grandma, grandpa and junior like they've been stomping on concerned activists in the last four years, maybe there's hope...let's hope the comatose giant can still be awakened...

karen