Posted on 09/01/2004 12:06:00 AM PDT by kattracks
September 1, 2004 -- As the GOP wrapped up Day Two of its confab last night, the hate-and- anarchy crowd began to get uppity, with protesters resisting and assualting cops.Hundreds were arrested.
As well they have should been.
As of early last night, it was unclear where all this would lead. But even by Monday, things had already gotten bloody. A mob of lowlifes pummeled one cop at the end of a protest by the so-called Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign — a protest that, inexplicably, was allowed to take place despite a lack of proper permits.
The officer, who was hospitalized with head wounds, was one of a group of scooter cops who went to the rescue of a female colleague who'd been surrounded by hooligans on West 30th Street.
The mob threw metal barricades at the cops, knocked one off his bike, then proceeded to punch and kick him.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
They need to replace their rubber bullets with the real deal.
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