Posted on 08/17/2004 10:36:22 AM PDT by areafiftyone
A leader of one of the major protest groups planning to disrupt the GOP convention said Monday she will not instruct her members to refrain from violent attacks against New York City police, delegates or city residents during a planned 250,000 person march on the night before the convention.
Referring to planned protests as "a battle," Tanya Mayo, national coordinator for the protest group "Not in Our Name," told radio host Sean Hannity that her group alone has 30,000 members, but that other groups could swell that number by hundreds of thousands during a planned march up 7th Ave. to the area around Madison Square Garden.
Contending that there's "a real hatred" for President Bush's agenda, Mayo said protesters have a right to assemble in Central Park after leaving the Garden area, a plan that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned.
Asked if her group would "follow the rule of law" if Bloomberg's ban stays in force, Mayo told Hannity, "I think it's ironic that you would ask that question when we've got a president that actually has sacked the rule of law."
"Look, we've got a gang in the White House right now that are rounding up immigrants, putting people in detention," she insisted. "Trust me, [Bush] is a bad guy."
The rest of the exchange went like this:
HANNITY: Will you be non-violent with the police?
MAYO: I'm gonna answer that in the best way that I can. I can't answer it as a yes or no answer. What I can say, is . . . .
HANNITY: Wait a minute, wait a minute. You can. Will you encourage people in your protest not to be violent with the police - yes or no?
MAYO: People are concerned with the fate of the people of the world . . .
HANNITY: Yes or no? Answer the question, Tanya.
MAYO: If you want to do this interview and you want to hear what I have to say, then allow me to answer the question. . . . If people are concerned about safety and disruption in the streets, then we need to actually look at who will be held responsible for something like that. And that's Mayor Bloomberg and his administration for refusing the right of people to assemble.
HANNITY: Now I'll ask the question again. Will you encourage your members to be non-violent?
MAYO: I think our members are a very diverse group of people and individuals will have to make a decision what lines they choose to cross at any given point.
HANNITY: But as a paid leader of the group "Not In Our Name," as a leader of the peace movement, will you encourage members in your group not to be violent?
MAYO: Like I said, those things will unfold as the days come and we'll definitely give you a call back if we have any other answers. . . . We have respected everything up to this point. The only people who have sacked the rule of law are the gang in the White House.
Editor's note:
Heard this yesterday. Quite amusing. She was exposed as a hypocrite of the first degree.
Hannity should have said:
"Its obvious that this 'peace' organization will not promote peace so I will publically forewarn law enforcement that this group will engage in violent protests."
I cant wait until the final jail bird count : )
I think it will be huge...how audacious for them to think we New Yorkers would tolerate this disrespect for the Rule of Law.
Steel-capped workboots? Check.
MagLite? Check.
Pepper spray? Check.
Aluminum baseball bat in my duffle bag for my corporate softball league? Check.
I think I'm ready for Tanya's thugs.
ah...where's Mayor Daley-I when you need him ?
Alot of these people coming in are NOT from New York. That is what gets to me. WHO THE HECK TOLD THEM THEY WERE WELCOME HERE TO PROTEST VIOLENTLY? Oh yea I forgot, "Blooming Idiot" Bloomberg said everything would be hunky dorey!
So, Violence in the name of Peace. Put 'em on a ship and send 'em to Syria.
They are claiming a 1/4 million will show - does anyone have any recent events where similar numbers were predicted and what the actual numbers were? I have a hard time believing this number. It is hard enough to steer a few thousand in the same direction to believe this type of count.
I also think that the inclusion of other groups will give this charlatan a way of saying that it wasn't her group that 'rioted' but that her group was arrested for the actions of others.
Those who refuse to support and defend a state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be defined as "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using a deadly weapon inside city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or "Endangering bystanders," or other misdemeanor.
by Robert Anson Heinlein
I just hope our NYC Freepers are armed with their video cameras so that we can watch the police beat the snot out of the "peace" activists who resort to violence.
The FBI may have enough to round up all the protest leaders on RICO charges.
fyi
Why not just spray soap and water on them? They'll disintegrate.
Chief Wiggum: "Well boys, looks like it's time for a good ol' fashioned hippy ass-whompin'. Set your nightsticks to 'whomp' "
They will politely tell you to move. If you refuse, you will be arrested. If you resist arrest, you will have your ass kicked.
After your arrest, you will not be jailed exclusively amongst your trustafarian brethren. You will be sent to the bowels of Riker's Island, to live amongst the regulars.
And when Daddy's lawyer shows up to get you released, there will be problems with the paper work and an incredible backlog due to the obvious circumstances. By the time you are released on bail, you will have spent four days being re-educated as to the reasons you don't ever want to be arrested in NYC, and the convention will be over.
"Tanya the Terrorist".
Who needs Osama?
Rooftops. Gravity. Eggs. (dog poop? cinderblocks?)
Should serve to give these Marxist cockroaches a run for their "struggle".
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