Student disrupts protest

Greeley Tribune ^ | October 26, 2004 | Julie Piotraschke

[truecons]

Let me guess what was on the other side of the sign with which Mr. McCarthy was besmacking our loyal protector in blue...

"Give Peace a Chance"?

[real saxophonist]

Wow, I'm honored. I've been saying that for about 12 years now.

Here's why.

[Natural Law]

Note: even though he carried a Veterans for Kerry sign the a$$hole wasn't even a Vet.

[BushisTheMan]

Even though there were Bush supporters there too, you would hardly know it from this article. I'd say the newspaper is run by Democrats.

[Bob J]

Perfect piece of propaganda, hit's all the DNC talking points.

[F16Fighter]

"I'll say it again: The Democrat Party is the largest 'hate group' in the country."

Amen, bro....

And every Democrat is Rachel Corrie (so where are the bulldozers?)

[meadsjn]

Men with normal hormones want to defend thier lives, the lives of thier loved ones, thier country, and thier history and pass them along to thier children.

No argument there.

[jan in Colorado]

As my family approached the event I was surprised by the number of protesters lining the sidewalk. There were also several nasty signs hanging from several of the homes.

I had never been to Greeley, I live one hour south of there, but I was told it was fairly conservative. I guess all the left-wing nuts live in one neighborhood near the Island Grove Park. My kids wanted to yell at the protesters as we drove by, but I said no, just smile and wave and tell them we are praying for them. That annoys these hate-mongers more than anything else.

Well, we were with my neighbor, who is one of those evil conservatives who owns an SUV. The protesters started screaming at us about the SUV. My 15 year old daughter wanted to know what was wrong with driving a SUV. So, as a homeschool mom, I had to confess to my daughter about the truth of the evil conservatives and the SUV. I had been keeping the truth from her all these years.

The protesters actually provided entertainment for us. We had a good time laughing at them and their stupid signs. I never heard about the arrest. Our local news did cover a story about several UNC students who had tickets but were not allowed into the event. Apparently, they were wearing T-shirts that were pro Kerry and were denied entrance.

To my knowledge, there weren't any protesters inside. If there were, they didn't disrupt too much since I was never aware of any.

The rally itself was great. I have been to several of his rallies (one good thing about being a swing state), and I never get tired of hearing him speak. He had some new lines that were priceless. He is great at firing up the crowd. We were packed in like sardines but everyone was yelling and cheering and going crazy.

One other comment about the protesters. There was a pro life group that was protesting peacefully at a pro gay event and they were arrested and charged with felonies. I don't remember all the details but one of the charges was "HATE" Speech. So, pro life is hate speech but the left wing commies can have signs full of hate but the only arrest was a person who smacked a police officer.
There is something wrong with this picture!

[metalurgist]

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[metalurgist]

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[metalurgist]

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[Billthedrill]

I am so full of sorrow and outrage at what Bush has done to our country in four years," she said. "I need a way to express myself that isn't violent."

Well, honey, I'd suggest slugging a cop. In a non-violent sort of way, of course. In LA.

[hellinahandcart]

According to witness Monica McRae, who had come up from Denver in support of the president, McCarthy had ignored the officer when he was asked to stop hitting him and get the cardboard sign out of his face.

What's with this unnecessary extra step of first asking the person whacking a policeman with a sign to stop?

This is how it would go down in New York:

1. Protestor playfully brings protest sign down on the top of a cop's head.

2. The dazed protestor realizes, from his prone & bound position on the ground, that his face is taking a perfect imprint of the crack in the sidewalk beneath it.

There is no "would you please stop that". Most people, even on the left, have brains enough to realize they're not allowed to touch a cop.

[calcowgirl]

Sounds likely. Calcowgirl, are you familiar with this name, perhaps from the Colorado VVAW?

And Larry Bethards, 59,

I haven't seen that name. By chance, has anyone come across the name Edward Carr in association with VVAW? Miami maybe?

[Freedom4US]

What's really tragic here - I don't know - I would hope this is something from the kiddie pages, or failing that the editorial page. But I get the nagging feeling this is what passes for straight news these days in some locales.

[smcmike]

To give him the benefit of the doubt, he could well have been a vet... but a heckuva stupid one if he kept hitting a police officer in the head!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The detaining of a college student shattered hours of passionate but peaceful protesting by hundreds who lined up Monday morning outside of Island Grove Regional Park.

It is nice they were having a peaceful protest but some how I doubt that their idea of peaceful and mine are the same.

Michael McCarthy, a journalism student at the University of Northern Colorado, was wrestled to the ground by police after he continued to smack an officer on the top of his head with a red and blue "Veterans for Kerry" sign.

Since when is hitting someone on the head repeatedly "peaceful"?

So we have established that the arrestee is, A.) violent (hits people on the head) and B.) Stupid (hit police officer on the head)

To top it off I am willing to bet that the only time of "Veteran" this dude is is a veteran clymer.

Lock him up.

[Fedora]

Thanks for looking that up!

Nothing on Edward Carr.

[America's Resolve]

Bump for later

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[RightWingConspirator]

Greeley, CO., home to University of Northern Colorado. Used to be Colorado Teachers College. Biggest collection of hairy legged dykes outside of San Francisco. Many of the male? students are gay. One of my friends had an adopted son who went there. He is a total flamer today and she has disowned him.