Police arrest five anti-war protesters, two injured, in march

Times Leader ^ | 8/20/05 | Joe Mandak

[new yorker 77]

A bunch of maggot infested losers.

60 idiots with nothing better to do.

Darwinism on full display.

[smoothsailing]

"Darwinism on full display"

More like generational inbreeding.

[eeriegeno]

I saw some of the footage that was shot at this event today and noted the following: A lot of the protesters were wearing masks? Are they afraid that their identity might be be made public? A couple of the dudes had tall hair spiked that was red and green? They looked like lovable fuzz bunnies but didn't appear to have much between the ears.....

[festus]

The Associated Press he tried to use pepper spray on one woman who would not leave, but it hit her glasses. She was then subdued with a Taser

Sigh. I miss the good ol days of billyclubs and german shepherds.

[infidel29]

Let's see, by the accounts and their own words the police seemed to be respectful and followed procedure.

Meanwhile the (expletive) protesters seemed to be anything but (expletive) respectful and "non-violent" They refused to (expletive) disperse, the shoved the (expletive) police who were doing their jobs, they have no (expletive) grasp on the significance of the war and are being (expletive) UN-AMERICAN.

[AmishDude]

Very often these people are not associated with the university. That's where they get a recruit or two, but they're more likely to be creepy hangers-on than anything else.

[AmishDude]

In Pittsburgh, it starts and ends at the Thomas Merton Center. ACORN, peace weenies, protestors -- all coordinated at the Thomas Merton Center.

[_Jim]

DAVID MEIERAN: Well, the tazer is actually part of this -- is being manufactured by Tazer International, which is one of the fastest growing ...

It's simply AMAZING what you can do with just a puny little 9-V battery or a few AA's in series; a properly wound coil, a couple of transistors and some other odds and ends and whamo!

A non-lethal protest zapper that simply demands RESPECT !

[infidel29]

donations can be mailed to: POG c/o Thomas Merton Center...

Oh, that certainly explains it. Why not just forward the cash directly to the communist party?

[gdc61]

I'd wager he is himself, of Jewish heritage.

[Libloather]

"Our goal for today was to shut down military recruitment for that station..."

If only they had the gray matter to do this to the IRS...

[PennsylvaniaMom]

My guess, trimom, is that many of the protesters were from the local colleges, and are not from the 'Burgh. No doubt their tuition, room and board are being paid on mom and dad's dime.

Just an observation...please don't flame me...but, from viewing the video on news (both local and cable) the Pittsburgh Police who responded to the incident were mostly African American officers dragging away causcasians protesters...so now I wonder (again, no flames) how their calls of police brutality will play out in the ole' Thomas Merton Center from which they came.

The Pittsburgh PD did an outstanding job and are to be commended.

[Christopher Lincoln]

I'd wager he [Meieran] is himself, of Jewish heritage.

I wouldn't take that bet. Jews who hate Israel are almost as commonplace as Americans who hate America - often enough, they're the same people.

[Thunder90]

forget the Tazer and Pepperspray and use the good old baton shampoo and rubber bullets when they try to take over recruitment offices....

I forgot, the libbies would sue the police if they did that, and the judges would award the hippies money.

[Thunder90]

How about this device:

This is a Active Denial Technology device. It is supposed to heat up skin at 1/64th of an inch, causing rioters to disperse.

[gdc61]

causing rioters to sizzle.