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Did you go to the protest? Man it was hot out there but it was worth it. There were so many supporters, little kids standing out in the heat for hours waiting to wave a flag for this fallen soldier. It was heart warming. The kooks left right after their photo op with the media.

I was there before the protesters arrived and waited until it was all over to leave. Yes, it was a nice turnout, both from us and the police. We were across the the road from the idiots, to be honest it was rather a pathetic attempt by them I thought. Police kept everything calmed down, I haven't seen that many here in town since the tornado hit.
I was glad to see that mayor Buskirk let the fire dept. use the ladder trucks to hang the flag again over the procession, the last time they did that was when a deputy was killed in the line of duty. We may have our problems here in Martinsville but no one can say we are not patriotic or 100% behind our troops. If the protesters did anything at all it was to harden and unify the people who saw them, honestly I can't believe they do any good at all, in fact they probably are hurting their cause every time they do this by swelling the ranks of other organizations who would counter people like this.
Over all it was a nice day, a little hot, but pretty much like I expected it would be. Idiots outnumbered 30 to 1, plenty of supporters on our side, and a lot of police looking to keep the peace. Would have been a lot more fun if it wasn't under so sad of reasons.