Posted on 04/09/2006 3:14:33 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
Peaceful protest pleases chief
At a police security briefing that ended about 3:15 p.m., Dallas police Chief David Kunkle reported that no one had been arrested and no noteworthy offenses had been committed amid the crowd that was widely estimated at 100,000.
Speculation put the crowd at up to 500,000, although police had no comment on that number.
“It’s been a very good day for the city,” Chief Kunkle said. “This is a family-oriented group that’s come here to demonstrate. No one we saw looked like they were planning to cause any problems.”
Chief Kunkle attributed the peaceful nature of the protest to the work of the volunteers and organizers, as well as police efforts to marginalize the small groups of counterprotesters.
“Even I’m surprised about the nature of the crowd. I think the people have been educated to ignore the other protesters,” he said.
Chief Kunkle reiterated his estimate that 550 police and 200 sheriff’s officers were on duty. Although no additional backups were called Sunday, supervisors were asking early shift officers to stay a few hours later, and calling the evening shift workers to arrive early.
Police work around the city would not be affected, he said.
Some counterprotesters retreat
Police told counterprotesters that they could protect them only to a point, and offered to escort them out through an underground parking lot. Six people left with police who were carrying shields and wearing helmets and shin pads.
Miles Walters, 16, a sophomore at Richardson High School, said he was scared when people started throwing water bottles and hunkered under a building for protection. “I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad,” he said. “Because we take pride in our country they hate us and call us racist.”
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You are trashing this forum with false conjecture, and running down a great city. No violence and one arrest. It speaks volumes for the people that showed up. Even if some of them are leftists.
:) Good one MMTU!
Don't mess with Texas, especially Dallas!
Americans weren't allowed to be there.
I am American, I live in the suburbs of Dallas, I have family members in Dallas. None of us were ever told that we were restricted from going anywhere in the Dallas area. Where did you get your info from?
We have seen amnesty before in our country, in 1986, and the record is clear that American taxpayers did pay the cost of the fiscal deficit created by the 3 million beneficiaries under the 1986 amnesty. Of course, the original estimates were that 1 million, 1.5 million people would qualify for amnesty in 1986. Now they are estimating 12 million. But, in fact, 3 million showed up in 1986 and claimed the benefits of amnesty, many using documents that were dubious.
I used to live around Dallas about 15 years ago.
LOTS of gorgeous ladies down there. I can't go back; I'll get in trouble.
We now return you to the thread.
(*sigh* Jacque...)
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Henry Cisneros
Fuzzy, I call them insurgents.
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LOL! This reminds me of last week's student protest in Dallas...
Naive student: "Bush just wants to send all of us back to Mexico, he thinks we're all criminals!"
Radio reporter: "Actually, President Bush is on your side."
Naive student: "Nuh-uh! That's not what everyone is telling me!"
After Bush and this Congress, I'm not so sure I'll be voting REPUBLICAN ever again!
Yep... and if that means liberal Democratic rule for 20 years, so be it. I'd rather rather lose elections than sell out my principles. And I'm afraid it's not just our politicians who have sold out... so have the American people. Nobody cares where the country is headed. In 50 years, nations won't even exist.
wolves in sheep clothing...
Both papers are still in your driveway..........
Snerk!
;<)
Time for the DoJ to use R.I.C.O. statutes to shut down and arrest these organized criminal conspiracies to incite riots.
The FCC needs to immediately yank the licenses for any radio or TV station that they can show that used public air waves to incite riots or other illegal actions. Suspected stations should have their recent broadcast archive tapes impounded and reviewed by FCC auditors to determine if they violated FCC policy and/or Federal/State/Local laws.
Media coverage and security camera tapes should also be impounded to be used to identify individuals committing illegal acts, with a priority on those leading the illegal activities (especially known criminals.)
If any ambulances arrived to any hospital in a 5 mile radius of these illegal assemblies with a patient that died in route to the hospital, then those who lead and/or organized these illegal assemblies should be prosecuted for murder.
Come down hard on these people now or we will end up like France writ large.
And yet, I didn't hear about that even on Foxnews.
susie
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