Posted on 09/01/2008 4:37:04 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Anti-War Protesters Attack Conn. GOP Delegates Some Delegates Doused With Bleach-Like Substance; Rowdy Crowd Estimated At Between 2,000-10,000 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) ― Protesters attacked Connecticut delegates near the site of the Republican National Convention Monday in a demonstration where more than a dozen people were arrested by police using pepper spray amid window-smashing, bottle-throwing and tire-slashing.
It was a violent counterpoint to an otherwise peaceful anti-war march not far from the Xcel Energy Center convention site.
Many protesters involved in the more violent protest were clad in black and identified themselves to reporters as anarchists. They wrought havoc by damaging property and setting at least one fire. Most of the trouble was in pockets of a neighborhood near downtown, several blocks from where the convention was taking place.
(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...
Crash this, scumbags....
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An blog by a member of the Catholic peace movement, Pax Christi, to provide resources for those Christians who want to come out of empire and celebrate the New Jerusalem.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
15 Magic Hours
A report from Phil Chinn on the port blockade at Olympia that stopped the weapons of murder from reaching Iraq for 15 hours of peace:
“The most vivid memory in my mind at the moment is huddling under a tarp, in a makeshift tent at 3:00 AM in the pouring rain. I remember being soaked to the bone, drinking hot tea with a few unfamiliar faces. We had constructed the tent out of a tarp and a barricade, which was blocking the street on two sides, with a small path for cars to get through. Trucks and Strikers could not make it through, and we even had a truck axle and several cement blocks ready to block off the entirety of the road. We had held the road for nearly 12 hours at that point, with another barricade at the main entrance to the port blocking off every path that military vehicles and equipment could be driven down. Somewhere, between the rain and the cold wind, was a sense of joy. We had turned back police from our barricades, and we were going to maintain them as long as we could. While in most other situations the chant ‘Whose port? Our port!’ would be little more than wishful thinking; for a while, it was true.” - Phil Chinn, “Port of Olympia, November 2007 - SDS News Bulletin
Christians know that “direct action gets the goods”, as Jesus showed so often and so convincingly. We can lobby and plead and vote, but in the end, the powers only respond when they suffer pain and inconvenience. May a whole new generation of activists arise from the ashes of indifference!
Posted by Boyd at 2:28 PM
"respect the need for a diversity of tactics" means that violence is okay with them.
Sinister violence in the name of “peace.” If it weren’t so infuriating it would almost be funny.
I have not seen much TV coverage of the convention, or non convention, if you will, so I don’t know exactly how this is being covered. Somehow though I suspect these animals will be protected by the media. But can you imagine if right wing extremists went on a rampage at the DNC and engaged in physical violence against human beings?? I have a feeling the national outrage would have been very vocal.
Mike Da Cruz / Providence SDS)
My Mom is at the convention and the word is that the “bleach like substance” is urine.
“Protesters attacked Connecticut delegates...”
We need to keep taking attacks by leftist scum and never defend ourselves. Let them attack our homes, children and pets and stand by and do nothing. We should get on our knees and submit to beatings and whippings like dogs. Let us all grovel on the ground and submit to our masters. The Founding Fathers would approve.
Considering the antecedents of the collective contributors, any body fluids whatsoever would have to be considered a hazardous material.
(Yes, I know that fresh urine from a healthy human is technically sterile... there's just too many caveats with this lot of professional haters.)
It is a street fighting party at work.
The National Lawyers Guild
Folks, you can always spot the communist National Lawyers Guild representatives at these events by their lime green baseball caps.
Any arrests?
Marx was too organized for the anarchists.
Time to send in the GOE. Those anarchists will run with their heads between their tails.
Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.
Robert E. Howard
Absolutely!
LLS
Do you seriously think these thugs were anarchists? NO WAY. They’re just typical violent, hateful, thuggish Demonrats knowing they cannot be identified as such but it is obvious.
Soros money at work
http://mn.scanamerica.us/index.php?county=Ramsey
if any of you want to listen to police scanner while in RNC>
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