Posted on 04/15/2016 11:31:06 AM PDT by firebrand
It was good that we did it. There was a mixup regarding meeting place that caused us to have fewer people than we should have had at five-thirty, but we eventually ended up with a bunch of stalwarts who were still there bringing people in from the sidewalk and yelling to drivers when I left at a quarter to eight. We followed the old freeper rule that a few protesters, or even one protester, is better than no one at all. One of the people in a video I watched last night said, "There are actually some pro-Trump people here." I didn't see anything about us today. Post it if you see it?
At the onset, we were besieged by protesters who came right up to our barricades and started waving their arms and screaming hate-filled tirades at us. Their favorite topic was how hate-filled we were! The police yanked them away before any violence could start, and after that we were mostly yelled at from across the avenue.
At one point, the Strategic Response Team arrived to investigate a banner that had been dropped from a window in an upper floor of the Hyatt. It said GOP + Trump = Party of Hate. It started to occur to me that they are trying to reverse the language again, this time with the word "hate." The SRT might have been concerned about the heavy cans that were attached to the banner to keep it from blowing in the wind (it didn't work) but maybe they were just checking out which floor it was coming from and which window. It soon disappeared.
The cops overall were fantastic and we were very grateful. They were drawn from all the boroughs and there were many, many of them.
The BLM and other protesters in the big mob dispersed before the event at the Hyatt was over. I guess they were being paid by the hour. I didn't see the part where they arrested the people who caused a disturbance in the security line. I did see a bunch of cops holding lots of plastic handcuffs head toward the main entrance.
Those in our group who held out the longest were treated to the arrival of Info Wars staff, with cameras etc. They are now on their way to Portland to deal with anti-free-speech problems out there. During the course of the event, we had CBC, NBC, Newsday, and others.
Thanks to all who attended!
Oh, whoops. Seems that this particular video was done by Joanna, the leader of NY ICE. But Pamela Hall was also filming that day and does much of their video work.
Thanks so much for BEING THERE, posting the AAR, and the ping. Sorry I am late to the party here..
I was glad to hear Trump address the protestors at the GALA.. indicating the scam of printed out signs etc.
Did you get any information on how many arrested? Disturbing Peace charge?
Also the protesters inside, were they arrested? charged? Bailed quickly?
sorry for all the questions but maybe it is out there and I miss it but surely Id like to know what happens to the people escorted out of rallies.. and like your situation there.
thanks again
Bravo to you, and the others, who showed up to stand for OUR freedom of speech...and to support Trump!
I got a chuckle out of your “they must be paid by the hour” comment (regarding the BLM people)....that is EXACTLY what is going on.
The difference between our group’s organic appearance, verses the paid protesters....with PROFESSIONALLY signs....has to be stark, even to the average Joe.
Thanks, again for attending, representing and reporting ;-)
No, no other information. It was chaos, as you can see from the video. I had trouble even finding our meeting spot. Was ready to call Midtown South but then I slowly got closer from the vague directions and finally found it. The press hardly covered this.
What I meant to say was they got paid for only two hours! Or something.
Thanks for your kind words.
As always, things don’t work out exactly as planned, but it was still good that we showed up and made a statement.
Thanks for being there and the AAR. Hope to make it to future events.
Excellent quote...
p i n g
Thanks timestax.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.