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Police fire rubber bullets at anti-war protest at port in Oakland; nearby longshoremen injured
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 4-7-03 | MARTHA MENDOZA

Posted on 04/07/2003 9:10:53 AM PDT by Prince Charles

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:12 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Police open fired Monday morning with rubber bullets at an anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland, injuring several longshoremen standing nearby.

Police were trying to clear protesters from an entrance to the docks when they opened fire and the longshoremen apparently were caught in the crossfire.


(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bullet; oakland; police; protester; rubber; war

1 posted on 04/07/2003 9:10:53 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Prince Charles
They shot the wrong people!!
2 posted on 04/07/2003 9:12:36 AM PDT by 3AngelaD
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To: Prince Charles
Sounds like the longshoremen aren't taking too kindly to the unwashed trying to interrupt their livelihood.
3 posted on 04/07/2003 9:13:37 AM PDT by rpierce
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To: 3AngelaD
LOL
4 posted on 04/07/2003 9:15:05 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: rpierce
Those guys should load the protesters onto a slow boat to China.
5 posted on 04/07/2003 9:15:39 AM PDT by Prince Charles
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To: Prince Charles
All of that force wasn't necessary.

Yes it was. There is a war going on.

6 posted on 04/07/2003 9:20:00 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Prince Charles
This tops news at DUmmyland, not the discovery of WMD. Gee, big surprise.
7 posted on 04/07/2003 9:25:49 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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idiot_DU_loser Stupid Member (450,000 posts) Click to EMail loser Click to send private message to karl marx Click to view user profile Click to check IP address of the poster Click to add this poster to your Friend List
Apr-07-03, 12:22 PM (ET)
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1. I can't believe it!
Firing on fellow smelly hippy marxists just because they are trying to disrupt supplies heading for troops ... it's not like that is treason or anything.
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8 posted on 04/07/2003 9:51:56 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: spodefly
Here's the photo they have
of a rubber bullet wound.


9 posted on 04/07/2003 10:23:44 AM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Petronski
Ouch! Being stupid looks painful.

"Evolution stops when stupidity ceases to be fatal."
10 posted on 04/07/2003 10:26:42 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: rpierce
Sounds like the longshoremen aren't taking too kindly to the unwashed trying to interrupt their livelihood.


Yeah right, they interrupted their own livelihood a few months back. Remember?

11 posted on 04/07/2003 10:32:09 AM PDT by It's me
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Yeah right, they interrupted their own livelihood a few months back. Remember?

That was so they could get even more livelihood. Remember?

12 posted on 04/07/2003 10:33:30 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: spodefly
LOL, thats pretty good.
13 posted on 04/07/2003 10:33:40 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: Petronski
Looks more like some AIDS related sore.
14 posted on 04/07/2003 10:34:14 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: Petronski
Yikes, that has to hurt big time!
Hit 'em again HARDER!
15 posted on 04/07/2003 11:13:19 AM PDT by buffyt (Can you say President Hillary, Mistress of Darkness? Me Neither!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: Prince Charles
Police were trying to clear protesters from an entrance to the docks when they opened fire and the longshoremen apparently were caught in the crossfire.

Sounds like the Oakland boys need a little more range time.

16 posted on 04/07/2003 11:21:32 AM PDT by Michael.SF. ('Lack of concensus is no excuse for lack of leadership' - M. Thatcher)
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