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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.
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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.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bullet; oakland; police; protester; rubber; war
To: Prince Charles
They shot the wrong people!!
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posted on
04/07/2003 9:12:36 AM PDT
by
3AngelaD
To: Prince Charles
Sounds like the longshoremen aren't taking too kindly to the unwashed trying to interrupt their livelihood.
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posted on
04/07/2003 9:13:37 AM PDT
by
rpierce
To: 3AngelaD
LOL
To: rpierce
Those guys should load the protesters onto a slow boat to China.
To: Prince Charles
All of that force wasn't necessary. Yes it was. There is a war going on.
To: Prince Charles
This tops news at DUmmyland, not the discovery of WMD. Gee, big surprise.
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posted on
04/07/2003 9:25:49 AM PDT
by
finnman69
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To: finnman69
idiot_DU_loser (450,000 posts) 
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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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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.)
To: spodefly
Here's the photo they have
of a rubber bullet wound.
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posted on
04/07/2003 10:23:44 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Petronski
Ouch! Being stupid looks painful.
"Evolution stops when stupidity ceases to be fatal."
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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.)
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?
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posted on
04/07/2003 10:32:09 AM PDT
by
It's me
To: It's me
Yeah right, they interrupted their own livelihood a few months back. Remember?That was so they could get even more livelihood. Remember?
To: spodefly
LOL, thats pretty good.
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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.
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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!
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posted on
04/07/2003 11:13:19 AM PDT
by
buffyt
(Can you say President Hillary, Mistress of Darkness? Me Neither!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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.
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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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