Nice write-up (from the former managing editor of the New York Sun). When Lou Dobbs was introduced, there was a chorus of boos. I wondered if they were pro-illegal-immigration folks who were there just to boo Dobbs, or libertarians. Saw some Ron Paul t-shirts.
There was a Ron Paul guy standing at the S E corner of 30th st and 8th ave with an 8 foot telescopic metal pole holding an American flag and a Ron Paul flag. I informed him that the metal pole was prohibited from the rally and he looked at me blankly and ignored me.
I then informed the NYPD and they walked over and told the guy to lower the pole. He refused and they confiscated and broke it into pieces. The guy was stunned and didn’t move. He looked like he was going to cry. Then I walked over to him and said “I told you, now they are breaking up your pole”.