The last demonstration I went to was in 2015 or 2016 to support Trump when he was speaking at the hotel next to Grand Central Terminal. The other side was out in force.
That was the speech where he veered off politics and told the audience he was sure they were tired of that so he spoke about something completely different and charmed the crowd.
The cops had us next to the hotel and the opposition was across 42nd Street. Where we were we could see the whole episode when the other side dropped a huge cloth banner out of one of the upper windows of the hotel. Can’t remember what it said but the sentiment was anti-Trump. Cops were up there and pulled it back inside in what seemed like less than one minute. I think it might have been the Terrorism Task Force but I’m not sure. There were police from all five boroughs there that day.
One of the gentlemen from across the street came over to us and was about to swat me in the head when a very alert and angry cop pulled him back. That was not an FR rally although I think it was mentioned on the site. The leader of the group was an amateur and had vanished to a point far away from the hotel with some of his friends but some of us stayed where we were.
It was not the same as the old days, for sure. A new time had come.
I felt back in those days that we didn’t have to be concerned about the police as long as we didn’t break any laws.
I don’t feel that way anymore, about either the police or the military.
As individuals, I don’t have any concern in general. But as part of a larger organization, those are infected, and it concerns me.
Things certainly have changed. Back in the early 2000s, I got hit with a flying plastic water bottle in DC, and got spat at in NY by one of the left’s lovely men. That was the worst of it, other than harsh words.
Today they’ll be throwing FROZEN water bottles or bricks. They’ll try to curb-stomp people into brain damage or death. And I am too old and fat and weak to outrun any of them now.
Remember what we saw during the “Summer of Love” two years ago,and expect the same crap to be done to you. Also expect the commies to get away with it. Again.
Sorry for the negativity. I just want people to be realistic about what they will be facing.