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09-02-2008, 02:59 AM #1
Violent Protests at the RNC
Ever notice that the protests at the DNC remained non-violent, yet at the RNC protests turn violent on the first day? How much you want to bet that several of the Republican speakers will get interrupted by some protesters this week?
It just shows that one side allows freedom of speech a bit more than the other side. Why can't people just allow each side to have their convention?
Protesters smashed windows, punctured car tires and threw bottles Monday during an anti-war march to the site of the Republican National Convention. Police used pepper spray in confrontations with demonstrators and arrested five.
Instead of the single coherent march that organizers had hoped for, fringe groups of anarchists and others wrought havoc along the streets between the state Capitol and the Xcel Energy Center where the convention was taking place.
Police estimates of the crowd shifted during the event before settling on 8,000 to 10,000. The crowd was clearly in the thousands, many of them marching peacefully.
The arrests occurred in confrontations several blocks from the convention arena. Five people were arrested for lighting a trash bin on fire and pushing it into a police car, St. Paul police spokesman Tom Walsh said.
About 20 anarchists who had started the trash bin fire later tried to block the intersection of St. Peter and Exchange streets. Police quickly dispersed the group, then shot two tear gas canisters at the fleeing anarchists.
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09-02-2008, 09:40 AM #2
Stay classy RNC protesters!
It always makes me wonder how war protesters justify violent protests...ironic.
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09-02-2008, 10:00 AM #3
agreed...vandalism is hardly the way to go to get people to listen to you
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09-02-2008, 10:23 AM #4
agreed, its just stupid, but it sounds like some of the stupid ones this is all they do.....
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09-02-2008, 10:24 AM #5
yes...and there are stupid people all over the world, not just at the RNC
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09-02-2008, 12:34 PM #6
Why can't Republicans ever get some radical hippies to smash things up??
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09-02-2008, 01:08 PM #7
Don't go whining about this until you've had liberal spooks acting under the president's direct orders break into your hotel and try to illegally install surveillance equipment.
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09-02-2008, 01:17 PM #8
This is when good old fashioned police beat downs are needed.
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09-02-2008, 07:04 PM #9
I suppose this is Nixon? If so, these riots are slightly more violent.
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Originally Posted by OnePimpTiger 
