let the games begin!

[bazooka joe]

***UPDATED 8/29/04 2115 HRS***

IN REGARDS TO THE ARSON ARRESTS AT W. 34 ST AND BROADWAY AT

APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, ATTACHED ARE PHOTOS OF THE DEVICES THAT

HAD BEEN SECRETED INSIDE THE CARDBOARD POLES THE ARRESTED.





*** ORIGINAL SHEET ***

By 430 p.m. 134 arrests had been made, including nine for felony assault

on police officers who attempted to arrest a 10th individual charged

with arson. A total of 15 were arrested at 34th St and 6th Avenue,

including the person who ignited a paper-maiche and wooden dragon in

front of Madisons Square Garden. The persons arrested had secreted road

flare-like smoke bombs and ball bearings inside cardboard polls that

were authorized for signs. The same "black box" group hurled police

barriers into police lines at 34th and 6th. Others threw bottles. A

police officer was hospitalized at St. Vincnet's hospital after being

struck above the left eye with a projectile. In addition, one of the

Police Officers involved effecting the arson arrest received 3rd degree

burns to his hand.

 

[GI-]

******* crazy liberals

 

[Gbourdon]

Flaming liberal punks. Proud to be a devout republican.

 

[bazooka joe]

these must be micheal moore's friends?

 

[laracroft]

Charge em as terrorists. Just cause they may or may not be American, they should get the same fate. They could have hurt alot of people besides the officers that tried to protect the public. What's the world coming to? Every other person is a bomb maker nowadays... seems like a new hobbie.

 

[mooS mooS]

I vote for a Strawberry Shortcake for each and every one of them...... and I aint talkin bout no Pastry (naughty)

 

[xelderx]

Remember back when we were fighting for America's independence several hundred years ago? People with the same ideals and motivations were labled as patriots and heros. Similiar events dot US history. The farmer uprisings and factory worker strikes in the mid-1800's, the civil rights movement (I live a few miles from where several white activists were shot dead by KKK members), the Vietnam protests (which we now know how stupid that war was), and now this current social catastrophe. It is just a cycle of complacency, denial, manipulation, and revolt. Power has swung back and forth between Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, but the overall vision has stayed the same...capitalistic encouragement of huge fortunes alongside poverty and a nationalistic acceptance of war. This extends back all the way to our earliest leaders and we wonder why the same types of problems keep happening. Until we can get leadership that is capable of a vision greater than that we are destined to repeat the cycle.

 

[1sty]

Bring in the ROTC students from Kent state. They know how to control a crowd (rofl)

 

[bazooka joe]

(usa) ya what he said!!

 

[Pretzellogic]

Please don't call a few asshats representatives for Liberals. Nearly all the protests have been non-violent, and the NYPD is doing a great job at remaining restrained, keeping everyone safe, and only using force when it's neccessary.

Just out of curiosity, why did you assume they were members of the dreaded "L-word" in the first place?

 

[Dexter]

"Devout Republican"

Man, way to make it sound like a religion.

 

[Gbourdon]

^^^ You mean it is not?

 

[Gbourdon]

L-Word. It must be because I work in Vermont. I dont know. I jsut dont see too many conservative republicans in the streets protesting. But a parade of middle aged nude women reeking of pachouli in Brattleboro, VT. Sure... (pukey)

 

[laracroft]

Damn we need political and religious sections in the forums. I feel like we have to seperate from church and state or something... wow.lol