-Caveat Lector-
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, nessie wrote:
>>If it's fake, then there's nothing to worry about. If it's real, then
>we're in really big trouble."
>
>I'm not so sure either of these statements is true.
>
>In the likely event that the film is "fake" (i.e, not of government
>origin), it's still a jim dandy instructional video for those who do wish
>to start trouble. I personally have incited a number of riots, including
>one in October of 1967 in that very neighborhood.
Okay, I'm finally weighing in on this thing.
It's an obvious hoax.
ANYONE who's been to Times Square on New Years Eve in recent years (as I
have) knows a few things: the crowd is only intent on having a good
time and NOT on rioting; it is a predominantly white crowd; and there is
a strong NYC police, fire, and ambulance presence.
Since 1979, they've shut down most of midtown to vehicular traffic,
turning the area between Times Square and Grand Central into one big
block party...
The police set up barricades in the middle of Times Square, creating an
'island' where police (many on horses), fire, and ambulance personnel can
quickly move about to maintain crowd control...and they do...
And really, everyone there is intent on having a good time -- a definite
attitude of 'peace and goodwill to all men' prevails...
Definitely NOT a venue to try to institute a race riot...
>On July 4, 1970 I saw an unprovoked police assault turn a peaceful
>assembly of thirty thousand or so people at the Washington Monument in DC
>into a furious near medieval melee in a matter of minutes. The gassed us
>for no reason. We were peacefully assembling as is our legal right.
But for a POLITICAL reason. And that was 1970. Times Square on News
Year Eve in the 90s is a vastly different arena...
> . . . but the world's full of young folks who aren't. There WILL be
>rioting on New Year's Eve. There's ALWAYS rioting on New Year's Eve.
Bull. Only once in Times Square, in 1978 I believe...not really a riot,
just some hoodlums setting fire to some cardboard boxes, but due to the
crowd the fire trucks couldn't get in. No one was hurt, and no serious
damage was done. Since then NYC has set up the 'island' I described
above, and it works well....no riots, rarely even an arrest for being
drunk and disorderly (NYC has a law banning open containers on the
street, a law which is flagrantly violated on New Years Eve and St.
Patricks Day)...
Now THERE'S a holiday where I'd be more willing to consider the
possibility of a riot breaking out...the St. Patricks' Day parade in
NYC...
June ;-)
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