David Shove wrote:
Principally, at no point did I say ALL police. It is not in my post.
> You don't get 800 UNBADGED cops showing up for an action at 3am in the
> morning without massive direction from Belton & Co, as happened re Hwy
> 55.
>
> Actually, I'll have to defend SSB on this one. The 300 cops for 38 tree huggers
> event was a state initiative. Mpls. Police were not in charge, the state guys
> were. Recall the National Guard being there. SSB cannot call out the Guard.
> Also, 300 cops for 38 tree huggers was egg on somebody's face. What a farce. It
> did remind me of other occasions of long distance designers of police action--they
> arrive with a bunker mentality, disrupt everybody's lives, make fools of
> themselves, then go off somewhere to pontificate in small, elite circles (maybe I
> exagerate on this one a little). Question: How did the Harlem Riots of 1968
> start? The TPF (tactical police force of the NYPD) decided to "practice" their
> stuff on the streets of Harlem during a particularly dicey time in our history.
> They jumped out of their buses somewhere around 140th and Lennox wearing more gear
> than Robocop and started duckin and dodgin in the street. How totally dumb was
> that? Harlemites and whoever else rioted for three days while Walter Chronkite
> stood on a building overlooking Harlem and, without clue one to hang his hat on,
> "reported" on the riots. I'm often astonished that the immediate reply is to take
> a meat ax to the situation when a tweezer and scalpel are required.
The ISAG, though, that's a whole nuther story in my estimation.WMarks, Central
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