I just saw this article on the Strib site: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3773667.html
While I didn't closely observe the Thursday night antiwar protests in downtown Minneapolis, I did catch the Friday morning march on my way into work. It sounds (and looked to me) like a lot of good work has been done on both the part of protest organizers and police leaders to get to a point where these protests can only be called a success (not that the war stopped, but that the protest did as much as it could to peaceably deliver it's message). The list has seemed to hold a lot of criticism of Mayor Rybak for a lot of things, but I wonder if his leadership and the relationship between the Mayor's office and the Police Dept. haven't done a lot to make these events more positive for everyone. Remember how the last Mayor let the police handle Critical Mass rides and the conference of genetic manipulators? That the protestors and police seemed to have learned to get along is encouraging to me. Yes, there was obviously some tension, but I think protests trying to stay out of bike and bus lanes and police keeping everyone safe from traffic incidents is progress. Some cities, like San Francisco, haven't had nearly this kind of restraint on either side and all that's really resulted is a lot more stress for everyone at a time when we could all use less of it. Good work Minneapolis. - Michael Libby (Cleveland neighborhood) TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
