Police opened fire on Bush protestors with rubber bullets...snipers on the roofs... http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32278
"Police have opened fire on Bush protestors with rubber bullets, pepper spray and gas. "The crowd was standing at the barricades and the police had called a state of emergency. Pepper spray was used on group early on. Batons were used on some people. Group included babies in strollers and older people, also people in wheelchairs. Those that could get out of the way were cut off surronded by police. There were snipers on the roofs. "All protestors were given a phone number to write on their arm by legal group that would hook them up with legal services if they are arrested. There are also medics interspersed in the crowd. "The crowd included union people - longshoremen, anti-war people, people who see Bush as a corporate lackey who is stealing our retirement." ____________________ "I saw it with my own eyes" by Randy 8:00pm Thu Aug 22 '02 "I was between 5th and 6th on the sidewalk. Maybe the ones in front were warned to move, but I didn't hear any warning. It had been a peaceful protest. Suddenly the police came forward spraying pepper spray. A man nearby with an infant in a backpack got hit real good. The baby's face was so red I thought it had quit breathing. We pounded on the door at Carl's Jr. asking for water, but they had locked up. From the other direction came cop cars through the crowd and rubber bullets were fired at those closest to the cars. I kept retreating but the cops kept spraying. Lots of people were sprayed including the camera man from Channel 2 KATU. Some of us ended up across the street at Standard Insurance and used the fountain and pool." Police reaction to Portland protest by Lisa Thomas 7:03pm Thu Aug 22 '02 "This will backfire. Even our most ostrich-like citizens are not going to stand for rubber bullets being shot in crowds with babies in strollers. This will hopefully wake people up as to what kind of people are running our country and how much closer to a police state we are moving." ======== GOD BLESS PORTLAND by On Jacob's Ladder 9:48pm Thu Aug 22 '02 Thank you Portland for sending the message loud and clear! I thought the sheeple of this country too comfortable, too stupid, too crass to really care about what is happening here. We can never again ask "How did the German people let it happen?" Wake up - if we do not take to the streets we are letting it happen here. Even Gore (ol'"I'll fight for you" Al) ran and hid under a rock...Taking it to the streets is the only way - there is no other way - hey, Ostrich, do you think writing your Congressperson is the way to do it? They are owned by someone else, not by thee and me...The few who are not don't last (think Congresswoman Anita McKinney, who called for an investigation in to Bush's prior knowledge of 9-11). Do you think the ballot is the way? Have you forgotten Florida? They will only "count" the votes they want to count. The only hope we have is in the streets...In closing, a historical messsage for you from Nazi leader Hermann Goering, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II: "Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ... Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." READ MORE HERE: http://portland.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=17241&group=webcast Activists in Portland protest Bush policies http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32279 What's Next...Concentration Camps? by Anis Shivani Until a few weeks ago, there was little mention in the media...of words like "fascism," "totalitarianism," "dictatorship," "police state," "martial law," "genocide," "concentration camps," etc. So the dirty work of laying the foundations of the genocidal state occurred in full sight, with open "coverage"... http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32207 AMERICAN POLICE STATE: http://www.policestate21.com/ Re: The threat of terrorism from anti-government "Patriots" http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32280 Constitutional Rights of "Individual" U.S. Citizens - Ken Murrell If American Citizens want to remain FREE this "Homeland Security" nonsense MUST BE STOPPED immediately! http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32205 President Bush's remarks on forest health and preservation Bush raises record $1 million for Smith, GOP http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495&article=32281
