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A short video montage of some counter-inaugural protests in D.C. last week, sent in by reader Derek who shot and edited it.
There's not a whole lot here, but the images of heavily armored riot police everywhere are pretty chilling. It looks a little too much like my nightmares. Derek also describes how the protesters were kept "sealed off from anywhere near the parade with fences and riot-guards."
Thanks, Derek.
Very nice. In fact, awesome. I like the quotation at the end, with the riot cop fading out. I don't understand the need for all of the heavy gear (and pepper spray, I hear). Those people looked like college kids, for the most part.
Dangerous people (you decide who I'm referring to).
Thanks, Anthony, for posting my video.
It was truly frightening to see in person just how little the Bush administration cares about free speech. These were all peaceful protestors who simply wished to express their ideas. Pepper spray was not necessary. Water hoses were not necessary. It's hard to describe how disheartening it was to stare out from behind the fences and riot-guards, seeing glimpses of the parade pass by in the distance accompanied with the typically obscure political propaganda about forefathers and liberty. Calling Orwell's 1984 a "horrible fantasy world" and pretending it could never happen betrays true ignorance; we grow closer towards living in it every day. I've seen it for myself.
at January 30, 2005 7:12 PMHere's a longer clip of constitutional rights violations and a brutal pepper spray orgy at the 14th & Penn. parade route check point
Check Point "Dubya" focuses on constitutional violations by security forces and the brutal over use of pepper spray at the 14th & Pennsylvania Ave. parade route check point.
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