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Originally Posted by jorgelito
This thread title is misleading and needs to be changed. The Rage Against the Machine concert and subsequent riots did not take place at the RNC. The rioters were violent, disorderly and a danger to the public. Luckily the police were there.
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No, it doesn't. 1) I said nothing about Rage Against the Machine. 2) while there were violent protests, as I specifically said, the vast majority of protesters were peaceful. To lump 10,000 people into the category deserved by only 2 or 3 hundred is, frankly, asinine.
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I commend the police on their fine performance.
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When the idiots, for whatever reason, tried to storm Mickey's Diner I had no problem with the police using the means necessary to stop them. But when the police won't let peaceful protesters (who, contrary to your misleading post, were not the same group as the anarchists starting fights) (I know, I was there) get anywhere near the people they're trying to get their message to, I feel that's a clear violation of the 1st amendment.