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Peacetrain

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11. Yep.. the protests had been going on all week basically in front of

Fri Jul 18, 2014, 11:50 PM

Jul 2014

Northrup Auditorium

But that day they moved down to Washington Ave, and then blocked the busses.. I was on Washington Ave at the end of the mall waiting for my bus..I could see up the block.. and the then all hell broke loose.. We saw the St Paul police in riot gear coming down Washington, but no one expected a confrontation.. I could not see exactly what was going on.. even though it was just a half block away..and then I saw a guy run between the buildings blood coming down the side of his head.. and they started beating the onlookers who were on the foot bridges (they were just packed) between Coffman and the mall.. It was just surreal. I started running up the mall and leaping the hedges like a gazelle trying to get away from it.. uff dah what a day.. We ran into one of the classrooms at the end of the mall trying to get to water to wash the tear gas out of our eyes.. very scary..

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Response from Seward Coop on Eden Foods [View all] BainsBane Jul 2014 OP

Well I am sorry to read this.. I volunteered at Sewards Peacetrain Jul 2014 #1

They aren't real co-ops anymore BainsBane Jul 2014 #2

It was an amazing time in the cities then Peacetrain Jul 2014 #3

We used to belong to a tiny co-op in Whittier BainsBane Jul 2014 #4

Yep.. its hard to explain the difference.. Peacetrain Jul 2014 #5

Wow! Someone else who remembers those days! scarletwoman Jul 2014 #6

Oh my God.. I loved the New Riverside Cafe! Peacetrain Jul 2014 #7

No, I would not have been on the U campus for that incident, I wasn't a student. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #8

The food was off the charts good.. Peacetrain Jul 2014 #9

Was that the time Washington Ave was blocked off by anti war protesters? dflprincess Jul 2014 #10

Yep.. the protests had been going on all week basically in front of Peacetrain Jul 2014 #11

I remember someone saying they were going to block off Washington Ave and flood it dflprincess Jul 2014 #15

Yeah, I was wondering, I thought maybe things were so bad that St. Paul police were progree Jul 2014 #16

Yep it was Minneapolis.. see post 17 Peacetrain Jul 2014 #18

Oh for the love of God.. ROFL Peacetrain Jul 2014 #17

And don't we all have those nowdays? dflprincess Jul 2014 #19

2010 S. 6th St. -- Am I close? I can't read any of the numbers (Google Street Map) progree Jul 2014 #12

Gone, all gone. All the big old frame houses and duplexes are gone. scarletwoman Jul 2014 #14

My Dad and aunt BainsBane Jul 2014 #13

Were you around during the co-op wars? geardaddy Jul 2014 #21

No we had already moved to Iowa Peacetrain Jul 2014 #22

Lucky. geardaddy Jul 2014 #23

That is what we heard..Very ugly time Peacetrain Jul 2014 #24

Eden Foods is OFF THE SHELVES at Central Co-op in Seattle progree Jul 2014 #20