Mayor Bush shows his true colors

[GettysbergII]

Following snips of this article is a slideshow of some pictures of the overdone Chicago police presence that could only be intended to intimidate citizens out of expressing their 1st Amendment Rights. Through marching around downtown Chicago from noon until 2:00 there was not one moment I and all the peaceful demonstrators were not surrounded by armored clubwielding police officers most of who seemed almost as embarrassed by this unneccessary show of force as I was disgusted by it.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050319protest,1,3888438.story?coll=chi-news-hed
In Chicago, 1,000 protest war

By Carla K. Johnson
The Associated Press
Published March 19, 2005, 6:59 PM CST

Hundreds of police officers, some in riot gear, lined the streets of downtown Chicago Saturday as anti-war protesters commemorated the second anniversary of the U.S. led invasion of Iraq.

About a thousand demonstrators walked from the city's Gold Coast neighborhood to the Federal Plaza where a rally was held.

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Organizers had asked for a permit to march along Michigan Avenue, but the city denied that request, saying the march would be too disruptive and cause traffic jams. The activists sued to reverse the city's decision but on March 11 a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit.

The protesters, however, still gathered and were able to negotiate an alternative route with police.

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The first two arrests occurred at the corner of Oak Street and Michigan Avenue.

Friends of the two arrested men identified them as the Rev. Dan Dale, interim pastor at Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ in Chicago, and Brad Lyttle, a Quaker and longtime peace activist.

"We were trying to disperse and they wouldn't let us ... They've got two pacifists in their paddywagon," a handcuffed Dale shouted to his friends.

Here's a slideshow of some pics I took at today's events.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gettysburgii/slideshow2?.dir=/501e&.src=ph&.beg=0&.spd=2

[annabanana]

1. At least some of the police had the decency to be embarrassed!

It's an improvement over the attitude of the Chicago Cops back in the '60's, that's for sure. Good on ya for being out there..

rock on

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