When we were at Civic Center Park yesterday, there was a Guantanamo Bay protest. When we were at the park it was just getting started. As we were leaving it went mobile. We had heard that that protest and the procession were unsanctioned and that the cops were watching. Well, apparently the cops were watching and there was a confrontation. A bunch of protesters were blocking traffic and the riot guys decided to mace them. It was all over the newspapers today.
My friend with the Pictures of You Iran exhibit wanted to take it to the Republican Convention as well. What the organizers told him however was that he could only set up at a place on the side of the highway, under a ramp where people could only drive-by. That wasn't going to work. The "free speech zone" is to be on an island across the Mississippi from the Convention. Protestors at a challenger's convention probably aren't going to affect any sort of change. But protesting at the incumbent's convention carries a bit more weight. Should we be surprised at all?
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