Washington Post coverage . . .

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/metro/images/protests_092702.html

Published on Friday, September 27, 2002 in the San Francisco Chronicle

9 Protesters Arrested at Lantos' Office

by Wyatt Buchanan

 
Police arrested nine anti-war protesters at Rep. Tom Lantos' office in San Mateo after they entered the building Thursday afternoon and refused to leave.

The protesters wanted Lantos to sign a pledge saying he would vote against a pre-emptive military strike on Iraq and work with the United Nations to prevent any action against the Arab nation.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/09/27/imf.protests/index.html

At the Federal Triangle Metro station, about 4,430 passengers exited by 8:30 a.m. By that time on an average Friday, about 7,500 passengers emerge from that station.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11203-2002Sep27.html

-Although the protesters had pledged to shut down the nation's capital, there were only minimal disruptions to the morning rush

-About 500 protesters were arrested

-About 65 people were charged with rioting after they broke some windows at a Citibank office and tossed smoke bombs in Washington's business district. Elsewhere, about 200 demonstrators arrested inside the White House's security zone, according to Chief Charles Ramsey.

-At one downtown intersection, protesters chained themselves together. Elsewhere, demonstrators danced through the street with mud and leaves smeared on their hair and clothes. Fire trucks were called to put out a few tires set ablaze on the outskirts of town.

-Many emergency calls to 911 proved false. "It's another protester tactic," Officer Tony O'Leary, a police spokesman, said of the calls. "It's something we're prepared for."

Oh yeah, the rest of the USA is just standing in line hoping to get into your good graces. You're the smart ones. We all want to be like you and do what you think we should do.

-Said Andrew Pearson, 25, of Chapel Hill, N.C., "I wish more of our movement concentrated on its message than its tactics, like running through the streets."

Sorry Andrew. This isn't about wanting peace. This is about a miniscule minority wanting to ignore what's best for the country and the world as a whole, and it's about people who would rather have things their way.

browsing photos from todays smack down in d.c. i swelled in pride to be american.

d.c. cops and others did a wonderful job slamming masked pussarchists to the ground.

a few pics of those being arrested crying were particularly sweet.

great job d.c. cops and others.

sorry to inform you, but the downtown was basically only half full, as was shown from the numbers on the metro, which is actually probably skewed upwards, since people were warned not to drive and to take the metro.

So this was a HUGE victory!

I'm swelling with pride over our excellent young people who had the incredible courage to take on the monster, in its very heart!

The Gap Protest in Washington - clothes come off, the redwood stump is wheeled in . . . . no arrests.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/metro/092702-1s.htm

my sis works in downtown DC. most of the employees worked extra hours M-Th so they got the day off today in lieu of the activities. no reason to drive into the city and have a bunch of anarchist burn your fucking car or ride the metro and have them cut you up with blades and paint your clothes and have to smell them and get lice from them and any number of infectious diseases. monday morning is back to normal after the sanitary dept washes the city down with disinfectant so that the normal liberal scum can talk rather than fight and in the meanwhile more americans are put in danger of an attack from islamic militants.

"most of the employees "

Right there you show how much you know - nothing. No single source can make a claim about 'most of the employees' unless they've done a huge survey, of which you have not.

Lots of employees were excited to have the day off, paid or not.

"Lots of employees"

Right there you show how much you know - nothing. No single source can make a claim about how 'lots of the employees' felt about having the day off or even if it was 'lots' of employees (it could have just been 'some' or 'few' or 'bunches' or etc) unless they've done a huge survey, of which you have not.

I've been reading all sorts of news sources all morning - the reports on worker's opinions vary widely - some were in complete support, others were angererd. But there's big difference between claiming to speak for all workers and 'lots' of workers, which I was doing based on many sources of media.

The entire AFL-CIO told workers to 'take the day off.'

I doubt they went home crying about that.

I think they got abused or something . . . they covered the cop brutality and made the protestors look good, had excellent comments, etc.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/metro/092702-10v.htm

get a fucking life loser

get a fucking life loser