maybe not. There were some injuries there though and I saw part of it is what I am saying. The number of police looks disproportionate until you think about it.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Yes...Michigan and Cermak is right by McCormick place...though I don't > think that was the center of the protests that day. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:27 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > there was some disproportionate force. But on the *whole* Chicago did > better > than I expected. What was so important about Michigan and Cernak though? > Getting to close to McCormick Place and triggering security concerns I am > guessing? Been meaning to look that up. That might actually be kind of > legitimate if so, and if that's what it was then the protesters trying to > push through the police were the problem imho. In that > *particular* situation> > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Cameron Childress > <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Eric Roberts < > > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > > > > Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and > > > beating the protestors... > > > > > > I only watched the first, but it sure looked like the protesters were > > trying top break the line and the police responded. There really isn't > > enough context to judge wether the force they used was reasonable, > > maybe it wasn't. > > > > But this pretty clearly isn't a case of "aw those poor little peaceful > > protesters" to me. > > > > -Cameron > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
