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Prospect For Peace Buffer Zone Breached |
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by Jan Kruse
Email: durljan (nospam) earthlink.net (verified) |
03 May 2003
Modified: 09:40:32 PM |
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At 3:45 PM, just 15 minutes before the final Pro War rally was scheduled to conclude Saturday May 3 the Buffer Zone was breached! |
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After enduring the usual vulgarities both verbal and visual 2 bikers for war passed throught the buffer zone on Prospect Avenue today to enter the Prospect for Peace area. They were intent to take photos of our group and to make threatening statements as they passed by each person. A WW II Veteran against war was told that his sign was offensive to the Pro War group. Earlier a van of flag wavers had assulted him by throwing a condom filled with a disgusting brown fluid as he stood with our group.
The picture takers seemed intent upon making threats and provking a reaction as they ventured passed the mutually agreed buffer area on Prospect. One person in our group asked not to be photographed , but to no avail. The bikers for War snapped pictures and made insults. A struggled insued. All parties were involved yet to the witnesses "shock and awe" there was only police intervention against the person from our group. She was forced to the ground, face to the ground, arm and shoulder clamped and knee to the back. Cuffs were put on as the bikers were only directed away.
The Pro war bikers had entered the mutually agreed buffer area and proceeded in the street, in front of us as traffic moved behind them, yet the police asserted force only towards our friend. All parties were involved equally in the insuing struggle.
As Rick Winkel had just finished his speech in praise of those who support the Governmment NO Matter What!, I was getting a sick feeling. Their red, white and blue ballons released to heavens seemed to quickly be caught up in a blast of hot air hovering over the area near the Pro war group and quickly disapearred from sight. Their loud speaker blasted "This Land Is Our Land" and the day quickly became a day to remember.
Today I witnessed a one sided overreaction from a police officer, a government spokesperson praise those who insinuate that freedon of speech is not for everyone. I observed the mutually agreed to rules not to matter if you have a flag to wave.
Last week they held a sign that read "Jail the Peace Protesters": This week they tried to help make it happen!
Freedom of Speech may be slowly dying in our nation. I could literally feel our civil liberties being smothered today by a flag so huge.........a flag that no longer stands for Freedom and Justice for All! |
