Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Zoo. This photo below from Zombie should win an award (click to go to Zombie's gallery and larger version): Melanie Morgan reports:
...The cops were openly hostile toward the people who showed up at 5:00 a.m., never stepping in to protect the patriots from the assaults that took place against elderly folks, Gold Star parents, Blue Star families and Joe and Jane Citizen who were waving the flags and showing their pride in the Marines. The police allowed hundreds of Berkeley High School kids (accompanied by their teachers) to gather with CodePink, receive their mandatory face masks and F--k Bush t-shirts, and allowed them to mill around our PA where they tried to cut the power cords to the system.
Berkeley police repeatedly allowed CodePink to violate our permits, and never lifted a finger to stop their crowd from interfering with our activities until the very end, after we screamed blue bloody hell.
When Catherine Moy, the Executive Director of MAF called the police to tell them a riot was erupting in the early hours -THEY HUNG UP ON HER.
Cat called the Highway Patrol, who referred her back to the Berkeley police -WHO HUNG UP ON HER...
I see the Smash The Jewish State guy made an appearance...
I've seen the same type of behavior in Boston. In general, police will always cause trouble for the group they feel to be less of a threat. Groups who threaten violence seem to get away with almost everything (except sometimes for actual violence).