Freep updates Ferndale (Woodward & 9 Mile) anti-war protests

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DEMONSTRATION AT HOME: Antiwar protesters' battle shifts

As driver support grows, cops pose new problems

BY FRANK WITSIL
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

August 24, 2006


For nearly four years, Kim Bergier and dozens of other protesters have braved cold and heat, wind and rain, angry shouts -- and even, in one case, fists -- to deliver a simple message: They are opposed to war.

Every Monday evening, they've been gathering at the intersection of 9 Mile and Woodward in Ferndale to hold signs -- "Impeach Bush," "No War" and "2,611 U.S. killed in Iraq" -- and flash peace signs.

In the beginning, the demonstrators acknowledge, they got more middle fingers than thumbs-up.

But, now, the activists say, as the war in Iraq drags on, they're getting more support from passersby but are getting static from the police.

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