Police use batons... Not Pakistan. Washington State

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=7329857&nav=menu227_8

Police use batons to clear Iraq protesters at Port of Olympia, one arrested

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Police have used batons to clear roads around the Port of Olympia during an anti-war protest. One person was arrested last night as demonstrators tried to prevent combat vehicles from leaving the port. The protests follow the arrival of a military ship with gear for a Stryker brigade that recently returned to Fort Lewis from Iraq. The demonstrations drew more than 100 people and began relatively calm. As the night wore on, though, some protesters began chasing the military convoys to try to stand in front and block them. snip

[ShortnFiery]

1. We're on the eve of Martial Law?

[Fierce]

2. Huh.

They're lucky the longshoremen didn't bring out the brickbats.

[John Q. Citizen]

7. Yes, they'd kick the cops asses fast. I remember when the Long Shoremen refused to

load war cargo during Vietnam. They are patriots, unlike the cops who just generally do as they are told.

[shenmue]

3. Well, they started chasing the convoys.

:shrug:

When you see there are well-armed police there, it probably isn't a good idea to go chasing and blocking military trucks.

[John Q. Citizen]

4. Stoping the facist war machine is always risky business. Good Gemans figured it out,

why can't these people?

[NNN0LHI]

5. Full speed ahead eh?

[Squatch]

6. They're trying to block vehicles RETURNING from Iraq.

How about blocking the ones getting on the boat, idiots.

[Marrah_G]

8. ~snort~

:rofl:

[geek_sabre]

9. Justified

sorry.