war demonstrations... rubber bullets... oxymoronic

[prozak at anus.com]

2/15/03 10:27:03 PM
Rocky Mountain News

Colorado Springs, Colorado -- [LSN:  When the forces of international
communism clash with the forces of
capitalist globalism, we take no sides.  Obviously, we oppose this 
war;
we
also oppose the agenda of groups like the Worker's World Party, which 
were
ironically formed to support Judaeo-Bolshevik colonialism in Hungary
through
the Soviet invasion of that nation, and which continue to 
manifestation of
a
pathological desire to destroy society.]

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Police fire tear gas, rubber bullet at Colorado Springs war protest

By The Associated Press

February 15, 2003

COLORADO SPRINGS - Police fired tear gas at anti-war demonstrators 
and hit
at least one with a rubber bullet after a rally spilled out of a park 
and
blocked a major thoroughfare Saturday.

At least two people were treated at a hospital for minor injuries and
released after the rally at Palmer Park. Thirteen people were 
arrested
after
they forced the closure of a half-mile stretch of Academy Boulevard,
police
spokesman Lt. Skip Arms said.

A second rally at Peterson Air Force Base ended with 21 arrests but 
no
tear
gas. Peterson is home to the Northern Command, the joint military 
command
in
charge of homeland security.

Arms said one person who picked up a tear gas canister and threw it 
toward
police was hit with a .40-caliber rubberized bullet and subdued with 
a
stun
gun. Arms had initially denied reports that anyone was hit by a 
rubber
bullets.

The demonstrators were protesting the threatened U.S. strike on Iraq.
Police did not provide crowd estimates, but KVOR radio in Colorado 
Springs
reported that about 3,000 people attended the Palmer Park rally and 
300
turned
out at Peterson.

After the park rally, some protesters emptied into Academy Boulevard. 
Arms
said police fired tear gas after the protesters refused repeated 
warnings
to
disperse.

Some of the protesters danced and chanted, "Who owns the street? We 
own
the
street," angering some of the people who remained in the park.

Arms said the protesters had told police they planned to have a 
peaceful
rally but he said police had received intelligence indicating that 
some
protesters would try to break laws.

The protesters arrested at Peterson were taken into custody after 
police
ordered them to leave, Arms said.

Most face misdemeanor charges of failing to disperse.

Members of the Colorado Coalition Against War in Iraq said they 
invited
protesters from across the state to Colorado Springs because it is 
home to
the
largest concentration of military personnel and facilities in the 
state.

Well over a million people turned out in cities across the country 
and
around the world on Saturday to protest the possible war.

In Boulder, home of the University of Colorado, an anti-war group
circulated a petition on the city's pedestrian mall to impeach 
President
Bush.

"The current administration is using fear tactics and the threat of
perpetual war to control the American public," said Alexia Parks,
spokeswoman
for the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center.
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