Reply #22: Luckily Samuel Adams and . . . [View All]

Paul Revere didn't have to pay for billboards when they put up one of the greatest works of propaganda, the engraving of "the Boston Massacre." These rally signs didn't even contain slander like the "Boston Massacre" did.

From what the woman said in the video, I suspect that they already checked to make sure that what they were doing was legal. I've been at many protests that had permits, and there are always plenty of police on horseback to intimidate us. If you've never had a horse with a cop right in front of you, you don't know how intimidating this is. I've had them standing right in front of me in places I had every right to be, and it made me very uncomfortable. Luckily I've never had a police person on a horse come rushing at me the way this one did in this video. This was not necessary in this situation, especially since no one was doing anything illegal. In my experience with the police, when I've really needed one, they were very slow to come and help. One time a rapist tried to break in my house, and the police told me that I pretty much ask for it because I was living alone, and not married. I never have trouble finding them when we have a peace march or rally that has all the required permits. I believe that there are many cops out there who are trying to help people, but the first photo below I blame on the Bush administration. The amount of police that are guarding Bush when he is in town means people can freely break the law, and there won't be a police person free to stop them.




Just around the corner of our annual peace march around March 20th