Riot Police sheild Obama from Grandma

squeeks · Apr 30, 2010, 05:51 PM

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=147417

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When hundreds of tea-party protesters – including many elderly women – gathered outside a civic center where President Obama was giving a public speech Wednesday, they were surprised to be greeted by police dispatched in full riot gear.

About 200 protesters peacefully rallied outside the civic center, carrying signs that read "Give Us Liberty Not Debt" and yellow "Don't Tread On Me" flags, the Quincy Herald-Whig reported. Protesters waved U.S. flags and shouted "Remember in November" and "You work for us."

lol this is hilarious, the Democrats are SO afraid of losing in novemeber they will do ANYTHING to shut up people who dont believe like they do...

Peace · Apr 30, 2010, 05:53 PM

Your theory is bunk. Cops in riot gear come out for lefty demonstrations too. It's not new.

squeeks · Apr 30, 2010, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Peace

Your theory is bunk. Cops in riot gear come out for lefty demonstrations too. It's not new.

oh yeah, sure, all the time... proof?

xUKHCx · Apr 30, 2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeks

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=147417

lol this is hilarious, the Democrats are SO afraid of losing in novemeber they will do ANYTHING to shut up people who dont believe like they do...

If they wanted to shut them up those police wouldn't be standing across the road.

yg17 · Apr 30, 2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeks

oh yeah, sure, all the time... proof?

2009 San Francisco Anti-War Protest

Sky Blue · Apr 30, 2010, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeks

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=147417

lol this is hilarious, the Democrats are SO afraid of losing in novemeber they will do ANYTHING to shut up people who dont believe like they do...

err, wat.
Way to completely misconstrue what happened (although reading Wing Nut Daily, I'm not surprised).

In real life:

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Local police, wearing riot gear, briefly marched down the street to clear it for the president's motorcade.
…

The crowd moved back, the officers stayed for about 15 minutes and left, and there were no other incidents.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rig...tea_party.html

Yes, the police could've thought "Hey, it's just a bunch of bigoted old racists, they won't cause any trouble", but with any head of state you got to be on the safe side.

.Andy · Apr 30, 2010, 06:05 PM

There's quite clearly a lot more people there than "grandma" and there certainly was an amicable response from the teaparty protestors. As excitingly partisan as it is to beat this up your conclusions of "shutting them up" are entirely baseless.

edit: also worldnetdaily

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Sky Blue · Apr 30, 2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeks

oh yeah, sure, all the time... proof?

Armed Riot Police During Anti-War Protest March at the Republican National Convention, St. Paul, 2008

.Andy · Apr 30, 2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Sky Blue

Armed Riot Police During Anti-War Protest March at the Republican National Convention, St. Paul, 2008

Isn't it pretty much standard practice to have riot police at a protest in case it turns ugly? I don't think I've been to a single protest where there hasn't been riot police there (and thankfully not required). It actually makes me feel safer as a protestor.

bobber205 · Apr 30, 2010, 06:52 PM

Why do old people give two poops about the country's debt?

Aren't they almost dead anyway?

Lord Blackadder · 07:16 PM

Non-story, except for people with either no memory or no brain.

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Originally Posted by bobber205

Why do old people give two poops about the country's debt?

Generally speaking, old people are unable to give two poops about anything without considerable nutritional/medicinal assistance. But I digress.

obeygiant · Apr 30, 2010, 07:59 PM

I don't know. Those old ladies look kind of dangerous.

184550 · Apr 30, 2010, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by yg17

2009 San Francisco Anti-War Protest

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And those morons got what they deserved.

NT1440 · Apr 30, 2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by NathanMuir

And those morons got what they deserved.

If they were becoming too rowdy then yes, the police have the authority to calm things down. That said, what makes them morons and not people like the Tea party?

184550 · Apr 30, 2010, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NT1440

If they were becoming too rowdy then yes, the police have the authority to calm things down. That said, what makes them morons and not people like the Tea party?

The tea party is also full of morons.

NT1440 · Apr 30, 2010, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by NathanMuir

The tea party is also full of morons.

Ah, I see we are in agreement

Zombie Acorn · Apr 30, 2010, 09:13 PM

Don't screw with grandma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gAGu6Bt6Aw

citizenzen · Apr 30, 2010, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by squeeks

lol this is hilarious...

It is hilarious... apparently you don't realize you're getting your news from a partisan gossip rag.

That is funny!

TuffLuffJimmy · Apr 30, 2010, 09:18 PM

What kind of person would take that obvious hyperbole, that propaganda, as news?

Oh wait...

bobertoq · Apr 30, 2010, 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by .Andy

Isn't it pretty much standard practice to have riot police at a protest in case it turns ugly? I don't think I've been to a single protest where there hasn't been riot police there (and thankfully not required). It actually makes me feel safer as a protester.

This is what I was thinking...

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Originally Posted by xUKHCx

If they wanted to shut them up those police wouldn't be standing across the road.

I was thinking this, too.

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Originally Posted by squeeks

oh yeah, sure, all the time... proof?

Can you prove they always come to right-wing events? Otherwise your point is pointless. But then it wouldn't really be a point.

dinaluvsApple · Apr 30, 2010, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by obeygiant

I don't know. Those old ladies look kind of dangerous.

i would consider them more dangerous than the hipster college idiots who show up at lefty protest.

think about it, these old racist bigots are from an era, where it was ok to shoot dead black people and lynch gays.

the college hipster play WoW and smoke weed, where they have an epiphany to go protest something stupid.

citizenzen · Apr 30, 2010, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dinaluvsApple

...the college hipster play WoW and smoke weed, where they have an epiphany to go protest something stupid.

Peace is stupid?

Well... color me idiotic.

dinaluvsApple · Apr 30, 2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by citizenzen

Peace is stupid?

Well... color me idiotic.

why is co*****k not protesting iraq anymore since obama become president?

NT1440 · Apr 30, 2010, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by dinaluvsApple

why is co*****k not protesting iraq anymore since obama become president?

Perhaps its because we are leaving...

Rt&Dzine · Apr 30, 2010, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by obeygiant

I don't know. Those old ladies look kind of dangerous.

You KNOW they're packin'.

Apr 30, 2010, 06:05 PM	#7
.Andy macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Mergui Archipelago	There's quite clearly a lot more people there than "grandma" and there certainly was an amicable response from the teaparty protestors. As excitingly partisan as it is to beat this up your conclusions of "shutting them up" are entirely baseless. edit: also worldnetdaily ! __________________ Each man's death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. Therefore, send not to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.
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bobber205 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oregon	Why do old people give two poops about the country's debt? Aren't they almost dead anyway? __________________ Gyaboo!!!!
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Zombie Acorn macrumors 65816 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario	Don't screw with grandma http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gAGu6Bt6Aw __________________ --2.6 C2Q 4gb DDR3 GTX 260-Win 7-- --2.0 CE Macbook Alum-Leopard--
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TuffLuffJimmy macrumors G3 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR	What kind of person would take that obvious hyperbole, that propaganda, as news? Oh wait... __________________ "Next PM I get from you about this, and it gets posted as my signature." --LTD
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Peace macrumors P6 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Space--The ONLY Frontier	Your theory is bunk. Cops in riot gear come out for lefty demonstrations too. It's not new.
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obeygiant macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan	I don't know. Those old ladies look kind of dangerous.
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