-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Infoshop News] Anti-Bush protesters attacked during police riot (Louisville KY) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 18:34:16 -0800 (PST) From: Infoshop News <chuck at mutualaid.org> To: chuck at mutualaid.org
Title: Anti-Bush protesters attacked during police riot (Louisville KY) (Police State) Date: Friday November 01 2002 @ 06:32PM PST Author: not in mourning (not_in_mourning at yahoo.com)
NOVEMBER 1, 2002
LOUISVILLE KY -- Several protesters were shoved and knocked over by Louisville police tonight during a peaceful anti-war, anti-Bush rally outside of the Kentucky International Convention Center.
President Bush was scheduled to appear inside the center during a Republican rally for several GOP candidates including US Rep. Anne Northup (R-KY).
Approximately two to three hundred anti-Bush protesters -- a broad mix of ages and agendas -- lined the sidewalk opposite from the center while hundreds of pro-Bush Republicans waited to get inside the building. As the line of Bush supporters moved around the corner, the protesters attempted to move around the corner as well.
The police blocked the protesters on the other side of the street. Horses were used against the crowd, but the protesters briefly held their position in the middle of 4th Street.
At that point the horses were guided into the crowd. One person was stomped by a horse (ridden by Officer Bybee) and fell to the ground; others were forcefully shoved backwards by police on foot. Officers kept ordering the crowd to move backwards, but people found themselves trapped between the police line and the corner building as well as a line of cars on the corner. Still, police insisted that the crowd "move back!" and followed up their barked demands with more shoving.
People fell to the ground in the middle and back of the crowd as the police shoved the front of the crowd backwards, creating a potentially dangerous situation. Two people were yanked out of the crowd and arrested for undetermined reasons.
Once the protesters were able to get around the parked cars on the street, they retreated to the opposite corner where they had been before.
Video can be seen here:
http://www.kyimc.org/media/antibush110102.mov
it's 14.2 MB though.
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