Protesters Carjacking?

Alan Jacobson alanjacobson at sbcglobal.net
Fri Mar 21 08:11:36 PST 2003


Wouldn't something like that get coverage in the SF media? Protesters beating up bystanders? I think that would be on the front page of every single newspaper in the US.

A quick scan of the SF Chron and SF Examiner sites mentions nothing like that in particular. It does mention motorists beating up protesters.

Excerpt from SF Chronicle coverage (no vouching for accuracy, etc) www.sfgate.com :

-snip> Because of the fluid nature of protests, no estimates on the number of participants were available, but it was clearly in the thousands -- enough to leave police exhausted.

"After 16 hours of fighting communists and anarchists, a Red Bull can help us go another 16 hours," said Sgt. Rene Laprevotte as he bought two cans of the energy drink at a Fifth Street market. "We're here as long as they are."

Despite the size of the demonstrations and occasional acts of violence, there were few reports of injuries. One San Francisco police officer suffered cuts to his face, and another sprained his ankle in a scuffle with a protester who tried to take his handgun, officials said.

There also were scattered reports of protesters injured by police swinging batons and, in some cases, motorists and workers frustrated by demonstrators' actions.

Some protesters were clearly prepared for violence. Sheriff Michael Hennessey said some demonstrators fired bolts from slingshots, and others slashed the tires of squad cars. Police clearing a mob from Seventh and Mission streets early in the afternoon came away with a haul of pipe wrenches, rocks and other makeshift weapons. -snip>



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