> boddhisatva wrote:
>
>> There were,
>> unquestionably, PLENTY of police on the streets of Seattle
>
>
> No there weren't. Their ranks looked pretty thin to me, even
> supplemented with state cops and national guard - nothing compared to
> what you see in NYC or DC. And it was remarkably easy to move around the
> streets - they hadn't blocked much. The NYPD would have limited access
> to all of downtown with multiple layers of barriers reinforced by
> multiple layers of cops. Have you ever seen how they control Times
> Square on a New Year's Eve?
Thanks, Doug, for backing up what I've been saying. I've been to enough demos, analyzed the police enough, and talked to enough Seattle veterans. that I thought that I had entered an alternative Star Trek timeline as I read this crazy arguments coming from the Boddhi character.
I've come to accept the fact that some of us will be dealing with revisionist histories of Seattle and the early anti-glob movement for years to come.
Chuck0