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Bush ordered his SS to direct riot cops to fire pepper bullets at point
blank range into crowd of *women and small children* in Jacksonville,
Oregon.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/10/15/news/oregon/friore02.txt
The purpose of this action was simply to get those protesters out of
sight of the news cameras. Like Hitler, it is important that the
majority of the US see Bush surrounded only by adoring and devoted
subjects- there is no room for dissent.
It is time for America to wake up- when the day has arrived when heavily
armored and armed police use potentially lethal force against vulnerable
women and children simply because of their political preference, then
things have gone too far- way too far. Luckily for Bush, this is not
1775, because back then Americans had the balls to do something about
atrocities like this and were not subject to being bribed by cheaper
imported goods in WalMart, cheaper SUVs and tax breaks- those people had
*real* values.
Jacksonville police fire pepper to disperse protesters
By JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press writer
JACKSONVILLE Police in riot gear fired paintballs filled with cayenne
pepper Thursday night to disperse a crowd of protesters assembled in
this historic gold mining town where President Bush was spending the
night after a campaign appearance.
Witnesses said Bush supporters were on one side of California Street
chanting "Four more years,'' and supporters of Democratic presidential
nominee Sen. John Kerry were on the other chanting "Three more weeks.''
Police began moving the crowd away from the Jacksonville Inn, where the
president was to arrive for a dinner and to spend the night following
his speech.
"We were here to protest Bush and show our support for Kerry,'' said
Cerridewen Bunten, 24, a college student and retail clerk from Ashland.
"Nobody was being violent. We were out of the streets so cars could go
by. We were being loud, but I never knew that was against the law.''
Bunten said she was pushed by police as she held her 6-year-old daughter.
Jeff Treadwell, 37, an auto mechanic from Medford who joined the
protesters, estimated about 500 people were assembled, counting both
Bush and Kerry supporters.
Jacksonville City Administrator Paul Wyntergreen said the protest was
peaceful until a few people started pushing police. Police reacted by
firing pepperballs, which he described as projectiles like a paintball
filled with cayenne pepper. Two people were arrested for failing to
disperse. There were no reports of injuries.
Richard Swaney, 65, of Central Point, said had joined in a peaceful
protest outside the Jackson County fairgrounds where Bush spoke, and
then went to Jacksonville to join the protest there.
He said he was walking with the crowd away from the inn when he was hit
in the back with three separate bursts, one of which knocked him down.
He felt a stinging sensation he thought was rubber bullets and smelled
pepper.
"I don't think I moved fast enough,'' said Swaney. "I can't believe this
happens in the United States. It was very peaceful. I think this is the
way tyranny begins.''
Wyntergreen said no rubber bullets were fired, only pepperballs.
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blank range into crowd of *women and small children* in Jacksonville,
Oregon.
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2004/10/15/news/oregon/friore02.txt
The purpose of this action was simply to get those protesters out of
sight of the news cameras. Like Hitler, it is important that the
majority of the US see Bush surrounded only by adoring and devoted
subjects- there is no room for dissent.
It is time for America to wake up- when the day has arrived when heavily
armored and armed police use potentially lethal force against vulnerable
women and children simply because of their political preference, then
things have gone too far- way too far. Luckily for Bush, this is not
1775, because back then Americans had the balls to do something about
atrocities like this and were not subject to being bribed by cheaper
imported goods in WalMart, cheaper SUVs and tax breaks- those people had
*real* values.
Jacksonville police fire pepper to disperse protesters
By JEFF BARNARD
Associated Press writer
JACKSONVILLE Police in riot gear fired paintballs filled with cayenne
pepper Thursday night to disperse a crowd of protesters assembled in
this historic gold mining town where President Bush was spending the
night after a campaign appearance.
Witnesses said Bush supporters were on one side of California Street
chanting "Four more years,'' and supporters of Democratic presidential
nominee Sen. John Kerry were on the other chanting "Three more weeks.''
Police began moving the crowd away from the Jacksonville Inn, where the
president was to arrive for a dinner and to spend the night following
his speech.
"We were here to protest Bush and show our support for Kerry,'' said
Cerridewen Bunten, 24, a college student and retail clerk from Ashland.
"Nobody was being violent. We were out of the streets so cars could go
by. We were being loud, but I never knew that was against the law.''
Bunten said she was pushed by police as she held her 6-year-old daughter.
Jeff Treadwell, 37, an auto mechanic from Medford who joined the
protesters, estimated about 500 people were assembled, counting both
Bush and Kerry supporters.
Jacksonville City Administrator Paul Wyntergreen said the protest was
peaceful until a few people started pushing police. Police reacted by
firing pepperballs, which he described as projectiles like a paintball
filled with cayenne pepper. Two people were arrested for failing to
disperse. There were no reports of injuries.
Richard Swaney, 65, of Central Point, said had joined in a peaceful
protest outside the Jackson County fairgrounds where Bush spoke, and
then went to Jacksonville to join the protest there.
He said he was walking with the crowd away from the inn when he was hit
in the back with three separate bursts, one of which knocked him down.
He felt a stinging sensation he thought was rubber bullets and smelled
pepper.
"I don't think I moved fast enough,'' said Swaney. "I can't believe this
happens in the United States. It was very peaceful. I think this is the
way tyranny begins.''
Wyntergreen said no rubber bullets were fired, only pepperballs.
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