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Idiotarians bring Molotov Cocktails to San Francisco Protest
San Francisco arson investigators removed 12 Molotov-type cocktails on Friday from a backpack discovered by a groundskeeper cleaning up debris left by anti-war protesters in a downtown alley way. Officers also discovered a collection of rags, lighter fluid, and other materials with which to make incendiary objects in front of the Four Seasons Hotel. Meanwhile, raucous bands of demonstrators marched through San the city's streets Friday in the largest of many anti-war protests around the country. About a thousand anit-capatilist swine protesters chanted "The bombs are dropping, stop the shopping," during an after-work gathering in the touristy shopping district at the intersection of Powell and Market Streets. A morning die-in outside the federal building in Sacramento resulted in 30 arrests, and an attempt in Capitola to block entrance to a military recruiting center ended in about a dozen arrests.

In downtown Los Angeles on Friday, 27 people were arrested for blocking the street in front of the federal building. As demonstrators cheered, police in faceshields took away protesters one by one after they had linked arms and sat down in the street. One of those arrested was Vanessa Acosta. She knelt in the street and prayed the rosary. She held a sign saying "Peace is the first casualty in war." She held her hands together in prayer as she was led away. "I want to give a little bit of myself ... the people in Iraq don't know who I am but at least I know that I'm against their liberation with them," she said.
Duh...

And in Sacramento, U.S. marshals arrested about 30 protesters who were blocking the entrances to the federal building. "I believe we have an illegal government that stole the election, is robbing the treasury and is waging a war against a country that can't resist," said Murray Cohen, a 65 year old moonbat, before police took him away.

Larger anti-war demonstrations and vigils were scheduled for Saturday in San Francisco and Los Angeles, while in Long Beach the Surfrider Foundation was coordinating the formation of a giant peace sign consisting of 400 surfboards.
Like, way cool, huh dude? Surfers for, like, peace, man!

Police, who kept a tight rein on the moving masses, said they learned a lesson after demonstrations grew out of control leading to 1,600 arrests on Thursday. "They think they can do this indefinitely. Not anymore," San Francisco police spokesman Dewayne Tully said. Police, bolstered by 450 California Highway Patrol officers, were determined to keep bridges and major arteries open.
If they did a little more with them than book 'em and let 'em go — give give them six months in jug — there wouldn't be so many of them. But since there's no real punishment associated with being an idiot, they're free to indulge their childishness without any cost...

Posted by: John Phares 2003-03-22
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=11671