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| Texas A&M Students Block Westboro Baptist Protesters With Human Wall |
| 2012-07-08 |
| [buzzfeed.com] On June 28, Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale, a Texas A&M alum, was killed during a training exercise at Fort Bragg by another solder who then shot himself. The Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting soldiers' funerals with anti-gay messages, posted plans to show up at Tisdale's funeral on their website. A fellow "Aggie", Ryan Slezia, came up with a plan to create a human wall to block any protesters from getting near the funeral, and invited fellow Texas A&M students and alum to join. One participant tweeted that over 650 people showed up in maroon shirts to create a "maroon wall". It appears that the Westboro protestors never showed up. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 That's the way to stand to, Aggies. Bravo! |
| Posted by: newc 2012-07-08 13:17 |
| #4 Nor did the Westboro idiots show up in Protection, Ks. for the funeral of Merl Hazen, a true Vietnam grunt. |
| Posted by: bman 2012-07-08 10:26 |
| #3 Training exercise? Safety briefing, this says. Much more info on the shooter here. Doesn't sound like an accident. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2012-07-08 06:15 |
| #2 Hat tip to the Aggies. Most eyewitness accounts reported between 182 and 257 Texans stood at the Alamo. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-07-08 00:56 |
| #1 Training exercise? |
| Posted by: tipover 2012-07-08 00:32 |