GOP convention security perimeter drawn

[onehandle]

GOP convention security perimeter drawn

May 5, 2004  |  NEW YORK (AP) -- Midtown Manhattan around the site of the Republican National Convention could be locked down for blocks, with major avenues closed and nearby residents and workers required to show identification, officials said Tuesday as they outlined tentative security plans for the four-day event.

Such plans could thwart at least one major demonstration at which anti-war protesters plan to march past convention headquarters at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 29, the day before the convention begins.

Mike Miller, the director of convention operations, told reporters at a briefing Tuesday that the Secret Service and city police would sweep the area and lock it down the Friday or Saturday before the gathering.

Nearly 20 groups have contacted the police department about permits that would allow them to march and rally outside Madison Square Garden and at other sites around the city.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/05/05/convention/index.html

The NYC Lockout for the GOP's 9/11 Dance begins.

[mouse7]

1. *giggle* Yeah, right

They think they will be able to keep a million protesters away from Madison Square Garden?

That's very funny.

[DS1]

13. I'd happily endure some tear gas to get closer with the crowd

[workforpower]

16. Can you giggle when your dead?

Dummy up.

[nodehopper]

18. huh?

[CO Liberal]

2. I'm Sure Their "Security Perimeter" Will Extend into New Jersey

Idiots.

[Atman]

3. "Escape From Manhattan"

Will Kurt Russell be there?

[workforpower]

22. Dumb movie,huh

There is life too.

[Squeech]

4. What would happen...

if every homeless person in NYC were to occupy a grate inside the security perimeter in the week before the convention?

[workforpower]

17. Forget the bums.

Consider the people that live and work there.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. like I said yesterday

I'm pretty sure the protests will start on my front lawn on Long Island.

[SoCalDem]

6. I hope that Bloomberg charges the RNC for the additional cost

and that local businesses do the same.. For a political party to shut down local commerce for close to a week is unconscionable. Of course, the police will be getting big time overtime, so they will not mind, but for the local citizens who object to the republican "invasion", it will be intolerable..

Now that the primaries are over, we should just start switching registration to R, pick up those George Bush signs and show up as "followers"...what could they do when we "peel off the outer sign" to reveal the "true" one..?? (rhetorical question.. they would probably throw us all out :(..)

The only real consolation, is that his little dog and pony show will not convince any "new" people to actually vote for him :)

[saigon68]

9. You will probably be arrested

[mouse7]

7. If the protests have to kick off in the S. Bronx, they will

They can't keep the protesters completely off Manhattan Island. If one million protesters get on the island and start marching, they will not be able to stop them from getting to any destination they decide to march to.

[workforpower]

24. Oh please!

Marching never changed anything. Its a waste.

[leftchick]

27. well you are just full of....

positive thoughts on this thread, now aren't you workforpower.

[Just Me]

8. This is just,...so,...not good.

The more actions they take to restrict/suppress/confine the voices of the American people (which constitutes actions TOTALLY AGAINST "freedom" and "democracy"), the more fuel they give for a full-blown revolution.

*sigh* Oh, well. I suppose this country is due for that revolution. I hope it doesn't get too ugly though.

[mouse7]

10. Next step isn't violence. It's national strikes.

Next step would be national strikes. People would just stay home from work and corporate America watches it's profits go away.

It could start with one-day sick-outs.

[LizW]

11. I like the idea of staying home

in solidarity with the New Yorkers who are "locked down" and can't get to their work/school/business.

[Turanga Leela]

12. STRIKE!!!--I've been thinking about this for awhile.

A general strike would be a tremendous way to make some waves.

Stay home from work, buy nothing, consume nothing. Refuse, if only for one day, to participate in the great soulless machine.

Nothing like hitting these bastards in the wallet. It's the only place they have any feeling.

I know the blogoshpere/online community isn't nearly as large or important as we llike to think it is, but is this something that could be spread across the liberal community and maybe catch fire?

If anyone would like to move this idea into its own thread, please do so. I'm too new to have thread-starting rights.

[workforpower]

21. Bad idea.

Most people will hang on to their jobs. A strike would mean dismisal. How stupid is that? Oh Btw blogs really suck.

[Melsky]

15. I don't think this will work anymore

there are too many deseperate out of work people.

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[DinahMoeHum]

14. One big-ass flaw in their plans - Penn Station, next to MSG !!

There's always a weak link somewhere - and this is it?

Yeah, GOP-RNC, go ahead and piss off the commuters from Long Island and New Jersey, why doncha??

Sheeesh, what assholes.


:kick:

[Stephanie]

19. Exactly! Penn Station - every AMTRAK train, NJRR, NY Subways

All have stations under the Garden. They can't close Penn Station for a week. It's absolutlely impossible.

[THUNDER HANDS]

25. sure, but

Don't try lingering around there. I have a hunch there will be one cop for every two passengers who come into Penn.

[calimary]

20. Well, then, you know what protestors need to do?

Go swamp the CNN building, the CBS headquarters, ABC News, NBC's compound - surround Rockefeller Plaza - the Associated Press world headquarters is there, too - at 50 Rock, Pox news just down the street, EVERYTHING. We probably should have done this three or four years ago.

GET THE MEDIA!

That's probably the only way we'll get attention in this situation. Any other protests won't be close enough to get coverage. So GO AROUND IT!!! Take the battle to them.

That's what we're supposed to be doing with them terr-ists, anyway, isn't it??

[Just Me]

23. Hey,...now, that is a "keeper" idea,...forcing the media to pay attention.

:yourock:

[catmandu57]

28. I've advocated that for years now

If the news won't cover protests blocade the news, make them look. The fucking pukes don't give a shit, they'll call in the scoops, dump all protesters in barbed wire compounds, and nobody will know about it.
Target the media.