Thursday, 16 October 2008By Kristofer Goldsmith
On Wednesday, October 15th 2008, a peaceful protest outside the third Presidential Debate at Hofstra University on Long Island was met with violence and misconduct by police.
Iraq Veterans Against the War had a clear mission that night: to ensure that the issues most important to Veterans would be at the forefront of the debate. With over 4,183 service members having been killed in Iraq (at the time of the protest), it's unforgivable that the candidates have been allowing the Occupation of Iraq and it's casualties to fall into avoidable talking points instead of focused attention.
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Another example of police interferring with legitimate protest. Follow the link to video of the event. This doesn't bode well for how the police are going to treat the pitch fork wielding populace who will soon be storming neighborhood banks in search of their savings. Particularly when layed off policemen will be wielding some of the pitch forks. Tom
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