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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction

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To: mph who wrote (27340)1/20/2005 9:24:12 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
More well behaved <ggg> moonbats.

They really could use some anger counseling.

Police use pepper spray at Bush inauguration

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Police used pepper spray to disperse demonstrators who hurled debris and tried to break through a security fence keeping protesters away from President George W. Bush's inaugural parade on Thursday.

Several dozen protesters thronged towards the security fence, lobbing bottles, trash and snowballs at police, witnesses said. More than 100 police officers were at the scene where hundreds of protesters had gathered.

A small group of anti-Bush demonstrators overturned several of the metal security barricades, and a handful of protesters broke through.

Witnesses said they saw police use pepper spray against some of the protesters.

Also along the route towards the White House, protesters set a small fire close to the barricades.

The motorcade sped up as it passed the commotion.

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Oh yes, and in Seattle:

KOMO NEWS ALERT: Some protestors are now blocking streets near the Federal Building along Second Avenue, causing massive traffic gridlock in that part of Downtown Seattle. Avoid the area if you can.

I spoke today with someone who works in that building. She said a number of people she knows were leaving early for fear the demonstrations would get out of hand.
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