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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: sunshadow who wrote (109049)	12/10/2000 1:02:47 AM
From: sunshadow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Violence Flares at Veep's Mansion Protest Tempers got out of control last night between supporters of presidential candidates Governor George W. Bush and Vice President Gore outside the Vice President's residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. A male Bush supporter was detained (and possibly arrested) by police for ripping a sign from the hands of a Gore supporter. A female Bush supporter was intentionally hit by a car driven by a Gore supporter who steered his car over a corner knocking the woman over. The woman was not seriously injured, but no arrest was made because the driver, accompanied by a woman who cursed at and gave 'the finger' to the Bush supporter, drove away. A complaint was filed with police, however, including a description of the car and its license plate. While those were the most serious incidents last night, they were not the only ones. Things started to get out of hand when about twenty Gore supporters took advantage of a lack of police presence and took their protest to the corner where the TV news cameras are set up at the main entrance to the Naval Observatory--a corner that police have banned protesters from gathering at. When the Bush supporters saw the news cameras light-up and reporters gathering around the Gore supporters, about a dozen of them crossed over to the corner to complain to the press. Arguments broke out among the two sets of demonstrators, and one Bush supporter tore a protest sign out of the hands of a Gore supporter and brought it back to the Bush corner. Police followed him over and took him away. He was not seen again that evening. After that, about 10 Secret Service and D.C. police officers came out to keep the peace between the camps of protesters. Angry words were exchanged from across the street, leading officers to issue warnings to both sides about using profane or obscene words in public, backing them up with threats of arrest for disorderly conduct. One Bush supporter was cited for yelling the word "whore", while a Gore supporter was warned twice for shouting obscenities. Also, several Gore supporters had to be ordered to go back to their corner after they crossed over to taunt the Bush supporters. While the Bush side had at least one person monitoring the behavior of their protesters, it appeared that the Gore side, composed mainly of NEA members, judging from their signs, had no one who was reigning in their more volatile demonstrators. As the night wore on, and the numbers on both sides dwindled from their high of 3 or 4 dozen each, when this writer arrived at 7 p.m., to about a dozen each at 11 p.m., police kept a visible presence. With the contested presidential election possibly coming to an end this week after the Supreme Court rules on the latest appeal about the Florida vote, tensions, and tempers, can be expected to remain high on both sides.