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Police pepper spray and arrest 17 Communist protesters trying to burn the flag
Daily Mail ^ | 7/21/16 | Shekhar Bhatia

Posted on 07/21/2016 3:41:51 AM PDT by Libloather

Police pepper spray and arrest 17 Communist protesters trying to burn the Stars and Stripes outside RNC in the most violent rally since convention began

Police pepper sprayed and arrested a group of Communists as they attempted to burn the US flag outside the Republican National Convention.

Officers arrested 17 people after a violent melee broke out near the gates of the Quicken Loans Arena, preventing delegates and journalists from entering the stadium.

One police officer was pushed to the ground as cops attempted to separate the Communists from their rivals, which included members of a group called 'Bikers for Trump'. It was the most turbulent protest since the four-day convention began on Monday.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016rncconvention; cleveland; communist; police; protest
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To: Libloather

It was a lame attempt. A chubby broad with a little lighter and no accelerant couldn’t get it going.


21 posted on 07/21/2016 5:30:28 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Libloather

I hear Soros is paying anarchists to protest at the convention with a bonus if they get arrested.


22 posted on 07/21/2016 5:32:02 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: sauropod

I’d imagine they were close by though.


23 posted on 07/21/2016 5:36:59 AM PDT by Mr Apple (HILLARY -- NO COOKIES, NO CANDIES, NO CAKE, NO DESSERTS NO CASHEWS / NO TO THE WALRUS LOOK)
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To: jsanders2001

Your Number 17 - - Well Said! Good Post!


24 posted on 07/21/2016 5:37:43 AM PDT by Mr Apple (HILLARY -- NO COOKIES, NO CANDIES, NO CAKE, NO DESSERTS NO CASHEWS / NO TO THE WALRUS LOOK)
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To: Libloather

I saw that on the news this morning. I kept wishing that I had been there with a fire hose to put the fire out. ;o)


25 posted on 07/21/2016 5:49:24 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: Sooth2222

Another angle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR_8JlIuP0s
“You’re on fire Stupid” at the 1:50 min mark


26 posted on 07/21/2016 5:52:20 AM PDT by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: euram

Comey made excuses for Clinton. Clinton didn’t make the excuse, Comey did. His active defense of her criminality makes him an accessory.

He expects us to believe that the Secretary of State does not know how to handle classified material, that the Secretary of State is too “unsophisticated”.

The only person here who is unsophisticated is Comey, only a simpleton could expect the public to buy his insultingly outrageous lies.


27 posted on 07/21/2016 6:17:11 AM PDT by Ray76 (The evil effect of Obergefell is to deprive the people of rule of law & subject us to tyranny!)
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"Police and other security officials arrest a Communist"
So strange to read this.
28 posted on 07/21/2016 6:25:58 AM PDT by Pollard (TRUMP 2016)
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To: Libloather

A couple of things to clear up. I saw another article earlier about this, went back and looked it up.

Flag burner set himself on fire, instead of the flag, cops were spraying a fire extinguisher, not pepper spray. The two can be confused by a similar design of cannisters and both are eye irritants. If you look at the pictures in the article linked in this thread, one very clearly shows a cannister labeled “COLDFIRE TACTICAL”. I looked it up, fire extinguisher.

The original article I read, said the cop shoved him to the ground yelling “you’re on fire, stupid”, and they put the fire out. The police were on the way to break it up for safety reasons, they didn’t have a permit to protest and were in a tight circle, which made it also a fire hazard.

First article I read, I think it was linked from Drudge originally but don’t remember for sure.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/07/20/cleveland-police-protests-flag/


29 posted on 07/21/2016 6:40:54 AM PDT by Paleo Pete (Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.)
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To: sauropod

There is probably a minimum number of people required to have a riot. So far the lefties have yet to field enough people for that. Really low protestor turnout. The largest organized body I have seen was 400 BLMers and they were very peaceful and orderly.


30 posted on 07/21/2016 6:42:09 AM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Libloather

Seems like a proper response to anyone burning the flag would be to yell: “Fire!” and deluge them using fire extinguishers.


31 posted on 07/21/2016 6:52:08 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: euram
I heard someone say that the “demonstrators” themselves say that it has been subdued because Black Lies Matter, smarting from the bad publicity after the murder of 9 cops, has had a minimal presence.

I read a couple of the protest organizers are blaming Ohio's Open Carry laws.

They said would be protestors are telling them that they are afraid of legally armed ordinary citizens might be carrying and won't come to protest.

Of all the reasons, that seems the most plausible.

32 posted on 07/21/2016 7:01:34 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Libloather

revcom.us is the commie revolution site.

Seems that commies, BLM, illimmigrants, Bernbots and feminazis are uniting to make America.. uh... something...


33 posted on 07/21/2016 8:14:37 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough)
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To: euram
The main reason the convention has been peaceful so far is that there are thousands of police from all around the country patrolling the streets and using effective crowd control methods.

As I said a couple weeks ago, the story on "violence & Cleveland RNC" will be about how little of it there was.

34 posted on 07/21/2016 1:58:47 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: euram
The main reason the convention has been peaceful so far is that there are thousands of police from all around the country patrolling the streets and using effective crowd control methods.

As I said a couple weeks ago, the story on "violence & Cleveland RNC" will be about how little of it there was.

35 posted on 07/21/2016 1:58:48 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Libloather
Never forget that flag burning is an ol' time professional rasslin' heel gimmick used to antagonize the fans. America's "Communists" (unlike those in every other country of the world, who all pose as nationalists and super-patriots, never mind governing as social conservatives when they're in power) aren't trying to appeal to the American people, but to alienate and manipulate them.

Makes one wonder what they're really after, doesn't it?

36 posted on 07/22/2016 11:03:43 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Sof davar hakol nishma`; 'et-ha'Eloqim yera' ve'et-mitzvotayv shemor, ki-zeh kol-ha'adam.)
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