Posted on 08/29/2004 7:58:56 PM PDT by MaineRepublic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of demonstrators heckled and jeered Broadway theatergoers on Sunday, seeking confrontations with Republican delegates who arrived in New York City to back President Bush (news - web sites)'s reelection bid.
Police arrested up to 60 protesters who assembled in Times Square at dusk chanting anti-Bush slogans after hundreds of thousands had marched in Manhattan to decry the president's policies before the Republican convention begins on Monday.
But individual protesters kept tensions high, some of them hissing or cursing at well-heeled couples heading to popular Broadway musicals like "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Fiddler on the Roof."
"Republican murderers go home and kill your babies!" one young man yelled at theatergoers, a far cry from local public service messages urging New Yorkers to "make nice" to party delegates in the city for the four-day convention, where Bush will be nominated for another four-year term.
A second protester shoved a middle-aged woman in a black cocktail dress, shouting:
"Bitch, go home! We don't want you here!" At one point, police cordoned off a city block after several dozen demonstrators jeered and razzed the incoming audience.
"We were talking to delegates as they came by. We were very calm," said Brendan, 23, an organic farmer from upstate New York, adding he was thumbing his nose at the crowd with other hecklers before police intervened. "You do anything a little out of the ordinary here and they arrest you."
Protest actions in front of New York theaters were some of the few taking place outside permitted demonstration areas.
The wild card in protests expected later this week is whether self-styled anarchists try to wreak havoc in the city with unannounced actions despite unprecedented security.
Whoops, the other thread must have been posted while I was busy trying to post this one.
I can't beleive that this came from Reuters! Usually they wouldn't print something like this that exposes the ugly, unwashed leftists.
good try... they beat you by six minutes.
You can bet there's going to be riots in NYC before the week is up. Be careful out there everyone..
Why didn't a man kick this guy's ass?
"Protestor" does not = "guy."
No doubt a DemocRAT Pro-abortion zealot, i.e. a baby killer.
Yeah, I was all caught up in my reading on Freerepublic and I went to check out the headlines on Yahoo, and when I saw that story I just went straight to post it without checking back to see if anyone else had found it too.
what we have is a sector of some americans who would rather fight other americans than fight the terrorist.
I hope the weirdos and freakniks make Kerry look like an extremist that is out of touch. The article gives me hope.
This crap wouldn't happen, if we were still an armed and dueling society...
An armed and dueling society is a polite society...
Semper Fi
Probably just a Reuters reporter.
Because in the continuing pussification of America it is not likely that two men can have a gentlemen's fistfight. The lawyers for one side or the other will sue somebody, even if it's the police they sue because they DON'T arrest the guy who is defending his companion.
That said; given the Democrat proclivities of New Yorkers; perhaps it will open just a few eyes from their side as well.
Whatever; they deserve their guests; hope they enjoy! And take a really good look at them.
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