Einherjar86
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Marching against free speech? Quite the slide.
No one was restricting anybody's free speech. Quite the equivocation.
They have the freedom to speak their mind. The rest of us have the freedom to speak ours. There were more of us, so we drowned them out.
According to the police dispatch I listened to, it wasn't as peaceful as he implies.
I'm seeing a lot of talk about the peaceful counter-protesters in Boston attacking police.
What the hell are you guys listening to or reading?
There were verbal altercations between protestors and cops, and moments when cops pushed through protestors standing in their way. There were no attacks on police officers, aside from confrontations outside the rally and that weren't attributed to the march itself. There were no fights or brawls between the two sides, aside from one incident that took place outside the rally.
Twitter trolls and other online nonsense would have you believe otherwise, however.
Here's a local outlet's reporting:
As of the press conference, police had made 27 arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct but also “a couple” for assault and battery on police officers and other charges, according to Evans. He said some officers were hit with bottles of urine, and police tweeted that rocks were being thrown at officers. No serious injuries or significant property damage occurred, Evans added.
Evans didn’t attribute the bad behavior to rally-goers or counter-protesters, but rather a third group.
“Obviously I wish the troublemakers stayed away,” he said. “ … They weren’t here for either side. They were here just to cause problems.”
Evans said, “99.9 percent of people here were for the right reasons, and that’s to fight bigotry and hate.
You guys hear about one or two incidents and suddenly it becomes indicative of the entire protest.
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