This revolution wasn’t televised (because it was so boring)
Posted by: Will Sommer in News, Vox Populi, tags: IMF, Protests, World Bank
Well, that was a disappointment. Last night’s anti-IMF, anti-World Bank protest, which was going to be so good I advised watching for phalanxes of riot police, was actually a big flop with only about 20 protesters. It was so quiet WTOP doesn’t even know it happened.
There were at least 2 police officers for every protester, presumably intended to dissuade lawbreaking. The night started with Captain Herold from MPD telling protesters he wouldn’t brook with any lawbreaking, but it really began when he called one protester a pussy.
Things were looking up when the protesters grabbed makeshift drums from a Metro station entrance. When the police asked them to stop using the drums, the protesters, incredibly, complied. What about the bricks, guys? Once the protesters decided not to make noise, the night became a peaceful midnight stroll with the 2nd District police.
After the jump, one picture describes an entire night: a ridiculous protester and a cop wondering if it’s too late to take that job in Phoenix.
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i went last year and was so disappointed when i knew i was going to be out of town for the protests this year. i guess i didn’t miss much at all!
Yeah, you were better off out of town. Too bad, too, because last year was CRAZY.
I don’t understand why it was such a failure.
These protests used to be thousands of people just a few years ago. What changed between then and now?
I don’t think it’s a comment so much on anti-globalization as it is on the protest. People there were telling me it was a last-minute thing. I guess if it was organized late they couldn’t get a lot of groups to sign on.
True and there’s also the thought that the presidential campaign is sucking up all the oxygen.
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