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Originally Posted by Emanon
I'm not anti-republican, but I was glad to see that they were able to organize an estimated 120,000 protestors and only 200 got arrested. That to me shows what a classy affair the effort was. It's probably nothing interesting to you all, but I thought it was pretty cool.
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I agree with you, it was a great demonstration all around. With the possible exception of the guy who lit the dragon on fire but hey, at least Bill Maher will be happy. (I think Bill Maher wouldn't be calling for rioting if he lived here, or if the convention was in L.A. I love Bill Maher & his show but sometimes I really disagree with him. Other times he's right on.)
As for the crowd estimate, this is from yesterday's New York Times, Robert McFadden:
"The protest organizer, United for Peace and Justice, estimated the crowd at 500,000, rivaling a 1982 anti-nuclear rally in Central Park, and double the number it had predicted. It was, at best, a rough estimate. The Police Department, as is customary, offered no official estimate, but one officer in touch with the police command center at Madison Square Garden agreed that the crowd appeared to be close to a half-million."