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Originally Posted by glatt
Did the protestors shut down the streets, or did the police? The IMF/World Bank meeting in D.C. a week and a half ago didn't have any protests that I am aware of. It did have street closures. They affected me too. I didn't see a single protestor, or see a single news story on any. Did you see any?
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I think the closures were done by the police, generally for security concerns...you know truck bombs and whatnot. But I did see what I suppose were small impromptu protest movements. Specifically, I ran into (and almost OVER) a group of about 15 people shouting and waving hastily scrawlled signs, spilling off the sidewalk into the street. They managed to stop traffic for about 5 minutes but in DC that's plenty of time to cause a fairly significant backup. I don't know how long that gathering lasted, I didn't stay to find out. It's possible they disbanded and left before cops could do it for them.
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10-14-2004, 07:08 AM
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