[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Incident during demo this afternoon

[David Green]

No reason to believe they'll ever show up again, just a random thing I
would guess. I did give a description of her to the officer. Nothing will
come of it.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:23 PM Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

> David
>
> So sorry you had to go through that, a description of the couple would be
> helpful, so next month they can be avoided if seen. Sorry, also I wasn’t
> there, she pushed a man, but likely wouldn’t push a woman, knowing there
> might be consequences.
>
> I once had an 8 or 10 year old girl, kick my sign, it was in the seventy’s
> while protesting on behalf of farm workers, in front of the Safeway in DC.
> She kept kicking it, and wouldn’t stop when I told her to do so. It was a
> cloth sign held close to the ground, so there was nothing I could do. She
> had a gang of girls behind her, and she was determined to prove how tough
> she was. It was a tough neighborhood, and I wasn’t about to get into a
> fight with a little girl, nor was I going to allow myself to be bullied by
> one either. When she challenged by asking me, “what was I going to do about
> it," as she kicked it again. I told her to “meet me in the parking lot at
> 4:00PM,” it was 3:00, I told her she’d better be there, and she said the
> same to me as she and her friends left. I got the hell out of there by
> 3:30, because sometimes its best not to engage. Sun Tzu 101
>
> PS 20:30?
>
>
>
> > On Nov 3, 2018, at 15:02, David Green via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> >
> > At the demonstration this afternoon I picked a sign that said "The
> military does not protect my "freedom."
> >
> > Sometime after 20:30, A middle aged woman and man crossed Neil to the
> southeast corner of Neil and Main where I was standing. She walked up to me
> and firmly shoved the sign, knocking me slightly backwards causing me to
> drop the sign.
> >
> > I accused her of assault, and while she and and the man tried to debate
> the issue with me, I called 911. The fellow implied that I was wimpish for
> caring about being shoved by a woman. They stood there while I asked the
> police to send a squad car over. While on the phone, I followed them down
> Main Street going east, and watched them turn into the PNC parking lot. I
> told the 911 officer that I was following them, and he told me not to. I
> obeyed his orders (I regret doing so).
> >
> > I went back to the corner and waited for a police officer, which took
> several minutes. An officer came and took my account of the incident and
> descriptions of them. He also of course took my personal info, including
> even my height and weight.
> >
> > He proceeded to drive around for a while and returned to report that he
> had not sighted them. No further action was advised or promised by him.
> >
> > David Green
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