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

[David Green]

It will take me a few days to get over being shaken and angry by this
violent incident. I was so horrified that I didn't have the wherewithal to
either laugh at her or punch her in the face. That's probably for the best.
The man whom she was with in a way facilitated the whole scene. It's hard
to imagine that she would do what she did without him standing there and
trying to make light of it. A very ugly scene, unlike anything I've seen
since 2003.

On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:58 PM Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> David
>
> My experience with a child, wasn’t to diminish what took place to you
> today, but rather to point out how disturbing it is when something like
> this happens. We are usually approached by people who are genuinely
> supportive and appreciate what we’re doing, so when someone is rude and
> abusive, it leaves us a bit shaken. I was shaken by a kid, and I still
> remember it, from long ago. We are usually demonstrating on behalf of
> others, their welfare, for peace, so violence is the last thing we want or
> expect. If anyone thinks they are deterring us from our cause, by their
> actions, they are so very wrong.
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2018, at 15:44, David Green <davidgreen50 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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:
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>> 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?
>>
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>> > 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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