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On August 14 Rage Against The Machine held a protest concert outside Staples Center. A police riot ensued and hundreds of innocent protesters, bystanders, humanitarian aid group members and media people were injured. The mainstream press failed to cover the true events. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed by innocent victims. Most were settled out of court.
Obvious POV-- Jersey Devil 10:29, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"In the weeks prior to the event, local media (with aid from the LAPD and other authorities), created a scare concerning "violent elements" that were expected to attend the protests. Citing the property destruction that occurred at the 1999 WTO summit in Seattle, Washington, the LAPD and media created a "Black Scare", targeting anarchist individuals and groups, to the point of requesting the public to report "anyone wearing black", especially those carrying backpacks. This was also aided by printed threats made by anonymous members of the "Bring on the Ruckus Society", a group of anarchists from Eugene, OR. Several Eugene-based anarchist also appeared on Los Angeles news stations, including "Rottin'" of the Green Anarchy Collective saying "get ready for a battle" (which may or may not have been taken out of context)."
I agree, but still an NPOV violation.
I worked on the DNC 2000 from Jan '00 to the event. I think this article has some fine information, but not enough on many of the other controveries and issues that led up the actual event. While the anarchists, etc were certainly a part that should be told (and I'm not deleting their section), I want to add some of the other issues that popped up. I think I can be NPOV, but I'll let other editors decide. Bobak 19:23, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Now, is this article about the protests, or the convention itself? I mean, I can understand the focus on riots for the 1999 Seattle thing, because that really was THE focus of both the media, the police, and the nation at large, as far as that even was concerned. However, i'm sure SOMETHING other than riots and protests happened at the DNC2K. I mean...they did nominate a guy. You may have heard of him. His name is Al Gore...............
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On August 14 Rage Against The Machine held a protest concert outside Staples Center. A police riot ensued and hundreds of innocent protesters, bystanders, humanitarian aid group members and media people were injured. The mainstream press failed to cover the true events. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed by innocent victims. Most were settled out of court.
Obvious POV-- Jersey Devil 10:29, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
"In the weeks prior to the event, local media (with aid from the LAPD and other authorities), created a scare concerning "violent elements" that were expected to attend the protests. Citing the property destruction that occurred at the 1999 WTO summit in Seattle, Washington, the LAPD and media created a "Black Scare", targeting anarchist individuals and groups, to the point of requesting the public to report "anyone wearing black", especially those carrying backpacks. This was also aided by printed threats made by anonymous members of the "Bring on the Ruckus Society", a group of anarchists from Eugene, OR. Several Eugene-based anarchist also appeared on Los Angeles news stations, including "Rottin'" of the Green Anarchy Collective saying "get ready for a battle" (which may or may not have been taken out of context)."
I agree, but still an NPOV violation.
I worked on the DNC 2000 from Jan '00 to the event. I think this article has some fine information, but not enough on many of the other controveries and issues that led up the actual event. While the anarchists, etc were certainly a part that should be told (and I'm not deleting their section), I want to add some of the other issues that popped up. I think I can be NPOV, but I'll let other editors decide. Bobak 19:23, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
Now, is this article about the protests, or the convention itself? I mean, I can understand the focus on riots for the 1999 Seattle thing, because that really was THE focus of both the media, the police, and the nation at large, as far as that even was concerned. However, i'm sure SOMETHING other than riots and protests happened at the DNC2K. I mean...they did nominate a guy. You may have heard of him. His name is Al Gore...............
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