Kelly Promises Access for Protesters during GOP Convention

[Mari333]

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says that his department will closely monitor protesters at this summer's Republican National Convention while allowing them "within sight and sound" of Madison Square Garden. Without saying what specific security measures will be taken, Kelly said he would give protesters as much access as he can "without compromising" security.

"We're going to do everything that we can do lawfully, legally, reasonably to protect this city and to make certain that this is a peaceful and safe convention," Kelly said in an interview broadcast yesterday on WNBC's "News Forum." Asked if members of the police department's intelligence unit planned to infiltrate protest groups, Kelly said, "I'm not going to get into the specific tactics."





http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/bronx/nyc-kelly0118,0,1675224.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-bronx


HERE WE GO FOLKS!!! FREE SPEECH ZONES? I WILL BE THERE WITH BELLS ON

[mkultra]

1. sounds like more lies

from th lying liars who tell them :)(hmm. sounds like a good title for a book)

[barbaraann]

2. Elevated threat level guaranteed.

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[Mari333]

3. and check THIS out!

Lets see if they think they can pull this shite again...Im going and Im going to protest.

from the last GOP convention in Philly



http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/032400-03.htm

[barbaraann]

6. Oh, man.

Just when you think it can't get any worse....

[Voltaire99]

4. "Protect this city"? History shows that it's protesters themselves who...

...need to be protected outside conventions -- from the police -- and not cities from protesters.

[AndyTiedye]

5. Is It Still "Guiliani Time" at the NYPD?

Hope not!

:to-protect-and-bugger:

[schultzee]

7. You need bullhorns. Make it so loud that the greed pigs have to hear

[tinanator]

8. not bullhorns. DRUMS!

Bullhorns in any number would just be painful and useless. Drums will carry, and the magical synchrony of primal rhythms will speak very clearly.
-by drums I mean plastic 4-5 gallon buckets, which are easy to get and play. Use a guitar strap or something similar rather than string or rope to avoid pain during use.

[dbt]

10. Drums?? Oh, HELL Yes!!

Big, fookin' Lambeg drums from Northern Ireland, the ones they use 24/7 in the run-up to Marching Season. Wouldn't take more than about four of 'em.



Let bu$h hear the voice of the Lambegs!!!

:bounce:
dbt

[0007]

9. Sounds like the good cop, bad cop ploy is the plan!

Is Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to be trusted? The peaceful protesters in Florida found out that the police can't be trusted.

Read this article about the Miami Florida;

http://community.nbtsc.org/wiki/FTAAProtestInFlorida

[Mika]

11. Tom Ridge said that the Miami FTAA is THE model for security

I heard him say that not long after Chief Timmony's jackboots in Miami gassed, beat, and shot up the crowd and union attendees with wooden bullets.