PHOTOS: Boston rally yesterday

[unhappycamper]

Yesterday we ‘celebrated’ the third anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq with a rally in Boston. It was a very brisk New England spring day, which may have dampened the turnout. I’m estimating between 1,000 ~ 1,200 folks turned out.

The march started in Roxbury, wound through the streets of Boston & ended up at the Boston Common.

This first pic was taken on Malcolm X Boulevard next to the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury



This sign says it all



Code Pink hits the nail right on the head



We had some lovely ladies from Maine join us. Check out the stickers on the back of their jackets



The Caped Crusader was there



As was Big Brother



Here’s a proud VFP dad and his sons



Turning onto Court Street





Coming up New Chardon Street behind the State House





Onto Park Street



Police presence was heavy as it always is when crowds gather. I want to take a moment and mention that the Boston Police Department performed magnificently as was expected. They were courteous and professional -- hats off to youse guys.
:yourock:

[fooj]

1. K&R!

Peace.

[Gormy Cuss]

2. Looks like a good crowd.

I think the recurring theme around the party is these rallies were peaceful protests by average Americans, and that says something that is hard to ignore.

[babylonsister]

3. Great turnout-thanks, Boston and unhappycamper. K&R! nt

[katinmn]

4. Thanks, UNC! You and Boston never let us down. 5th Nom. :-)

:toast:

[Mr_Spock]

5. Hey, that's great!

How come I was unaware of this?

[unhappycamper]

10. Hmmmmmmmm,

I don't know. Most of the rallies are listed on the UFPJ, MFSO & bostonmobilization web sites. My VFP brothers are very active at most marches and rallies; that's were I get my skinny.

[biscotti]

6. Wow

Great photos and commentary. Thanks

[northofdenali]

7. K&R

Thank you!

[mom cat]

8. Thanks for the pics. It was a great event and you are right:

the cops behaved themselves. One of them even told me where to find a bathroom.

[malaise]

9. Lovely pix

Thanks

[niyad]

11. unlike the bizarre presence of the police in Pittsburgh yesterday (sorry

I don't have the link, but the pics were disturbing, to say the least)

anybody here have that link?

[sandnsea]

12. Compare Boston cops to Chicago

How can both of these be such Dem strongholds and the Chicago cops look like stormtroopers and the Boston cops look like extras on Baywatch.

[unhappycamper]

13. I know. . . .

I just went looking for some of the Chi-town pics of the stormtroopers and could only find this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3326034

The stormtrooper pics may have been on indymedia & I'm too lazy to look for them now.

Here's a link to a site that has most of the 2005 DU rally threads.


on edit: to add link to mogster's (DU) memory hole

[unhappycamper]

15. Just found the Chicago 2006 thread.

They still look like stormtroopers.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x698373

[LeftCoast]

14. Great photos!

:thumbsup: