http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/09/27/imf.protests/index.html OK, so they need 3,200 cops to contain 200-300 peaceful protestors??? They're arresting people for (gasp) failing to obey police order? Free country? Free speech? Not when money's involved...
The overwhelming majority of protesters are extremely peaceful. Furthermore, what they are protesting against is the exploitation of their fellow human beings, both here and abroad. The atrocities committed in the name of "progress" far, far overshadow the "violence" to which you allude. I'm more concerned with our country become a police state run by wealthy rather than what it should be. Fair Trade, not Free Trade. 93
