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5. Protests were different then. The Weather Underground bombed lots of buildings and avoided people..

Thu Apr 19, 2012, 08:33 PM

Apr 2012

http://yippiegirl.com/capbom_revisited.html

The mother of someone falsely accused of a bombing:

Leslie said to me recently that her mother, an upscale, conservative, California homemaker, told the national and international press staking out their Atherton home:

I don’t see why everyone is so upset about someone blowing up a building when the government is blowing up people.

Interesting times indeed.

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I was there LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #1

Me, too. I was 13. Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #2

Jesus. BlueIris Apr 2012 #3

Wow. Great story. Zorra Apr 2012 #4

Addendum to original post LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #12

I was "illegally detained" by the D.C. police during the 1971 Mayday demonstration against the War Fozzledick Apr 2012 #14

Protests were different then. The Weather Underground bombed lots of buildings and avoided people.. saras Apr 2012 #5

"bombed lots of buildings"? annabanana Apr 2012 #7

One was too many. n/t. apocalypsehow Apr 2012 #11

That one was actually an FBI entrapment set-up. Fozzledick Apr 2012 #15

Baloney. n/t. apocalypsehow Apr 2012 #17

That was cool! Thank you! Luminous Animal Apr 2012 #10

If you do nothing else this year, support the May Day GS! K&R Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #6

I was there Saturday and most of Sunday. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2012 #8

You took a big risk LiberalEsto Apr 2012 #13

I will NOT go to work May 1. 2ndAmForComputers Apr 2012 #9

Peace March with John Kerry- the week before! WOW! DianaForRussFeingold Apr 2012 #16