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In reply to the discussion: Protesters handcuffed to concrete barrels shut down Expressway [View all]TheCowsCameHome
(40,270 posts)The marches Dr. King organized were orderly and peaceful. Routes were laid out and alternate plans were made by the proper authorities. (If you were around then, you'd know that) He would never have risked lives on a busy interstate.
This fiaso in Boston was carried with total disregard to the safety and well being of others. A box truck stops in the middle of an Interstate and starts dumping mysteriously marked 55 gallon drums and people into the roadyway, to the bewilderment of motorists. In light of the Paris massacre last week, did they ever stop to think they might be mistaken for terrorists? On top of that, a level one emergency was in progress and an ambulance had to divert a patient to a lesser-equipped hospital.
This protest was the height of irresponsibility, and it backfired big time. All they've done is piss off a lot of people that might otherwise be sympatheic to them.