Brighton, NY, Cindy Sheehan Supporters' Vigil
Flagging down traffic
Update 2: I'm told pictures of the vigil were featured prominently in the print edition.
Update: The local newspaper covered the protest, but was very careful not to publish any photographs in its on-line edition.
Several hundred people showed up at 12 Corners in Brighton, NY, to protest Bush and the war as well as to support Cindy Sheehan down in Texas in a 45-minute rally held simulaneously with about 1,500 others across the country. Every car that passed by gave us a hi-5. Bush is pretty much dead meat around here; the crowd even booed NY Senators Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer for voting for the invasion.
The organizers read off the names of the fallen from the town of Brighton, then we had a two-minute moment of silence for all the victims of the President's war.
Afterwards there was an brief address to the crowd by MoveOn, Metro Justice, the Town Supervisor and the local Air America affiliate. It was very dignified and moving.
Visit the Daily Kos website here as participants report their vigil experience from all parts of the United States!
Vigil, Brighton, NY--My favorite snapshot!
Les dames de Brighton
Full moon
Minute of Silence
All ages turned out
Stop the War!
MoveOn Spokesperson Nancy Braiman
Town Supervisor Sandra Frankel addresses the crowd
Candles
Vigil
Fighting Terrorism Since 1492
Moms for Peace
Twelve Corners
Roadside
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posted by Nur-al-Cubicle | 8:22 PM
4 Comments:
I am impressed - will be in IN from late today - I doubt that such a dem would be possible, damn liberals not too welome in the Hoosier State.
Indiana is rabidly anti-left.
I reorganized my photos into one post, and the comments accompanying some of the stand-alone photos were dropped, raf. Don't jump to conclusions about deletion. Sheesh
Okay I analyzed the T-shirt photo and you are right, it is "1492" as it should be. Don't get preachy and condescending, tho. Sheesh. Duh, everybody knows it's 1492.
As to the Brazilian, I think the surveillance and gun teams conspired to "take this one out" above and beyond their orders. When they realized they shot an olive-skinned innocent they tried to cover their asses. I'm saying that they stalked Menezes and intended to "make a kill" but later it turned out to be the wrong man.
My question is, was the video evidence of the "kill" destroyed afterwards because they got the wrong man or before in order to hide their insubordination in killing the "prey".
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