Nobody drew more consistent negative attention in Cleveland than the group of Westboro-esque extreme evangelists with their fire-and-brimstone-for-the-homos routine. Utilizing their strength in numbers, police simply cordoned off any two groups that squared off in potential conflict, often with quick-reacting platoons swooping in on bicycles, dismounting and using them as barriers. I saw at leastContinue reading “Police tactics at the RNC”
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See Emily Play
Emily Williams of Nashville.
Richard Spencer
I was down to my outdated handycam here, and the extreme evangelists weren’t cooperating, but here’s Richard Spencer interviewed at RNC, for what it’s worth. I spoke to the woman and asked if she was press and she said no; I think she might have been part of a delegate contingent; I don’t recall.
Triggered in Cleveland
I saw a few media and political celebrities this week, but felt none of the excitement of celebrity recognition until this happened. Otherwise disastrous trip redeemed. Trigglypuff leading the parade. Suck it, Geraldo.
Pro Trump Immigrant Entrepreneur
Alex v the Anarchists
Thanks to the reader who pointed out to me video can be easily rotated in a video editor. I also foundthe first part of the encounter between Alex Jones and some young communists:
Seen on the Street
I was walking down the street, trying to decide if the young woman gathering her things from a sidewalk cafe table was Michelle Fields, when a man approached her from the other direction.“Hey, Michelle Fields!” He says. She sort of acknowledges him as a minor nuisance, and he comes toward her quickly–threateningly so–and starts hecklingContinue reading “Seen on the Street”
Holding the Floor
The most coherent speaker of the day, by my reckoning:
Trigglypuff Does Cleveland
Yes, that is the real, live Trigglypuff front and center.
Joyeux Noël
Not exactly German and British soldiers calling and unofficial Christmas truce, but I was heartened to find political opponents in Cleveland playing an impromptu game of capture the flag.
