Police tactics at the RNC

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”

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”