WARNING: You Are Under Martial Law

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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:34:03 -0500

" WARNING: You Are Under Martial Law "

 

 

 

" WARNING: You Are Under Martial Law "

 

by Karen Kilroy

 

August 23, 2005

 

 

The title of this article is what the notice read on the morning of

May 4, 1970 – it sat largely unread in the mail boxes of Kent State

University students. Later that day, four students were murdered when

the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a hillside filled with students

– some protesting, some watching, others merely changing classes.

 

 

Whether or not you are old enough to remember the tragedy at Kent

State (http://www.may41970.com), please pay attention to this history.

As we head into the age of aggressive protests, the police response is

becoming more violent, such as in Saturday's actions in Pittsburgh,

Pennsylvania (http://pittsburgh.indymedia.org/) and Salt Lake City,

Utah. (http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/FileSharing2.html) In

Pittsburgh, protestors marched the wrong way up a one way street to

close down an army recruiting office. Police used both tear gas and

tasers to subdue the protestors, and one 68-year-old woman was even

bitten by a police dog – she was also arrested. In Salt Lake City, a

crowd of 1,500 was tear gassed from helicopters.

 

 

This is a war against war. This is a war to end all wars – as the

saying goes. We are on the side that is not armed. But just like the

students at Kent State a few short years ago, if our right to protest

is denied we have little choice other than to assert ourselves. If we

are brutalized, we must fight it in the courts, call Congress, and

insist that the brutality come to light in the media before it is

allowed to progress to even more severe levels.

 

Continued:

 

http://www.livejournal.com/users/mparent7777/2005/08/23/