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Anarchy in Georgetown

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 20, 2007 12:57 AM

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Source: WTTG

I received a heads-up on the so-called “October Rebellion” a few days ago, and it looks like the anarchists in D.C. made good on their threats. Tonight, they rampaged in Georgetown in the name of protesting the World Bank/IMF, which are holding annual meetings in Washington. Guess the rabble-rousers miss the glory days of those riotous WTO protests several years ago.

The Georgetown Voice reports:

The October Rebellion, an umbrella group of protest groups, launched an unscheduled march through Georgetown Friday night. The march started at Washington Circle and ended when police cordoned off protests and released them in small groups. According to police, a young woman was hit in the face in front of Wisconsin’s Abercrombie and Fitch and was taken to the hospital.

According to the Voice, two of the thugs knocked a police officer off his bike. WJLA says the woman was hit with a brick:

More than 100 protesters were gathered at Washington Circle where they marched through Georgetown to send a message to what they call “a seat of excessive wealth and privilege.” Two protesters were arrested and one woman in the area was injured after getting hit in the head with a brick.
Hundreds of protesters were moving through the area, accompanied by an even greater number of police officers. They were being escorted by motorcycle patrols with officers on bicycles, in cars and even in armored vehicles nearby.

Several stores in Georgetown boarded up their windows in anticipation of possible vandalism by protesters in town for the meetings.

If just one city targeted by these criminal punks would crack down hard instead of slapping them on the collective wrist, the property damage and assaults would stop.

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Flashback: Anarchy in San Francisco
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  1. #1
    On October 20th, 2007 at 1:12 am, Jim M. said:

    Well, about that time of year when the nuts start falling off the trees.

    Interesting that an Episcopal church is granting refuge to the loons:

    The logistics working group of the October Coalition has obtained mass housing and a convergence space at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, at 16th and Newton St NW.

    Please be advised that, should space at the church fill up, priority, on the “honor system”, will be given to those people who have RSVPed.

    St. Stephens’ is one of the few places left in the District of Columbia for radical and community organizers to use as they need. During previous times that St. Stephens’ has been used for mass housing for supposedly radical events, people have disrespected the space by urinating on pews, vandalizing church property, and otherwise acting foolishly.

    It’s an anarchy group! And they are surprised when people do not respect the church?

    My favorite part of that quote is:

    Please be advised that, should space at the church fill up, priority, on the “honor system”,

    If they have rules, how can they be anarchists?

  2. #2
    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:27 am, Rusty said:

    I don’t know what’s worse about living in DC: being redirected because of protestors or being redirected because of motorcades.

    All I want is to walk in peace!

  3. #3
    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:45 am, 29Victor said:

    These protests are just the organized mass tantrums of spoiled rich (by any standard since the beginning of the world) white kids with too much time on their hands.

    Their parents failed to properly discipline them when they had the chance and now cities around the country are making the same mistakes.

  4. #4
    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:56 am, puhiawa said:

    Unlike Europe or San Francisco, we expect criminals to be locked up. And if the Police are too dull witted or imbued with corruption, we expect them to be fired.

  5. #5
    On October 20th, 2007 at 3:21 am, abinitioadinfinitum said:

    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪
    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪
    ♥ Happy Birthday Dear Michelle ♥
    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪

  6. #6
    On October 20th, 2007 at 8:12 am, hunkahillbilly said:

    Isn’t it about time the citizenry starts taking the law into its own hands? I mean…when are we going to sacrifice a little jailtime for a little misdemeanor kick-ass?

  7. #7
    On October 20th, 2007 at 8:26 am, Walldog said:

    Its stuff like this that makes me glad I moved away from DC nearly 30 years ago and into a small quiet town.

    .

  8. #8
    On October 20th, 2007 at 9:38 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    The lot should have gone to jail after a woman was assaulted. That is just sick. I do not classify this woman being hit with a brick as an accident. When you are a thuggish group who has decided to throw bricks, you are all guilty. This group knows who threw the brick and are aiding and abetting if they do not turn in the perp.

    Griff Jenkins, a Fox reporter was there and was roughed up as well and the criminals smashed his camera. He reports they were there just looking for trouble.

    Wimps, criminals and scumbags.

  9. #9
    On October 20th, 2007 at 9:42 am, ajmontana said:

    Fox just showed some footage, not pretty.

  10. #10
    On October 20th, 2007 at 9:46 am, On-my-soap-box said:

    Yep, they are wearing out that video.

    Almost as much as Degeneres crying about the doggy thingy. Man, they just show her crying again. Oh, puke - snark.

  11. #11
    On October 20th, 2007 at 9:50 am, ajmontana said:

    On-my-soap-box said:
    Yep, they are wearing out that video.

    As the norm, these News shows go by the the last two words in the directions on a shampoo bottle.
    “Rinse, Repeat”

  12. #12
    On October 20th, 2007 at 10:05 am, zorro said:

    If just one city targeted by these criminal punks would crack down hard instead of slapping them on the collective wrist, the property damage and assaults would stop.

    Michelle for Sheriff!!!

    On October 20th, 2007 at 3:21 am, abinitioadinfinitum said:
    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪
    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪
    ♥ Happy Birthday Dear Michelle ♥
    ♪♪♪♪ Happy Birthday to You ♪♪♪♪

    Ditto to that (I couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket).

  13. #13
    On October 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am, mojoe said:

    According to police, a young woman was hit in the face in front of Wisconsin’s Abercrombie and Fitch and was taken to the hospital.

    I don’t suppose these little “Anarchists” were trying to loot Abercrombie and Fitch do you?

  14. #14
    On October 20th, 2007 at 10:50 am, Boomer said:

    Personally I think the National Guard should be called out to deal with these folks with a full combat weapons and ammo load to protect innocent civilian’s life and property. Failure to obey the orders to disperse peacefully should be met with an equal level of violence displayed by the protesters. I have not so fond memories about how the authorities in Seattle failed to protect anything but the savage’s rights a few years back. Yep! I have just about had it with these nonconformist BS artists.

  15. #15
    On October 20th, 2007 at 11:02 am, rooinctown said:

    I am in Hillbilly

  16. #16
    On October 20th, 2007 at 11:14 am, Klaatu said:

    Isn’t it about time the citizenry starts taking the law into its own hands? I mean…when are we going to sacrifice a little jailtime for a little misdemeanor kick-ass?

    We used to let the police take care of this. When there were protests planned for Philadelphia a few years ago, they restricted where protests could take place, rounded up the ones that defied the order and pre-emptively raided locations were “riot instruments” were being prepared. The legal wranglings eventually went away and the city made out ok.

    These people are like wild dogs. You can’t shame them, reason with them, restrain them or expect them to behave. You can only intimidate them. A 10 to 1 counter protest might do the trick.

  17. #17
    On October 20th, 2007 at 11:14 am, ThackerAgency said:

    hey, um yeah, happy birthday.

  18. #18
    On October 20th, 2007 at 11:32 am, sfcmac said:

    The little punk asses have no idea what a third world country is, let alone how to find one on a map. The police need to do a better job cracking down on the self-appointed “anarchists”. I bet mom and dad are so proud.

  19. #19
    On October 20th, 2007 at 11:33 am, sfcmac said:

    Oh yeah, and Happy Birthday, Michelle!

  20. #20
    On October 20th, 2007 at 12:20 pm, greenfairie said:

    Of all of the species of radical lefties, the ones I despise the most are the anarchists. When I lived in the D.C. area, I used to think, “Just let one of those underfed, meth-smoking punks cross my path.” D.C. cops have SUCKED for years at controlling these losers. If D.C. had a real police chief, not yet another in a succession of Chief Wiggums, those anarchists would be hosed, pepper sprayed, tazed, and whacked with billy clubs until they high-tailed it out of town.

    Maybe that poor young woman hit with a brick ought to get a few free shots with her own bricks at that phony church housing these losers.

    Better yet, sue the Episcopalian Church.

  21. #21
    On October 20th, 2007 at 12:40 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

    Anarchy is the communist way. They disrupt and agitate to the point where you are willing to give up your rights to be protected from them and the corrupt politicians who allow it. It’s not going to get any better. Liberals devise liberal things. Our media is liberal. That said, nothing will change. They tell us that video games and slasher movies and bad rap cannot have an affect on children….but somehow a 30 second commercial for cigarettes makes every child in America want to smoke. If you can reason that one out please clue me in. If a 30 second commercial is that powerful, you reckon how powerful 24/7 liberalism can be?

  22. #22
    On October 20th, 2007 at 1:07 pm, jsr said:

    Habby B-day Michelle!

    More than 100 protesters were gathered at Washington Circle where they marched through Georgetown to send a message to what they call “a seat of excessive wealth and privilege.”

    How adorable! The little dears are expressing their solidarity with oppressed poor people everywhere which know all about from the pictures they see on TV and the internet. Such compassion! The selfless dedication of these young people is truly inspiring.

    I wonder if their parents got the message they were sending.

  23. #23
    On October 20th, 2007 at 1:24 pm, BrianNY said:

    Isn’t it about time the citizenry starts taking the law into its own hands? I mean…when are we going to sacrifice a little jail time for a little misdemeanor kick-ass?

    This very important social-glue was removed from American society years ago by litigationists and liberal activists combined.

    An economist friend of mine based his cost-benefit analysis thesis on this very phenomenon. He contended that American society has paid dearly and benefited little for allowing neighborhood autonomy to be replaced by ineffectual, metro-police forces…especially when they are controlled by liberals.

    A dramatic view of how these American neighborhood situations used to be handled without police can be seen in the biker/bar scene in the movie “A Bronx Tale.”

  24. #24
    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:12 pm, 3Angela said:

    Why do these meeting have to be held in DC? How about scheduling them for the dead of winter in South Dakota, or the muggiest part of the summer in say, Mississippi, and see how many of the hygiene-challenged show up to protest there.

  25. #25
    On October 20th, 2007 at 4:07 pm, Klaatu said:

    24.
    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:12 pm, 3Angela said:

    Why do these meeting have to be held in DC? How about scheduling them for the dead of winter in South Dakota, or the muggiest part of the summer in say, Mississippi, and see how many of the hygiene-challenged show up to protest there.

    Now this is an idea with legs. If the Nome Hilton is booked up next February, there is always Frostbite Falls, Minnesota!

  26. #26
    On October 20th, 2007 at 4:25 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On October 20th, 2007 at 2:12 pm, 3Angela said:
    Why do these meeting have to be held in DC? How about scheduling them for the dead of winter in South Dakota, or the muggiest part of the summer in say, Mississippi, and see how many of the hygiene-challenged show up to protest there.

    Let them try that here in the deep south of Forida. Let them throw a brick and hurt a woman down here. Me and a bunch of my redneck pals know how to treat women and we know how to treat people who do not know how to treat a woman. A couple o’ dozen of us would teach ‘em some manners (after we beat the snot out of them). Our police buddies would get a few shots in too! After we are done with them, we would sick the dogs on ‘em. They would learn the meaning of anarchy. I sure wish there were some good ol’ boys in DC. Alas - it is DC.

  27. #27
    On October 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 am, LarryD said:

    Vandalism,Battery = Tort suit (Joint and Several Liability)

    Any and everyone injured (in the legal sense) by these ought to sue.

    (And happy belated birthday wishes to you, Michelle!)

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