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Submitted by Norm on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 11:20am.

As continued from another thread. Please feel free to add your thoughts, if you have numbers that is great too. EG, Gug, please forgive my lousy editing. Is Olympia an attractant for protest specific violence, and if so, why?

I can understand the protests, but it really gets ridiculous in this city. One of the Olympian commenters said something interesting: Where was the violence in Portland/Seattle yesterday? Why Olympia?

Submitted by Ehver Green on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:29am.

combined. Much smaller than in previous years for the largest cities in Washington and Oregon. No arrests.

In Olympia we have unconfirmed reports of 100+ marching. 6 arrests. They can't spell either. Something is probably wrong with your city when "hate about" gets more attention than "love about" Olympia.

Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:36am.

We've had much bigger May Day celebrations with little or no criminal activity. Certainly not like the jerks who ruined yesterday. Was there violence in Portland/Seattle yesterday? Well, none was reported, but how much new grafitti popped up on walls and signs in those towns? I don't know. None? There were some arrests in LA and Sarasota (after a quick Google). Many arrests and conciderable violence in Germany and Turkey.

I am not going to characterize Olympia based on the actions of six misdirected dumbnuts.

I'm not sure if I want to characterize Olympia

Submitted by Norm on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:41am.

but I assume there are dumbnuts all over the place in this state. Why did Olympia's dumbnuts choose to come out and play badly? LA and Sarasota make sense, they are bigger than Seattle/Portland and have a larger pool of dumbnuts to pull from. Olympia doesn't make sense, yet during so many of the protests here there is always a handful of dumbnuts that ruin it for the rest of the group. I think this is a valid question. I'm not sure I can ever find the answer, but it's a little bothersome.

Oh, it's certainly a fair question

Submitted by Guglielmo on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:51am.

Why did that happen yesterday in Olympia? Its just that we've had some pretty sizable protests, assemplies, marches, etc. that did not result in violence. Some folks (just visit the Oly comments) make it sound like it happens every time. But, yes, the question is worth asking. Do disputing that.

Submitted by Norm on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:54am.

because really Oly area (lacey and tumwater too) don't seem to be overly violent. It would be interesting to see the violent crime rate, per capita, for Olympia vs portland, seattle, and maybe throw LA in there. Of course this might be better for another thread. :)

Submitted by Ehver Green on Fri, 05/02/2008 - 10:45am.

I'll go back to '06 and use all of the events leading up to May Day. There are just too many to list.

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