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sabrina 1

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4. True, remember the huge protest to shut down the ports after the cops had

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 14, 2012, 07:14 AM

Nov 2012

rioted on Oct 25 last year and the city obviously thought it might be better to keep the cops at a distance? There were hardly any cops around that day and even with over one hundred thousand people there, there was no violence.

If they would stay away, everyone would be better off.

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