Don’t question their patriotism!
Activists protesting military shipments at the Port of Olympia poured cement over railroad tracks to try to block shipments coming out of the Port today, according to Olympia police. Nobody was arrested after protesters unsuccessfully tried to keep trains from leaving the Port, said Olympia police Lt. Jim Costa. The Port cleaned up the cement, Costa said.
Yes, nobody was arrested. And the port cleaned up the mess. As Michelle writes:
Can you spell a-n-a-r-c-h-y?
Wait, it gets better:
For the second time in a week, protesters stopped military equipment from moving out of the Port of Olympia today. A couple of vehicles attempted to leave around 8:30 a.m. but with no police on scene were stopped by protesters standing across the access road…
It’s unclear why either the police or the military would believe they could move out military equipment unimpeded as they’ve met resistance on every attempt so far. Protesters were allowing civilian vehicles to exit the port.
So, the protesters decided which vehicles could enter or leave the port. And the police did nothing about it. Wonderful.



by Stephan Tawney on Wed, Nov 14, 2007