Indy Media Watch

At last, some raw honesty in an Indymedia report. Indymedia for all its faults has always been detailed in reporting the senseless violent incidents of protests ever since a September 11 (not that September 11) in Seattle. Admittedly, Indymedia provocateurs encourage most of the senseless violence. As such, the sites usually follow up this reporting with editorial to the effect of "the trouble all started when the Police officer hit me back". I can't say I'm looking forward to being proved right.

Updates from the US Presidential Inauguration lists some 'highlights':

7:02pm Confrontations now occurring between Republicans and protesters at Union Station;
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3:45 Coffins carried by protestors are burning;
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3:44 At least 30 riot-police at 14th and Pennsylvania; stand-off between police and protestors; whole area is filled with pepper-spray and tear-gas; 16 mainstream journalists observed getting sprayed by police with pepper-spray;
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3:18 Three sections of fence on inaugural parade route now broken down by protestors; fence blocking off parade route has collapsed; protestors battling police in streets; police still responding with pepper spray and tear gas;
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3:13 Police send a request to the Bush motorcade to slow down the motorcade at 5th and Pennsylvania, as major street battle rages between protestors and police at 14th and Pennsylvania;
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3:13 Tear-gas being used in street battle between protestors and police at 14th and Pennsylvania;
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3:11 Bush motorcade passes massive grouping of protestors on parade route; "Fuck Bush!" can be heard live on CNN as protestors out-shout Bush supporters;
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3:05PM: Spot in the fense near 14 and Penn, near Willard Hotel, where they've rattled the fense, gotten it knocked over or bent over twice, MPD pepper spray. Extra police are being deployed to this area.
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2:50PM: Some anarchists at 14th and Penn are trying to pull-down barricades, break through check-points. Check-points are being closed-down by the police. Protests at 16th and H going well. (20 people laying on ground)
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2:33PM: Flags being burned at 14th and Penn. Some callers report there has been a fight of some sort between anarchists burning a flag and a Bush-supporter trying to take the flag from them.
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1:16PM: (updated)snow balls thrown by some activists, several people say at least 2,000 anarchists. Some sort of projectile, maybe pepper balls, corroborated by some. Snowballs were thrown. Mood as calmed down, peoples spirits are "high." Anarchist Cheerleader squad is among them.

There are also reports of 'peace activists' beating the hell out of their opponents.

Are you proud of yourselves?
Will people take you more seriously now?