Shots From the Halliburton Protest Today in Duncan, OK- May 17, 2006

[Jeff_Green]

My guess is that a lot of the protestors did not, in fact, know why they were protesting. All one has to do is look at the signs to see if it is a genuine protest or not. If it is a genuine protest then the signs deal with the issues of what they are protesting. Some of those people, judging by the above pictures, were just looking for a reason to protest!

[David]

Originally Posted by Jeff_Green

My guess is that a lot of the protestors did not, in fact, know why they were protesting. All one has to do is look at the signs to see if it is a genuine protest or not. If it is a genuine protest then the signs deal with the issues of what they are protesting. Some of those people, judging by the above pictures, were just looking for a reason to protest!

The Halliburton protest is not a simple protest. There are several issues that the group who put on the protest was trying to convay. I am not going to go into them on here since I dont want to be accused of breaking the rules. I will say this protest can be filed under the "anti-war" file for the most part.

[Rick Waldroup]

Jeff, I did not make myself clear and after re-reading what I wrote I see that it was confusing. What I meant to say was that the shareholders acted as though they did not understand why anyone would want to protest against Halliburton. The protesters knew exactly why they had gathered to protest. The shareholders appeared to be completely befuddled as to why anyone would have a beef against Halliburton. That is what I was trying to say and I know that the first time it came out confusing, sorry about that.

[InfraRed]

Originally Posted by My Porsche

i love how these people are so brave in their protesting that they wear bandanas over their face

go all the way or dont go, wussies

I, um, "read" somewhere... That the Bandanna is not only so they can't be identified when they commit acts of civil disobedience, but they also try different witches brew to soak the masks in to minimize the effects of chemical warfare, I mean, pepperspray used against them by the police. I write this for academic reasons only. Typically, the demonstrators that wear masks fully intend to break the law and want to thwart the police. I have been reading about this lately, and as a PJ wanna be, want to photograph and interview these people. As far as the wussie assessment, I was amazed at how brave these very young kids were in Seattle and else-where squatting in the streets where they expressed their right to assemble, as the police pointed mace directly in their faces and emptied the whole can. They get clubbed, run over and stomped by horses, maced, jailed, shot with rubber bullets that can kill at above the waist. They know this in advance and head out there anyway. Again, as a PJ, we have a need to understand the people we photograph just as the writers do. Some of us might argue, more-so! :)

[Jeff_Green]

Originally Posted by InfraRed

I was amazed at how brave these very young kids were in Seattle and else-where squatting in the streets where they expressed their right to assemble, as the police pointed mace directly in their faces and emptied the whole can.

I don't want to get sidetracked but squatting in the street is not covered in "right to assemble" and it's important to add in the remainder of the sentence... PEACEABLY assemble. Disrupting the flow of traffic in such a manner without appropriate license is against the law.

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[Rick Waldroup]

Jeff, I talked to a couple of the ARA guys and their take on protesting and civil disobedience was interesting. As one of them put it, "the days of passive civil disobedience as practiced by MLK was over". You have to get in "the man's" face, if you will, to make him pay attention. Witness what happened in Seattle. Sort of like hitting that old mule right between the eyes with a 2x4 to get him to move. This is not a political statement on my part, just relaying what the sentiment was of some of the protesters that were there. These kids really did make the cops nervous. The police were not worried about the old farts crossing the police lines and being arrested peacefully, but they were worried about the ARA guys.

A funny story- when the older protesters started crossing the police line and were being arrested, the ARA guys started marching towards the street and I thought they were going to try and go around the police line from the street. I sprinted that way, as did about a dozen police officers. The officers got to the front of the line- the marchers headed that way and I actually thought they might try to get through the officers and past that line. When they got close, one of the officers flat out told them that if they attempted to cross that line- it was not going to be pretty. Well, the marchers stopped and I heard one of them tell another, "Man, if I get arrested in Duncan, my Dad's going to kill me." So they stopped, starting beating their drums and that was the end of the situation. The officer turned around with a smile on his face. It really was funny.

[dm_tunstall]

Sometimes there is a fine line between brave and stupid. Peaceful protesting is what this country is all about. Those holding peaceful protests should be commended. Those planning civil disobedience and rioting should take the punishment they get for disturbing the peace.

Images 2 and 10 are the weakest in the group. Number 1, 5, 7 and 9 are good shots.

[Abel]

In fairness to Rick's thread I just deleted 12 posts here that broke several of our forum rules..

Now let's get this thread back on track or it will be removed entirely.