June 16, 2025
Saturday Protests
Timothy Birdnow
On Saturday I atended a wedding. The ceremony was at a suburban church in St.Louis County but the reception was at a hotel downtown. There was a shuttle running guests to and from the church.
Well, Saturday they had the "No Kings" rally downtown, right next to our hotel. The protesters (who were almost all white and carrying pre-made signs) blocked the streets and St. Louis had almost no police presence to deal with any problems.
Our bus got stuck and the driver estimated it would probably take about fifty minutes to go the half block to our hotel. We got out and slogged it on foot, through the center of the rally.
It was unfortunate for me; I am diabetic and my blood sugar crashed as I walked. I had glucose tablets, but by the end was pretty out of it. I just remember it being a kaleidescope of white liberals and food and beer trucks. It was more of a party atmosphere than anything.
The people I was with got me back to the hotel safely (thannks John and Stephen and Clare!) and we didn't have any incidents. We were all wearing suits, after all.
My sister-in-law's husband had some trouble, although he wasn't with us; he had a guy block him and the fellow wouldn't move out of his way. He eventually had to push him out of the way and got cursedas a "rich bastard" for his troubles (just because he was wearing a suit.) I razzed him about "kicking the protester's ass" afterward and I am not sure he really appreciated that, but it was too fun not to.
At any rate I feared violence come nightfall but the crowd dispersed without incident.
This WAS a peaceful protest. But the police should not have allowed them to block the sttreets. I had a minor medical emergency; had someone had a REAL one, a heart attack or stroke, they could well have died so these people can complain about the government enforcing the law.
And from what I saw had a riot erupted it could have rampaged and caused a lot of damage. It was entirely possible.
And don't kid yourself; had Trump not sent the National Guard to L.A. these protests would have turned into riots. They all knew it.
On Saturday I atended a wedding. The ceremony was at a suburban church in St.Louis County but the reception was at a hotel downtown. There was a shuttle running guests to and from the church.
Well, Saturday they had the "No Kings" rally downtown, right next to our hotel. The protesters (who were almost all white and carrying pre-made signs) blocked the streets and St. Louis had almost no police presence to deal with any problems.
Our bus got stuck and the driver estimated it would probably take about fifty minutes to go the half block to our hotel. We got out and slogged it on foot, through the center of the rally.
It was unfortunate for me; I am diabetic and my blood sugar crashed as I walked. I had glucose tablets, but by the end was pretty out of it. I just remember it being a kaleidescope of white liberals and food and beer trucks. It was more of a party atmosphere than anything.
The people I was with got me back to the hotel safely (thannks John and Stephen and Clare!) and we didn't have any incidents. We were all wearing suits, after all.
My sister-in-law's husband had some trouble, although he wasn't with us; he had a guy block him and the fellow wouldn't move out of his way. He eventually had to push him out of the way and got cursedas a "rich bastard" for his troubles (just because he was wearing a suit.) I razzed him about "kicking the protester's ass" afterward and I am not sure he really appreciated that, but it was too fun not to.
At any rate I feared violence come nightfall but the crowd dispersed without incident.
This WAS a peaceful protest. But the police should not have allowed them to block the sttreets. I had a minor medical emergency; had someone had a REAL one, a heart attack or stroke, they could well have died so these people can complain about the government enforcing the law.
And from what I saw had a riot erupted it could have rampaged and caused a lot of damage. It was entirely possible.
And don't kid yourself; had Trump not sent the National Guard to L.A. these protests would have turned into riots. They all knew it.
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So, a wonderful time was had by all, I see...
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