Originally posted by Pam
While watching The O'Reilly Factor about a week ago he was talking about the protestors. His comment was that this type of activity puts a lot of added stress on the local police who are called up to 'keep it peaceful' and also aid in traffic control when streets are blocked, etc. He said that during this time especially he would rather see the police not taken away from their job of protecting the public from the very real concern of a possible terror attack.
That was my first thought when I saw the protests in Chicago....all these police are being diverted from crime and vigilence for possible terrorism. A well written letter to the newspaper will reach far more people (if that is what is desired) than being in the streets does.