"Some people did something" (Updated)
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L.A. anti-ICE protesters show Connecticut wannabes how it’s done
That’s how Ilhan Omar summed up what happened on 9/11. Hearst-run Greenwich Time is no better.
CT protesters say they were pepper-sprayed at ICE rally for Minnesota mom Renee Good
HARTFORD — Demonstrators say they were pepper-sprayed Thursday night in a confrontation at the Hartford federal building during a vigil for Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minnesota Wednesday.
The rally in front of the immigration courthouse was disrupted around 6:30 p.m. when a protester yelled that ICE agents were in the back of the courthouse. Amid the shouts, others yelled for a medic.
Behind the courthouse, there were several people on the ground with others pouring water in their eyes. A substance in the air appeared to smell like pepper spray.
One of the people who said they were pepper-sprayed said they heard shouts that ICE was taking someone into custody in the back of the courthouse. He and many others ran to the rear of the building where they attempted to block an exiting vehicle before they said they were pepper-sprayed.
As a car attempted to leave the garage at the rear of the courthouse, protesters continued to block the vehicle from reaching the roadway. The protesters leaned on the front of the car until the driver finally reached the road and pulled away.
Finally, and eight paragraphs in, long past the reading depth of typical newspaper readers, Hearst/Greenwich Time supplies this detail:
“A van, which had flashing emergency lights, then followed and was also blocked by the protesters. The van made contact with some of the protesters who were leaning on the front of the vehicle, trying to prevent the driver from leaving. When the van eventually reached the road, a few of the protesters were then seen throwing projectiles, one of which shattered the vehicle's back window. The driver of the van briefly reversed before the vehicle lurched forward and drove away.”
And they were pepper sprayed? Oh, the poor dears.
At least one person was knocked down by a vehicle and several were pepper-sprayed after two vehicles drove out of a federal building’s parking garage and into a crowd during a vigil for Renee Good in Hartford on Thursday evening.
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The vigil in Hartford was taking place on the west side of the Abraham Ribicoff Court House on Main Street after 6 p.m. when the disruption occurred at the back of the court house, along South Prospect Street.
It is unclear who provoked the confrontation [unclear to who? — ED] but witnesses saw two vehicles, a gray sedan and a white van, emerge from the garage. A number of people got in front of the gray sedan, under the impression that a detainee was being taken away, witnesses said. The sedan pushed through the group. One woman was knocked over by the vehicle.
“I had to, like, pick her up to prevent her from getting run over,” Arjun Patel told the CT Mirror.
One witness said they were pepper-sprayed by a masked person who had been behind the vehicle.
A white van with New Hampshire license plates then drove out of the garage. A protester threw an object at the van, which broke the left-rear window. The van stopped, shifted into reverse and accelerated, scattering some protesters, then drove north on Prospect Street.
At least half a dozen people were pepper-sprayed during the confrontation.
But, credit where due, at least they provide a picture so that readers can determine for themselves whether the pepper-sprayees got what they deserved:
