Will they be ready ?

Question

If you thought protests outside 2008's Democratic National Convention

were loud and proud, you ain't seen nothing yet. So say organizers

preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention, set to take

place in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Organizers estimate 50,000 protesters are getting ready to

demonstrate outside the RNC, in the largest anti-war protest planned

so far this year.

"We have word that people are coming on busses and carpools, people

are flying in from all over the country," said Katrina Plotz, an

organizer for an RNC protest group. "We are expecting the police to

uphold our right to demonstrate, to speak out against the war."

AP Correspondent Haven Daley said in a Wednesday news video that it

may be difficult keeping the protests peaceful, attributing his

ominous prediction to "anarchist groups" which were not named.

"We're aware of the other tactics that the other groups are doing, so

we're trying to reschedule around those different activities," said

Code Pink activist Nancy Mancias.

St. Paul police have prepared an open-air prison, similar to those

employed by the New York City police in 2004, and the Denver police

during the 2008 DNC. The facility is capable of holding hundreds for

an unknown amount of time.

Answer 1

Will WHO be ready? The protesters or the law enforcement agencies? The point of your question is unclear, and peaceful protest is as much a part of the political process as the conventions themselves.

Answer 2

"Anarchist groups"....kinda like "terrorists"....used to scare us.

Let those people protest. They have the right.

Answer 3

oh yeah...Tasers,pepper spray.fire hoses,dogs....oh yeah...they're ready