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2016-07-21 -Short Attention Span Theater-
CLE flag burner self-ignites, police assaulted
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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ]  Top

#1 Play stupid games - win stupid prizes.
Posted by Tennessee 2016-07-21 00:52||   2016-07-21 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 ""You're on fire! You're on fire, stupid," an officer could be heard yelling"
Posted by Skidmark 2016-07-21 00:59||   2016-07-21 00:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Me, if I was a cop on the scene, I would take things easy.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-21 02:01||   2016-07-21 02:01|| Front Page Top

#4 ...During the windup to Desert Storm, a group of Cleveland Maoists (yeah, there was/is such a thing) decided to burn a flag in Public Square to provoke the cops into a response, figuring that the sight of a burning flag would send the cops into transports of brutally repressive ecstasy, all of which would be caught on camera and therefore help to usher in the Revolution.
So, their leader (a lady wearing a t-shirt that said, "Mao More Than Ever"), lights off the flag at the height of the demonstration...at which point a few dozen bystanders promptly charge the little band of freedom fighters and beat them within an inch of their lives. The cops allowed the citizens to make their point, and then stepped in to arrest the bruised and bleeding Mao Lady for inciting a riot.

I love my hometown.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-07-21 05:03||   2016-07-21 05:03|| Front Page Top

#5 I must admit to finding the term "Cleveland Maoist" deeply disturbing.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-21 06:19||   2016-07-21 06:19|| Front Page Top

#6 "Cleveland Maoists"? Yes, it does seem to suggest a vaguely Obscene vision of large mirrors, Louis the IVX damask chairs and a rubber snake.
Posted by Gleque Mussolini1457 2016-07-21 07:35||   2016-07-21 07:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Good thing they didn't try that crap in Little Italy. Their bodies would never have been found and nobody saw anything either, Officer.
Posted by GORT 2016-07-21 07:44||   2016-07-21 07:44|| Front Page Top

#8 They should have thrown the burning guy into the river.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2016-07-21 08:20||   2016-07-21 08:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Really made an ash of himself.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-07-21 08:21||   2016-07-21 08:21|| Front Page Top

#10 That was a heartwarming story, Mike.
Posted by Raj 2016-07-21 09:18||   2016-07-21 09:18|| Front Page Top

#11 Do NOT attempt to engage. Move the crowd away 100m whilst screaming 'drop and roll, drop and roll.'
Posted by Besoeker 2016-07-21 09:19||   2016-07-21 09:19|| Front Page Top

#12 They should have thrown the burning guy into the river.

I believe the authorities don't want a repeat.
Posted by Procopius2k 2016-07-21 09:21||   2016-07-21 09:21|| Front Page Top

#13 P2K, despite what people think, the Cuyahoga River no longer catches fire. Mostly because almost all of the industries along it have been shut down.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2016-07-21 09:39||   2016-07-21 09:39|| Front Page Top

#14 So, considering the unemployment. Was les flambéed Cuyahoga a good thing, or bad ?
Posted by Besoeker 2016-07-21 09:52||   2016-07-21 09:52|| Front Page Top

#15 The Cuyahoga River in Cleveland is now so clean, the unemployed can spend their spare time fishing in it. The Burning River brand of APA beer is named after those old times.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2016-07-21 11:14||   2016-07-21 11:14|| Front Page Top

#16 When I read "self ignites", I thought this was going to be about Ted Cruz.
Posted by charger 2016-07-21 11:30||   2016-07-21 11:30|| Front Page Top

#17 Oh, Lenin, Lenin;
Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'?
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-07-21 18:17||   2016-07-21 18:17|| Front Page Top

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