[Cerek the Barbaric]

Originally posted by WillowIX: OK I´ve tried to dig up some information about the demonstration that nearly developed into a riot. There is not much to be found. Apparently Women against war made a protest at the Crossgate mall, but they were escorted off the premesis by secutrity. The only interesting piece of information is this: Quote: From: www.chadsux.com (???) The group marched through Crossgates mall at noontime, and at one point, there was a confrontation in the food court between one of the marchers and a man carrying a sign that read "9-11." There were no immediate arrests.

[/QUOTE]Thanks for the effort, Willow. The more I look into this, the more exaggerated the Mall's claim that the Dec. protest became a "near riot" appears to be. My friend in the other debate found a fairly lengthy article regarding the protest...but it was based on interviews of the protestors. Naturally, they claim they were doing nothing wrong and the security guards overreacted to the situation. It's always best to hear both sides of a story..but the only "official" comments from Pyramid Corporation (the owners of Crossgates) has been "No Comment". So there isn't another side to hear.

I did some "follow-up" Searching after reading my friends article and found a very good article/interview of Robert Williams that details his version of exactly what happened regarding the arrest of Stephen Downs. After reading that, there is NO DOUBT (in my mind, of course) that he was nothing more than a scapegoat in this whole affair.

I will try to re-locate both articles later today and provide links to them.