Big Springs (Texas) Herald
August 25, 1984
A look back at Dallas
Photo, not shown here, captioned:
"Surrounded -- Demonstrators stage a sit-in at Dallas' City Hall
to protest against the Reagan administration. A line of Dallas
police is visible in the background."
[description of photo:] visible is a section of the surrounding
line of police with batons and riot helmets, in foreground are
a dozen of those arrested shortly after this photo who are
sitting around the Rainbow Family White House Peace Pole
with two of them chanting Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo and beating
the celestial drums, ie, Evette Justus with newly shaved head,
and David Crockett Williams.
Political protests leave many jailed
By Keely Coughlan
Staff Writer
Dallas -- Unlike convention delegates, protesters at the
Republican National Convention which concluded Thursday
were not being welcomed with open arms or "adopt a protester"
programs.
Instead, the heat -- 100 degrees plus daily -- drove the majority
of the protesters back home. Churches and community groups
agreed to house others when they abandoned the Tent City on
the dry riverbed of the Trinity River.
Left behind in Dallas are about 100 self-described "hardcore"
protesters: punks, anarchist and aged hippies, most now in
the custody at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center.
Protesters were arrested late Wednesday afternoon after a
Warchest Tour of Dallas businesses that ended after a flag
burning ceremony in front of city hall.
Many have not been able to post bonds of $133 and are
expected to remain in jail until Tuesday.
Demonstrators staged die-ins, spray painted walls and insulted
employees, according to Fred Douglass, one of the tour organizers.
More than 100 Dallas police in full riot gear arrested the protesters
at the last stop of their tour of downtown businesses that they
claimed are tied to nuclear armaments, nuclear energy, and
companies in South Africa.
Most of the demonstrators boarded the buses peacefully...
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