Alec and I walk at Percivals Landing in downtown Olympia at the botton of Puget Sound. Here are some flowers in a planter there yesterday.
We had heard there had been protesters there the night before, because of the ship there ~ the SS Pomeroy ~ being loaded and heading for Iraq.
The SS PomeryWe saw a couple of protesters and one Sherrifs Deputy vehicle watching them but it was pretty quiet. More protesters were there that night.
OLYMPIA – Twenty-two people were arrested Tuesday in one of the most volatile confrontations yet between anti-war activists and police officers guarding a military cargo ship docked at the Port of Olympia.
Read the whole article: Port protests escalate
22 arrests made in demonstrations against military cargo ship
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