A march in support of fanatical despot and genocidal murderer Saddam Hussein, commonly called a 'Peace Protest' by the left, turned into a riot that included vandalism and graffiti yesterday in San Francisco. Only, to read the SF Indymedia, you'd never know it.

They describe the riot as a 'march.' Events such as attacking the SF Chronicle, British Consulate, Citicorp Center and INS building were described using terms like 'covered in a graffiti mural', and 'descended on the Citicorp Center'. One vandal was described as having 'phrased her message', and damage to the INS building was described as 'redecorating'.

Of course, there is no lack of adjectives to describe the police reaction to the violence. (emphasis mine)

After the march left the INS building, plainclothes policemen who had infiltrated it tackled, brutalized, and hauled off at least two activists. The police became more and more aggressive, and organizers worried as the march began to be hemmed in.

Isn't it interesting that police are always described as being 'in riot gear' and the ones who were 'aggressive', while the 'protesters' were simply trying to go about their 'march'.

This was obviously no spontaneous outburst of civil disobedience either. These buildings were deliberately targeted. Organizers even deemed the riot to be successful.

Organizers of the march expressed gratitude to all who participated and made the event a great success. Organizers also dismissed the preliminary media reports of violence saying, " Our march did not confront a single individual human being with violence. The only people looking for a fight today were the police."

See. If only the police would have left them alone to destroy private property. It is all the fault of the police.

I can only hope that some of these rioters were beaten down by overzealous police officers. I also hope that they are sufficiently gang raped in jail. Rioters who would intentionally destroy property, and then evade or even attack the police who are trying to arrest them deserve what they get.

(link via Michele)