The protest without a reason

from second city cop

Even the papers can't polish up this turd the "revruns" laid:

• They shut down Lake Shore Drive for a half an hour in the middle of rush hour. They made it to Wrigley Field for an hour of chants and speeches.
  
  They didn’t disrupt the Cubs game. And no one was arrested or reported injured. But they sure got some attention.
  
  Those were the highlights of a long-awaited march by a few hundred protesters who worked to highlight gun violence on the South and West sides by winding their way through the North Side on Thursday afternoon.

They couldn't even get two buses filled, and then they had to delay the march while they "waited" for other buses caught in traffic - buses that never materialized.

Including everyone who took public transportation in, the media estimated the crowd at "a couple of hundred." Our people (closer to the action) said bosses made the official count at 150, and that was being generous.

The few pictures that exist in the media are of the "forced perspective" angle that news photographers often use to make it look more crowded than it actually is. Like this one:

Do you see all those people (or folks) in the background? Yeah, neither do we. There weren't any. The Tribune pictures show far more cops than protestors.

This guy made us laugh out loud:

• “The reality is this: Our community is bleeding every day,” said Tio Hardiman, another organizer. “We need some resources on West, East and South sides of Chicago.”
  
  Hardiman said the city needs to invest in struggling areas of the city and reaffirmed his position that Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson need to be replaced.

You know who else was bleeding not too long ago? Mrs. Hardiman. But we digress. Tio calling for replacing Rahm is amusing at best - has anyone looked at the vote totals from the west and south sides for Rahm last election? It'll tell you exactly who put Rahm into office.