So, maybe I'm clueless as to what's been going on in Denver with the Democrats in town, but being in downtown Minneapolis for the week has been quite an eye opener. The local police force has been augmented by a number of officers imported from other jurisdictions. I've seen more police at night in downtown here than at any other time I've been in town. They're roaming the streets in groups of two to four and have taken over a parking garage near our office for a staging area for their vehicles.
And the convention doesn't start until next week, and it's in downtown St. Paul!!
Otherwise Minneapolis is still a town that rolls up the streets at 6:00 pm. I tried to eat dinner at Chipotle last night. At 7:30 they had been closed and gone for some time. I found a Panera tonight to eat at - it closed at 8:00, so I made it in time... and it's right off the main downtown mall. If someone knows where there's life in Minneapolis after 6, I'd be curious (not that I'd go there - - I might miss Hillary or Barrack on the motel room TV ... on second thought is there life in Minneapolis???)
Condolences to Denver with all the Democrats in town... ditto for next week and the Minneapolis with the Republicans.
Mileage update: 8/20:MIA 8.5 mi; 8/22:Visit 4 mi; 8/23: visits: 16.5 mi; 8/24 Church/Fireside: 17 mi; MTD:511
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The DNC went smoothly.
I guess a lot of the protesters were chanting "The world is watching!" over and over. I have heard from a reliable source that a bunch of the cops had a brief counter-protest where they all chanted "These are OUR streets!" I would have loved to join in that.
There were only one or two outbreaks of violence that I've heard about, which were quickly and effectively crushed.
The world that was watching didn't see a whole lot of coverage from outside the convention hall. From my seat (hotel room), the only news outside of the convention hall was the three druggies that had an assassination "plot" (if you want to dignify what they were talking about by calling it a plot).
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