Both sides demonstrate in Friday Harbor

PEACE RALLY IN FRIDAY HARBOR

Both sides demonstrate in Friday Harbor

Photos by Sharon Kivisto

posted 03/05/03
Cries of "Kill Saddam!" were met with "Not in our Name!" during protests on the county Courthouse lawn today (Wednesday, March 5, 2003). Approximately 100 Friday Harbor students walked out of class at 1:20 p.m. to protest the war with Iraq. It was part of the national "Books not Bombs " event.

The students gathered in front of the courthouse where they were met by a pro-war demonstrators. Shane Bison, Arylss Lee, Anna Dickerson and Liam Knight supported President Bush's plans for war with Iraq. Lee and Dickerson plan to join the military.

There were heated exchanges between the dozen pro-war demonstrators and the hundred anti-war protesters. Sheriff Bill Cumming and several deputies were on hand to make sure neither side incited the other to violence.

Ben White and County Commissioner Darcie Nielsen spoke to the crowd. Nielsen stressed the fact that the anti-war protestors support the troops. "We don't want them to die, " she said.

The protestors paraded through downtown Friday Harbor. They held hands on the courthouse lawn and sang America the Beautiful as the event wound down.

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