EXCLUSIVE: 35,000 Rally To Fight ‘Right To Work’ In Michigan

December 11, 2012 | Filed under: Exclusives,Headliner,News,Photos | Posted by:

As I arrived Tuesday morning, the crowds were assembling in force, and the loudspeakers started getting cheers from folks by asking who was here from the IBEW, CWA, Steelworkers, Nurses, etc. Lots of excitement. As I slowly worked my way through the crowd to get into a good place to shoot a few pics, I had to swallow my claustrophobia. I felt a lot like the kid in the movie  Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close and clutched my camera tightly, maybe even shook it like he did the tambourine.

These are some of the shots I got. I was struck by the number of cops about, some on horseback, some with tear gas, some with dogs. At first, it felt strange to me because the crowd I was with, meaning everyone there, was peaceful and maybe even subdued.
However, I know from the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations that sometimes, there are agents in the crowd planted there to start something, and sometimes the cops start it by pushing and prodding a very compact group of people until they push back, or by breaking out the pepper spray or “batons.”
One thing that always bothers me at these rallies and demonstrations is when the crowd starts yelling (at the politicians, the cops, etc.), “Shame! Shame!”
Look, these bastards have no shame. At all. I’d rather be yelling, “FUCK YOU!” and “WE KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!” and “WE’RE MAD AS HELL, AND WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!”
But that’s just me.
Brandon Weber
35,000 Rally To Fight 'Right To Work' In Michigan

The crowd starts marching around the block that encompasses the Capital building, Dec. 12, 2012. photo by Brandon Weber

 

35,000 Rally To Fight 'Right To Work' In Michigan

Juxtaposition . . . photo by Brandon Weber

 

Panorama shot of the crowd as it assembled. photo by Brandon Weber

 

35,000 Rally To Fight 'Right To Work' In Michigan

Cops and police dog await. photo by Brandon Weber

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Perky Green says:
    December 13, 2012 at 12:54 am

    I hope with all my heart, that the people who voted for these traitors, have seen the errors they have made and vote to correct them. FIRE ALL of the turncoats who have betrayed the American People. Our system works folks, you have to better judge the candidates and elect those who would assist you, rather than those who would STAB YOU IN THE BACK.