a crowd estimated by Columbus police at 8,000 gathered to protest the school once known as the School of the Americas, which they blame for Latin American human rights abuses. It appeared to be the largest first-day gathering in the 14-year history of the protest. ...Showing the same commitment to people being "allowed to do this" as we've shown in Iraq, the military responded by blasting "patriotic" music at top volume from speakers 50 yards from the demonstrators, drowning out those trying to address the crowd.
School of the Americas Watch holds the demonstrations every November to mark the killings of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador on Nov. 19, 1989.
Which may not be a bad sign: "The closer we get to closing that school down, the meaner they get," said Rev. Ray Bourgeois, SOA Watch founder.
Footnote: The School of the Americas is now known as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHISC. Which I expect should be pronounced "whisk," like the kind of broom you can use to sweep things under carpets.
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