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Hello all. Thanks to all who came to the protest on Thursday. I am a lowly supporter, but I appreciate all of you who take to the streets when I cannot. I had some suggestions for future protests which I would like to get some reactions to. I agree that stopping traffic is an effective way to get our message across, but I think that simply lying down in the middle of streets is not the most efficient way to do this. Namely, pick a one way street downtown and wait until the light turns red. Get half of your group of protesters to go out onto the crosswalk and hold out their signs. When the light turns green, the other half stands in front of the second car, while the first group lets the first car go. This group goes onto the third car and stops it, while the second car is allowed to go. Continue on in this leap frog fashion until you are at the end of the block. I believe this strategy would be effective for multiple reasons. First, traffic is never really stopped, just slowed down substantially. Second, every car in the line will see your signs. Third, since it takes less protesters, you will be able to do it on many streets at the same time, forcing the police presence to spread themselves thin. Responses? kellys@reed.edu I will continue posting other suggestions if people like this one. -Sean Kelly
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