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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKier Simmons on MSNBC wearing a helmet while covering G20
Strong protests against G20 and Donnie Two Scoops
Watching live. I see smoke (tear gas?) in the distance.
Protesters in black wearing balaclavas.
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Kier Simmons on MSNBC wearing a helmet while covering G20 (Original Post)
Stinky The Clown
Jul 2017
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underpants
(182,736 posts)1. Copy cat
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)2. Frederik Pleitgen of CNN is also wearing a helmet.
I guess the reporters got the memo that things might get violent.
I pray everyone is safe, but I am very proud of our European protesters.
I hear them chanting in the background as the reporter is talking. I wonder what they are chanting.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)4. Probably chanting blah blah West is evil, blah blah World Bank is evil, blah truthy to power?
maxrandb
(15,316 posts)3. Off-Topic
but I love Baklava. Never had the black chocolate variety though
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,584 posts)5. He was interviewing a protestor this morning
and the guy said (paraphrasing) "they get together and talk shit"
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)6. And it's a good thing...he just said that a bottle hit his helmet. nt
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)7. Wearing Helmut?
Makes sense as a protest against Russian meddling, but wouldn't it be uncomfortable?