PROTESTORS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST THE MISTRIAL IN THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SHOOTING DEATH OF HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD BLOCK TRAFFIC OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE AT 4TH AND LOMAS WEDNESDAY. THEY SHOWED UP CARRYING SIGNS AND ONE FEMALE PROTESTER SPRAYED RED PAINT … MEANT TO LOOK LIKE BLOOD … ON THE RAILINGS AND SIDEWALKS OUTSIDE THE COURT HOUSE.
PROTESTORS ALSO CONFRONTED DRIVERS, BLOCKED THEIR WAY AND FORCED SOME TO MAKE U-TURNS TO AVOID THEM. THEY ALSO JUMPED ON A PICKUP DRIVER’S HOOD AND THREW PROTEST SIGNS AT HIS VEHICLE AS HE PASSED.
SOME DEMONSTRATORS WERE SURPRISED WHEN RIOT POLICE SHOWED UP … AND SWAT WAS ACTIVATED BUT DIDN’T HAVE TO INTERVENE. NO ONE WAS ARRESTED OR INJURED BUT SOME COULD FACE PROPERTY DAMAGE CHARGES.
