- At a rally in Indianapolis, a couple of observations.#
- On the fringe of the large crowd of pro-choice citizens on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse, just a handful of men who showed up dressed in the one of the styles you might see at a right-wing march. So, I guessed that they were right-wingers. A handful of Indiana State Police officers stood with them.#
- One guess: the officers provided a little buffer between these seeming right-wingers and the rest of the crowd. That would be a good thing.#
- A second guess: the officers seemed very comfortable chatting with the seeming right-wingers. Being on duty seemed to blur into hanging around with folks they were pretty comfortable with. Were they allies? It was hard to dismiss the thought, but not possible to confirm at the moment. I couldn't get close enough to hear the conversations. But they sure looked at ease. it didn't look like work.#
- And in the low architectural towers on the west side, men in green with binoculars scanned the crowd. Army? National Guard? I don't know. They looked like they were at work, as did some of the state police. They were a strong presence, not at the moment needed to protect for this loud, lively, peaceful crowd, which was not present when we were there late in the afternoon.#
- But the men in the tower implied that somebody thought it was reasonable to if not expect the worst today, well, to prepare for it.#
- When we first arrived, a person who looked like he might have been unhoused muttered something as he walked away from the area. The second word was unclear, and might have been "we" or "they" . . .#
- "All [. . .] need is a blood sacrifice."#
- At a rally in Indianapolis, a couple of observations.#
- On the fringe of the large crowd of pro-choice citizens on the south lawn of the Indiana Statehouse, just a handful of men who showed up dressed in the one of the styles you might see at a right-wing march. So, I guessed that they were right-wingers. A handful of Indiana State Police officers stood with them.#
- One guess: the officers provided a little buffer between these seeming right-wingers and the rest of the crowd. That would be a good thing.#
- A second guess: the officers seemed very comfortable chatting with the seeming right-wingers. Being on duty seemed to blur into hanging around with folks they were pretty comfortable with. Were they allies? It was hard to dismiss the thought, but not possible to confirm at the moment. I couldn't get close enough to hear the conversations. But they sure looked at ease. it didn't look like work.#
- And in the low architectural towers on the west side, men in green with binoculars scanned the crowd. Army? National Guard? I don't know. They looked like they were at work, as did some of the state police. They were a strong presence, not at the moment needed to protect for this loud, lively, peaceful crowd, which was not present when we were there late in the afternoon.#
- But the men in the tower implied that somebody thought it was reasonable to if not expect the worst today, well, to prepare for it.#
- When we first arrived, a person who looked like he might have been unhoused muttered something as he walked away from the area. The second word was unclear, and might have been "we" or "they" . . .#
- "All [. . .] need is a blood sacrifice."#