Characterizing the Seattle Protests

These phrases were extracted from the text of the nine minutes of broadcast news about the WTO meeting and the protests and demonstrations. Nine broadcast minutes does not produce much text. This is the closed caption version of the text, which is less than perfect spelling. It remains uppercase because that is how it came to us and the misspelling remains, as well.

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CONFERENCE IS BEING DISRUPTED BY THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS

HAVE BEEN THREATENING FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW TO SHUT DOWN THE WTO

POLICE AND DEMONSTRATERS CLASHED AS THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE TRYING TO PREVENT DID DELEGATES 4 DELEGATES FROM CONVENTION CENTER WHERE THE WTO MEET

VIOLENCE THIS PLORNK IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE WHERE A FEW PROTEST TEST BROKE LOOSE FROM THE

THEY DAMAGED STORE WINDOWS OVER TURNED TRASH CANS DAMAGED AT LEAST ONE POLICE CAR AND CONFRONTED A NUMBER MUCH PEDS AND CONFRONTED OTHER DEMONSTRATERS.

IT WAS A VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION

2000 PEOPLE IN LONDON CLASHED WITH POLICE

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OVER SHADOWED HERE BY DRAMATIC PROTESTS IN THE STREETS.

Clinton speaking: FOR THOSE WHO CAME HERE TO PEACE ANY MAKE THEIR POINT I WELCOME THEM HERE BECAUSE I WANT THEM TO BE INTEGRATED INTO THE LONGER TERM DEBATE. TO THOSE WHO CAME HERE TO BREAK WINDOWS AND HURT SMALL BUSINESSES OR STOP PEOPLE FROM GOING MEETINGS OR HAVING THEIR SAY I CONDEMN THEM AND

TRADITIONAL ALLIES ABOUT ORGANIZED LABOR GROUPS ENVIRONMENT AT ALL GROUPS. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE HOPES TO PERSUADE

IN A BID TO REGAIN CONTROL OF SEATTLE, POLICE BACKED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD AND STATE TROOPERS ARE CRACKING DOWN ON PROTESTERS

PROTESTERS WERE JUST SITTING -- WE PLAN TO SHOW THE WORLD! OR CONFRONTING POLICE ON THE STREETS --

HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS WHO VIOLATED THE NO-PROTEST ZONE AREA

PROTESTS TUESDAY TURNED UGLY AS SEVERAL BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA WERE VANDALIZED AND LOOTED.

A LOT OF FREE SPEECH WAS EXERCISED AND VANDALISM WAS THE CONSEQUENCE

ARRESTED AS DURING THE VIOLENCE THE NIGHT BEFORE

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A PROTEST MARCH

UNTIL WE CAN RESTORE PEACE, WE ARE STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WE ARE NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.

CLASHES AGAIN BROKE OUT BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

MAYOR ALSO APOLOGIZED TO INNOCENT PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE CLASHES AND ASKED FOR HELP IN DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL PROTESTERS.

PROTEST GROUPS SAY THEIR FOCUS IS STILL ON GETTING THE WTO TO CHANGE ITS LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, BUT EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVEN'T HELPED THEIR CAUSE.

THE ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE AND REPRESSION OF PEACEFUL PROTESTERS IS REALLY THE THING THAT'S DISTRACTING THE WORLD FROM THE ISSUES.

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ANOTHER DAY OF DEMONSTRATERS WITH PROTESTERS KNOWING NO BOUNDARIES. THESE PROTESTERS BROKE THROUGH A SECURITY BARRIER AROUND THE CON TRENS AND SHOUTED PROCEED ENVIRONMENT MESSAGES IN THE NEWS MEDIA'S ROOM.

RALLIED IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE

MEETINGS MARRED BY A WEEK OF VIOLENCE AND HUNDREDS OF ARARRESTS

THE POLICE OFFICERS ON THE STREET DESERVE OUR THANKS, OUR RESPECT FOR CONTROLLING A VOLATILE SITUATION.

POLICE CHIEF NORM STAMPER SAYS THE VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS WERE WELL PLANNED AND HE HAS THE EVIDENCE TO PROVE IT.

THEY HAD NO REGARD FOR PROPERTY, THEY WERE EXTREMELY OBNOXIOUS, AND THEY REALLY BACKED UP THE PROCESS OF PROTEST.

THE PROTESTERS SAID THEIR GOAL WAS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE WTO. BUT SEATTLEITES ARE ASKING: AT WHAT PRICE TO THE CITY'S REPUTATION AND AT WHAT COST IN TERMS OF DAMAGE?