About 200 of Alex's "infowarriors" turned out in the brutal cold and sleet to take part in the march, which was also broadcast live on his GCN Network radio show. More than a million viewers watched on Ustream as Alex confronted a thick line of Dallas police. The cops remained stoic as protesters demanded entry to the public park. "Let us in! Let us in! Let us in!" they chanted.
The public was finally allowed access to Dealey Plaza around 1:30 p.m. Police corralled them into an area behind the first perimeter of barricades. People were still not allowed into the main area of the plaza, which was cordoned off behind a second line of barricades.
With freezing rain beginning to fall more heavily, Alex Jones and his followers marched to Houston and Commerce streets on the edge of Dealey Plaza shouting "No more lies!" and "Hell no, we won't go!" They stood firm at the barricades but did not attempt to breach them.
About 15 minutes later, Dallas County sheriff's deputies began to shove those in the crowd east along Commerce, away from Dealey Plaza, to an area behind the historic Old Red Courthouse. Some demonstrators were manhandled or knocked to the ground.
Members of the media (including your humble correspondent) were caught up in the crush as about 30 deputies shoved the protesters back, saying they were too close to a homeland security command unit.
Carmen Castro, spokeswoman for Sheriff Lupe Valdez, said the protesters had to be moved because they were starting to crowd "not only private citizens who were attempting to pay their respects but also equipment that was in place for the event."
According to Castro, deputies repeatedly told the demonstrators to move and to "cease their disorderly conduct," which, she said, included "using profanity and obscenities."
They were forcibly moved back when they refused to obey, she said. Deputies did not use any chemicals or weapons, and no one was injured, she said. There were no arrests.
During the confrontation about 15-20 Sheriff's deputies attacked Alex Jones directly. One officer punched him in the stomach. This same group of officers followed the crowd out of the plaza, taunting and trying to provoke the peaceful protesters into violence.
After taking that hit to the gut, Jones lost his cool. Alpha male Alex challenged them live on the air, screaming "You want to fight? Take off your badge! Take off your uniform, punk! I'll take you in a bare-knuckles fight if you're a real man! Come on!"
"My God," Alex said afterward. "They literally wanted to attack us. They let us into the plaza like we agreed, and then they did that to us. This is the most mentally ill, dumb thing I've ever seen in my life. They let us in, and then assaulted peaceful protesters. We just saw a Dallas police riot."
LORI SPENCER is a member of ThisCantBeHappening!, the new uncompromising four-time Project Censored Award-winning online alternative newspaper. Her work, and that of colleagues JOHN GRANT, DAVE LINDORFF, GARY LINDORFF, ALFREDO LOPEZ, LINN WASHINGTON, JR. and CHARLES M. YOUNG, can be found atwww.thiscantbehappening.net
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