I was not going to put my 2 cents in on this one, but two postings made me change my mind. GUEST FROM FLORIDA posted on 8/13. I was at a hotel in Atlanta a number of years ago during the wknd you speak of---and again on Long Island a few years later.

Your comments are right on the mark (not the Adams Mark)---I will not repeat your comments since people can scroll up for that. The only difference was that the "rioting" was condoned. Banned the next year!.

On LI the State Police even allowed activities on tied up parkways that you would not believe---blocking exits into up scale neighborhoods. I would also mention that at that time only ---how do I say it diplomatically--ethnically proper tropopers were assigned. That was --I believe-1998. It was not repeated again. The activities of the participants and the the police assignments.