Over the next few days, I'll keep it updated with fresh reports. As I add more posts, I'll create a link under the orca in the upper left of the blog for easy access to it.
I briefly considered including left-wing violence toward Busheviks. Certainly, there have been some disturbing instances of this. But I haven't seen a consistent pattern emerge, as we are seeing on the right; and besides, the right seems to be tracking their own side's cases (with admittedly mixed results), so I'll leave that chore to them.
I'm not tracking voter fraud (unless violence is involved) or sign theft (likewise). Thus the list is restricted to actual violence, threats or intimidation, or behavior that exceeds the normal bounds of partisanship. I've broken these down by categories:
- Attacks on campaign headquarters
- Sacramento, California
Lawrence, Kansas
Toledo, Ohio
Barberton, Ohio
Boone, North Carolina
Galveston County, Texas
Lafayette, Lousiana
State College, Pennsylvania
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Bush supporters intimidate/assault Kerry supporters/war protesters
- Washington, D.C.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Salt Lake City, Utah
Austin, Texas
Harrisburg, Pa.
Columbus, Ohio
Lafayette, California
Vero Beach, Florida
West Boynton, Florida
Portland, Oregon
Colmar, Pennsylvania
Greenwood, Colorado
Temecula, California
Fresno, California
San Francisco, California
Police mistreat anti-Bush protesters
Kerry supporters' homes/cars vandalized
Threatening Kerry supporters' employment
- Sacramento, California
As always, I'm looking for reader contributions. I realize my criteria are fairly rigorous -- there are, of course, various kinds of nastiness that don't really fit these descriptions.
But I think it's important not to overstate the case, and to keep focused on actual cases of violence and intimidation that might be criminal or, in the case of threatening people's employment, just condemnation-worthy behavior.
If anyone wants to help me flesh it out, please feel free to send published incidents to my e-mail (dneiwert@hotmail.com), or post them in the comments thread.
SIGNIFICANT UPDATE: Due to popular demand, I have decided to create a second list using similar criteria for left-wing thuggery. I'm also adding two essentially neutral categories.
With that in mind, you can have all your right-wing friends send me any cases that need adding to this list:
- Attacks on campaign headquarters
Kerry supporters intimidate/assault Bush supporters/war supporters
Bush supporters' homes/cars vandalized
Threatening Bush supporters' employment
Police mistreat anti-Kerry protesters
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[Neutral Categories]
Mutual violence/threats
Police mistreat voters/observers/journalists
Once again, the criteria for all entries is that they report incidents of violence or intimidation that fall within the above categories. They do not include sign thefts and voting fraud reports.
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