Trayvon Martin Rally in Kansas City on Monday
As many of you know there was a large rally on the Plaza in Kansas City on Monday afternoon – I stopped by and got a few shots of the large crowd.
Kansas City Protest of Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad – Sunday March 18
As conflict goes on between rebels and Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad government, a protest took place again on the Plaza Sunday afternoon.
Kansas City’s Protest Against Syria’s Assad Regime Sunday
Another protest this week on Sunday was held near Nichols Fountain on the Plaza against Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad and his government. People from the mideast living in Kansas City have done a good job of holding solidarity protests alongside the overthrow of mid-eastern dictators over the past year. 2-26-12
Protest in Kansas City on Sunday Against Assad Regime in Syria
A protest took place Sunday afternoon (Feb 19 2012) on the Plaza in Kansas City, MO against the corrupt Bashar government in Syria. Widespread atrocities are reported in Syria at present, though it mostly goes unnoticed in the American media.
Protest in Kansas City Against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
On Sunday afternoon at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza in Kansas City, a rally was organized encouraging the protesters in Syria currently being fired upon by government forces of Bashar al-Assad. Press releases were sent to the local KC news stations, but none showed up, backing up my own ongoing question of “what exactly [...]
Protest in Kansas City Against Muammar Gaddafi in Libya
Following up on the revolution in Egypt that resulted in a couple of photoblog postings on my part covering rallies here in Kansas City (One and Two), there is now a great deal of protesting and unrest in Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya, enough to bring out the local Libyan community and broader Arab American community in [...]
Valentine’s Day Red Light Camera Protest
On Monday afternoon there was a protest as part of the “Nationwide Red Light Camera Protest” on Valentine’s Day at Southwest Trafficway and 39th Street in Kansas City, in protest of the city’s traffic cameras installed at that location and several others throughout the city.
Protest In Kansas City of Egypt’s Mubarak Regime
On Sunday afternoon (Feb. 6, 2011) from 2 to 4 pm another large rally was held at Mill Creek Park on the Plaza for Egypt and against the Hosni Mubarak presidency currently under protest back in Egypt. This demonstration in Kansas City is the second in one week as the political situation in Egypt worsens. [...]
Demonstration for Egypt on Saturday
A large group of demonstrators came to the Nichols Fountain area on the Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday afternoon at 4 PM to demonstrate against the Hosni Mubarak regime in Egypt currently being protested in various forms back in Egypt itself. I am informed many of the group were Egyptian Americans, with good [...]
Bomb Parts Plant Protest Yesterday
Back in mid-August I covered a large protest out at the construction site of the new Honeywell plant at Missouri Hwy 150 and Botts Road. The new plant will replace the Bannister Honeywell/GSA complex where many workers have become sick, and in many cases have died from exposure to toxic chemicals they were exposed to [...]
Kobach/Arpaio Counter-Protest
On Tuesday evening (07/13/10) out in south Overland Park, Kris Kobach, the UMKC law professor who helped draft Arizona SB 1070 appeared for a speaking engagement with Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpaiobefore a supportive crowd. On the sidewalk out front, a large counter-demonstration was held in opposition to the Arizona law and the impetus to enact [...]
