Fort Lee Police and Army combine forces in mock protest exercise

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	Fort Lee Police and Army combine forces in mock protest exercise

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9-4-2009 11:06 PM

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army, civil disobedience, counter-terrorism, fort lee, police, police state, predictive programming

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The Army post staged a fake protest to show how well soldiers and Fort Lee Police are equipped handle the situation.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wtvr.com/wtvr-fort-lee-training-exercise,0,2674495.story"><DIV>
As the protestors make their way towards the fence that separates Fort Lee from the rest of the world,
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