Even as the World Watched IV: Peaceful, or Pistol?

Mostly desolate streets.

These soldiers were moving with purpose.  The heavy protest had been going on for about two months but I could recognize that look on soldiers.  Something was about to happen and so I published that it was about to go down, and some days later it did.

The Reds watched.

The Army watched.

The media watched and the people watched the media.

And then the finale on 19 May 2010.

Red Shirt barricades burned.  The Thai Army killed, arrested or dispersed the protests.  In total, about 90 people were killed over the many weeks—including civilians and soldiers apparently hit by protestors—and about 1,900 were wounded.

Protesters set nearly 40 buildings ablaze, while some journalists continued to espouse that they were peaceful.

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