The G8 Summit turned out to be a non-event for the greater Frederick area. On Friday, there was handful of protesters in Thurmont. Frederick had maybe 30 or so, mostly local individuals who held a seminar at the library and then marched to the park.

On Saturday, Frederick had nothing; Thurmont did have a number of fairly well behaving protesters, then several bus loads of individuals from the Baltimore area came to protest issues regarding conditions in Ethiopia. The LEs knew there were coming and closed off part of the Main Street to allow them an area to stage. When they disembarked the buses, local LE requested the nearby State Police Strike Team and members of the Sheriff Department to assist. For the most part, the protesters were respectful and compliant with requests from LE and even cleaned up after they were done protesting. No arrests, no injuries, no damage.

Pete