Posted on 01/31/2006 7:10:46 PM PST by presidio9
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.
Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
"I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight," Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. "She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."
Woolsey offered Sheehan a ticket to the speech — Gallery 5, seat 7, row A — earlier Tuesday while Sheehan was attending an "alternative state of the union" press conference by CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war.
Sheehan was arrested in September with about 300 other anti-war activists in front of the White House after a weekend of protests against the war in Iraq. In August, she spent 26 days camped near Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, where he was spending a working vacation.
no soup for you!
Par for the Course......
The woman is a moron, totally out of her league.
LMAO Good! Old hag needs a permanent break from the spotlight!
Still stuck on stupid after all this time.
No 15 Minutes this evening. Bet she was planning on heckling...
words of Beavis and Butthead...
"Taser, taser.... use the TASER!"
That woman has some serious mental health issues.
Anyone know what the slogan was?
That girl just ain't right.
Good, I hope they give her a nice padded cell.
RAT Rep. Lynn Woolsey needs to be tarred and feathered on the front lawn. What an arse!
Come to think of it...
While I am not upset that Cindy got arrested, but for wearing a shirt? That is considered protesting? Seems kinda harsh. I really wish that she was arrested for something more substantive. As it stands, this will only give her more cannon fodder.
Missed it by 377 posts ;)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569083/posts
"I know I'm probably gonna be on TV, so let me just wear this old hoodie sweatshirt and a pair of sweatpants"
"She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."
HUH?
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