Posted on 08/03/2018 8:14:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WILKES-BARRE — Police took a 73-year-old Wilkes-Barre woman into custody during a protest against President Donald Trump outside Mohegan Sun Arena on Thursday.
Andrea Glod was the only one among several hundred protestors who refused police commands to move off Highland Park Boulevard by the Interstate 81 exit ramp, minutes before Trump’s motorcade arrived.
The roadway was blockaded and guarded by dozens of police officers, including state troopers on horseback, as most of the crowd moved the protest onto the side of the road. Glod stood her ground.
“It started with a young state trooper who said, ‘You have to get off the road,’ ” Glod said in a phone interview Thursday night.
Glod said she told the trooper there was no traffic because police had closed the road, and that she wanted the president to be able to see the group’s protest signs as he drove by.
“He said, ‘You have to get off the road,’ ” Glod said.
When the trooper threatened to arrest her if she refused to move, Glod said she told him he would have to arrest her to get her out of the roadway.
He took her into custody and placed her in handcuffs. The crowd of protesters burst into cheers for Glod as the anti-Trump jeers and chants grew louder.
Glod said police searched her, to make sure she had no weapons, then issued her a citation for disorderly conduct.
Asked if she would do things the same way again if given the chance, Glod replied, “I must say the opportunity to demonstrate against Trump, who is a disgrace to the presidency and the United States of America ... I would do it the same way.”
Apart from the confrontation between Glod and police, the protest was peaceful, if vigorous.
The protesters — some who came on their own, along with many who belonged to activist groups such as Action Together, Refuse Fascism, Planned Parenthood and Indivisible — held up signs, chanted and marched as close to the arena as police would let them.
“Hey hey, ho ho, traitor Trump has got to go,” went one chant. Another was the simple “lock him up.”
Slogans on signs included “Impeach Trump,” “Hate has no home here” and “I miss Obama.”
Anne Aston, of Shavertown, said she showed up Thursday “to let people know a lot of people are not happy with Trump.”
Aston said she is tired of the president’s “lying and hypocrisy,” which she said has destroyed his credibility.
Other protesters objected to the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the Mexican border.
“Where are the children?” one man shouted as Trump supporters walked by on their way to the arena.
Jeff Zimmerman, 63, of Wyoming County, said he had never been politically active until the 2016 presidential election.
Zimmerman, who served in the Army for more than 20 years, said he decided to get involved in anti-Trump protests when he “saw the con man who became our commander in chief.”
Donald Trump is as he’s always been, like him or not he’s the same person. personally I like him. But this guy talks about a phony, there’s only one phony Elected President in my lifetime . that’s Barack Obama, 100% phony!
Huffing Shoe Cleaner!?
Looks like a Shoe Salesman.
Androsky has Nothing...
Fixed it!
“...Zimmerman, who served in the Army for more than 20 years,...”
Army, huh? And yet there he stands in AIR FORCE blues, with USAF Master Sergeant insignia, with a Combat INFANTRYMAN’s badge???
Gee.. and a Purple Heart too. What was his wound, catching his foreskin in his zipper? Surprised he doesn’t have a WWII Service ribbon bar too.
What an asshole. Doesn’t this constitute a Stolen Valor moment?
Cop should have MACED the old Bolshevik broad.
#7. The USAF has a CIB for the new Space Force soldiers a la “Moonraker”.
The fraud in the picture had so many metals he kept falling over and hitting his head.
I think he runs a “military surplus store” today in S.F.
#16. She’s now known as “3G’s” - Glad Glod Got It!
The LIB IDIOTS are getting tiresome .
Trump is not commander in chief of the country. He’s the commander in chief of the armed forces. Why do libs always make this mistake?
“getting”???
They’ve BEEN tiresome for quite some time.
That’s not Mr. Zimmerman in the photo, that was an imposter acting like he’s Sergeant York of the Air Force when he almost certainly never served. I used it to illustrate that a reporter shouldn’t take everything he is told at face value. Sorry if that mixed some people up.
“... Why do libs always make this mistake?...”
Why?
Because they’re f***ing MORONS, to start.
I got about 99 more reasons...
RE Mixed up:
Sure did... but either way, the thing in the photo is an Assclown First Class.
Thanks for the clarification, friend.
The guy sure looks like he’s lost, doesn’t he? And that haircut wouldn’t make it in any branch of the military.
He’s wearing Master Sergeant (E-7) stripes which usually take quite a while to get to in the Air Force with their slow enlisted promotions.
The Air Farce must give away medals like Cracker Jack prizes.
Glod rhymes with clod.
The first thing I noticed was the CIB on the AF uniform... Then the senior parachutist badge... and the air assault badge... and all the other mix and match fruit salad.
It appears that “Mr/Miss Androsky” has some serious mental issues.
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