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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.”
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>>Cop should have MACED the old Bolshevik broad.<<
LMAO! That remark made me laugh out loud. But, since the old Bolshevik broad apparently didn’t get physically hostile, I don’t think I would have recommended use of the mace.
>>Why do libs always make this mistake?<<
Because they’re unbelievably STUPID?
EX-ACTLY!!!
“...I don’t think I would have recommended use of the mace....”
Okay...
TAZER her then... :^)
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.p> 31 posted on 8/4/2018 12:43:31 AM by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies | Report Abuse]
Stupidity is never in short supply. Many older people gain wisdom. Some are still just as stupid as they were when young.
I think she had pre-planned for this.....new clothes and shoes just in case. She had her moment of fame.
I have never seen a bigger mess of a fake uniform than this one.
Cool name. Italian version of the biblical/Ancient Greek name Nicodeumus (Nicodemos) meaning “victory of the people”.
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