:):):)
Posted on 08/26/2004 12:24:36 PM PDT by areafiftyone
A group of AIDS activists stripped naked Thursday in front of the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention, demanding that President Bush make good on his promise to help HIV-positive people in underdeveloped countries. Two members of ACT UP climbed atop a parked rig on West 33rd Street opposite Madison Square Garden and held a sign reading “W: Drop the Debt. Stop AIDS.” Protest organizer Eustacia Smith, 36, said the two were arrested along with nine others. They were arrested after standing in the buff for about 10 minutes, their bodies painted with the same inscription, their arms locked and chanting “Drop the Debt. Stop AIDS.” “Countries are spending all the money they have on paying off debt ... when they could be spending that money on prevention of HIV,” said Smith, a social worker in Brooklyn. Other naked protesters escaped arrest by quickly putting on their clothes and walking away, Smith said. Another activist, 40-year-old Kris Hermes, said the group staged the protest four days before the Republican convention begins, to make sure their message didn’t get “drowned out” by what is expected to be a barrage of protests. The charges against the protesters were not immediately released by police.
Yeah baby!!! Some fugly Rats, for sure.
No. We don't want pictures.
Tantrums. No-one cares.
:):):)
ARREST THEM ALL
Now, now; they're not that bad.
Good training for the boys (in blue). Is Rikers Island still open?
I guess $15 Billion isn't enough.
I hope those cops are earning some type of hazard pay for dealing with the dregs of society. And this is only the beginning...
It was about 50 here. No nudist protestors.
Shoot poison darts at them. thats how you get wild animals out of trees and such.
Everyone, a Kerry supporter.
I guess should have given Africa $15 TRILLION instead of $15 billion. There's no appeasing these people.
After tomorrow morning, I will not venture through midtown until after Labor Day.
LOL
I guess Bush...[meant to say Bush]
I work on 41st & 3rd right so I guess I'm far enough from the lunatics!
You have the right to assemble peacefully. It means "good behavior" even though it is not spelled out in the Constitution and there are laws against nudity "protecting me" from you!! Go to jail, go directly to jail. Do not pass go!!
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