UPDATE: Military Recruiter Chased Off by Protesters (Seattle)

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[USArmySpouse]

A picture's worth a thousand words. My question: Why didn't the security guards escort the PROTESTERS out of the building??? Disgusting.

Updates:

To: StarCMC; trussell; Brad's Gramma; Howie66; speedy; Hondo1952; Lando Lincoln; ...

URGENT ACTION BY ANY WASHINGTON STATE FREEPERS NEEDED ASAP!>>>>>

AND- Would you like the number to call someone at Students against the War who organized this stunt? Well here you go!

This is an email which I received regarding the latest in the case of the students who broke the law and ran the Army recruiter off the Seattle Campus. Please ping anyone who you think would be interested. Perhaps someone can freep their press conference????

________________________________________________________ This is the email

hi, this is a follow up email concerning the press release sent out from Students Against War, a Seattle Central Community College student association.

In protest of George Bush's inauguration on January 20th there was a walkout on the Seattle Central campus. During the walkout a group of well over one hundred students gathered around the table of two military recruiters. The recruiters were then escorted off campus by security. Some actions taken by participants have brought about disciplinary threats against Students Against War. An ultimatum was presented by the school administration - "If we do not receive a copy of your apology letter by Thursday, February 3, 2005, your club will cease to be in good standing on campus," said the letter from the Administration.

Students Against War along with members of the outside peace community will be holding a press conference tomarrow at 12:00 noon on the south plaza of SCCC.

if you have any questions please contact Gerald, a SAW representive, at: 1-206-329-2276 ___________________________________________________

spelling errors belongs to the stupid students against the war....

291 posted on 02/03/2005 6:37:56 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

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To: All

Here is some more:

Students Against War will hold a press conference regarding threatened disciplinary action by the Seattle Central Community College administration on Thursday February 3rd at 12 noon on the south plaza of Seattle Central Community College.

In protest of George Bush's inauguration on January 20th, students walked out on the Seattle Central campus. During the walkout a group of well over one hundred students surrounded a table of three military recruiters and chanted anti-war slogans until they were escorted off campus by security. Some actions taken by participants have brought about disciplinary threats against Students Against War. An ultimatum was presented by the school administration - "If we do not receive a copy of your apology letter by Thursday, February 3, 2005, your club will cease to be in good standing on campus," said the letter from the Administration.

SAW's official statement in response to the Seattle Central Administration:

The group Students Against War is not responsible for the actions taken against the military recruiters on the 20th of January. We do not have the authority to speak on behalf of the individuals involved.

Any disciplinary action taken against Students Against War is without precedent or basis. SAW engaged in two permitted actions on that day, which included the rally in the south plaza and the student march to Westlake Plaza. The congregation around the military recruiters was a spontaneous event carried out by people on their own accord. SAW cannot represent these individuals or their actions, and cannot be legally held accountable.

As to the actions themselves, students were expressing their feelings about the intrusion of the military into our schools. Military recruitment on campuses nationwide has been stepped up along with military spending, while funding for education has been repeatedly cut. Military recruiters on our campus prey on the lack of options for low-income students. SAW does not support sending our low-income youth to fight and die in a war that is unjust and unfair.

Students Against War is sorry, but not about the actions of the 20th. SAW is sorry that soldiers in Iraq are dying. SAW is sorry that billions of public tax dollars are being pumped bullet by bullet into foreign soil while increasing numbers of Americans live near or under the poverty line. SAW is supporting the troops by working to bring them home.

These are our sisters and brothers. If Sgt. Due was in Iraq, one among three military recruiters asked to leave, SAW would support his right to life and human decency by bringing him home. When our friends are sent to kill and die because they didn't have the money to pay for college, we say bring them home. Why should American soldiers face death and mutilation for the lies of the Bush administration? We say bring them home. We, as Students Against War, ask you as friends and families of soldiers, to defend those troops by bringing them home NOW.

To contact Students Against War, please call our spokesperson Gerald at 1-206-329-2276

294 posted on 02/03/2005 6:59:55 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

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To: kittymyrib

School is dropping it's demand for apology and student group is pushing for removal of all recruiters. This is the first article I have seen with Sgt. Due's statement of what happened.

Anti-war group targets recruiters Effort launched after campus clash By JAKE ELLISON
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

A mob of Seattle Central Community College students chased military recruiters off campus last month, after a tense confrontation. Now a student anti-war group is stepping up efforts to keep them out for good.

Students Against War has launched a petition drive aimed at persuading administrators to order a halt to on-campus military recruiting.

The group points to a November ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The Philadelphia-based court held that a college opposed to the policy barring gays and lesbians in the armed forces has a First Amendment right to protest by blocking access to military recruiters.

Central students opposed to the war in Iraq have been fighting the presence of military recruiters all year. The group organized a protest to coincide with President Bush's inauguration Jan. 20, but it started sooner than scheduled when several hundred students surrounded two Army recruiters.

The students hurled insults and water bottles, according to witnesses, forcing the recruiters to flee under the protection of campus security officers. There were no reports of injuries.

Administrators initially threatened to take disciplinary action against Students Against War, which denied any responsibility for the incident.

Yesterday, however, officials backed off their demand that the group apologize to the recruiters or be stripped of their affiliation with the college.

Central President Mildred Ollee said she dropped the ultimatum after discovering that members of other student groups were involved in the confrontation.

"I'm not prepared to go on a witch hunt," she said. "We did the best we could do in this, and I believe the students have learned something and we're going to move forward."

Leaders of the anti-war group told a small crowd of students yesterday that they intend to press for the military recruiting ban.

"We do not want the military in our schools asking our friends and family to fight for a war that is wrong," Nicole Thomas said. "We want recruiters out of our schools."

The incident was captured in a newspaper photograph that has made its way into conservative Web blogs. That spurred a wave of e-mails to Central administrators denouncing the conduct of the students.

One of the recruiters involved in the confrontation, Sgt. Jeffrey Due, said he was stunned how quickly things got out of hand. "I was in outright shock that they were protesting me," he said.

Due had been warned about the student walk-out demonstration, but said he didn't expect that kind of trouble. "They were all going by making off-hand comments and saying 'no war.' We just waved at them," Due said. "Five minutes later, there was just a mob of 500 people surrounding the table."

Due said he was hit in the head with newspapers, and water bottles whizzed by, pounding the vending machine and wall behind him.

The flap has energized Central's anti-war effort, sparking the petition drive. The group's goal is to get recruiters off campus "by legal means," said spokesman Gerald Lisi.

He argued that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy is in conflict with the college's code barring discrimination on campus. While petitions circulate, the group is consulting with attorneys and researching the issue.

But Ollee pointed to a government rule that allows federal money to be withheld from any college that refuses to give military recruiters access to students and student-contact information.

"I am under the law and will comply with the law as long as it is the law," she said.

P-I reporter Jake Ellison can be reached at 206-448-8346 or jakeellison@seattlepi.com

301 posted on 02/04/2005 5:09:06 AM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Just say no to the ACLU!)

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URGENT ACTION BY ANY WASHINGTON STATE FREEPERS NEEDED ASAP!>>>>>

Here is some more:

School is dropping it's demand for apology and student group is pushing for removal of all recruiters. This is the first article I have seen with Sgt. Due's statement of what happened.

[Terpesman]

Maybe we can get some of the Ohio National Guard troops to head out there. How about Kent State II.

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I knew I could count on you!

[SuziQ]

TOo bad the young recuiter didn't have a can of mace or something for his own personal protection.

[snowtigger]

One more reason to spend my tourist dollars elsewhere.

[huac]

If the "Army Times" or other armed service newspapers have any courage, they will publish this picture and story. Just to remind the guys over seas about what the people who "hate the war but support our troops" are about.

[ariamne]

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't calling Hitler, Stalin, etc. patriots.

I was calling Americans who have a strong sense of nationalism and pride patriots.

[BykrBayb]

You're right. I did misunderstand. But I didn't think what you thought I thought. LOL. I thought you were calling the criminals who attacked the recruiter "patriots." Thanks for clearing that up. I went back through the thread, and I see where I made my mistake. It won't happen again - - - on this thread.

[celtic gal]

What a low class of people.

[45semi]

E-mail SFC Due at the recruitment office and let him know you support him,
and that you consider the college idiots, well, idiots!

6lbn-apa@usarec.army.mil

[DTogo]

That's exactly what I had in mind!

[lainde]

bttt

[Blowtorch]

Great picture. Just great. Those children must have proud parents.

[Drango]

I called...

[Mr. Silverback]

Why do I even bother defending this country?

Because for every one of those little pukes (and little pukes like them) there are 10 or 100 Americans that value your service and the nation you serve.

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FASCIST FORCES HAVE ATTACKED THE 6TH RECRUITING BRIGADE OF THE US ARMY AS DETAILED IN INTEL PHOTO BELOW:

Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were successful in getting Due and another recruiter to leave their table under escort by campus security officers. Several hundred students walked out of classes at several Seattle colleges and universities to protest the inauguration of President Bush.

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[Clemenza]

There are ZERO conservative students at Seattle Central Community College. It is in the heart of Capitol Hill, the main area of gays, neohippies and runaway "children."

There is a College Republican presence at the University of Washington (in NE Seattle), but they are still outnumbered. That is still better than the situation at Seattle Central where you are more likely to meet a Jackalope as you are a conservative student.

[ariamne]

You are very gracious; I appreciate your re-reading the thread. Gosh, I'd hate to be thought of as sympathetic to the miserable rabble who hounded that poor recruiter out of the school! I wish I was there, just to show Sgt. Due that many of us honor him for his service and to trip a few student dirtbags "accidentally"!

Thanks again, BykrBayb!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Awesome and BTTT!

[American Sovereignty Defender]

No kidding! Urban Seattle is both contaminated and occupied by an overwhelming mob of immorality pushers.

It was not always so bad. I am a Seattle native, born in the mid 60's and raised on Queen Anne hill, which is very near downtown. The neighborhood evolved especially during the 70's...when everything went "down hill". The city was near extinction economically and Boeing laid off a large majority of its workforce. And with economic hard times it seemed that hippies were granted some sort of political prestige. The media helped turn America against itself and the hippies became the voice of "reason".

It has been said that Seattle is actually more liberal than San Francisco. I wonder if the worst of them moved here to infiltrate and conquer our vulnerable culture. That was a consequence of people losing their jobs and confidence in capitalism and how "unfair" it was to the "little guy". And still to this day, even in the best of economic times, the rhetoric from labor unions is so predictable and silly. Some of them are dedicated Marxists, set out to defeat capitalism by ruining business corporations.

Today, the hippies march on and act militant as if they have the right to trample on others. I'm not surprised by this episode of hatred and intolerance aimed at this recruiter. The protesters had no right to do what they did, but they knew they would not be punished...hence the smiles of satisfaction you see on their faces. Behind the veil, their souls are vacant and resentful as they aim to crush anything representing a moral society. Anarchy is their ideal, and the avenue for their "utopia". Almost like a scorched earth policy where they can thrive in their own waste and depravity.

[DennisR]

Seattle native here also, but born a bit earlier - 1951. I called SCCC on Friday, but did not get a message returned. Fancy that! I am going to ask that each and every person who participated in that terrorist anarchy get suspended. If I had been in Jeff Dues' place, I would have been fearing for my life! What a bunch of brainless people.