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Anti-war mom says N.Y. cops roughed her up
MSNBC ^ | Updated: 1:02 p.m. ET Sept. 20, 2005 | Not Provided

Posted on 09/20/2005 10:19:31 AM PDT by .cnI redruM

NEW YORK - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said Tuesday she was hurt slightly in a scuffle that erupted when police broke up a rally as she was at the microphone.

An organizer was arrested and charged with using a loudspeaker without a permit.

“I was speaking and someone grabbed my backpack and pulled me back pretty roughly,” Sheehan said, describing the scene at Manhattan’s Union Square on Monday. “I was shoved around.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
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To: isthisnickcool

You left out the 50 "ahs" and "Well,s."


61 posted on 09/20/2005 10:48:01 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: .cnI redruM

At least Hanoi Jane would make a nice hooker in Nam. Cindy is just useless.


62 posted on 09/20/2005 10:48:10 AM PDT by varyouga (Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
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To: highlymotivated

When her 15 minutes of fame is finally up she can continue her career by becoming a sure fire cure for serial rapists.


63 posted on 09/20/2005 10:50:48 AM PDT by clifcrds (There Are None So Blind Than Those Who Will Not See)
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To: .cnI redruM; JoeSixPack1

Thanks! I've been busy the past few days and not heard of this until now.


64 posted on 09/20/2005 10:52:19 AM PDT by cweese (Hook 'em Horns!!!)
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To: .cnI redruM

Go home cindeeee......


65 posted on 09/20/2005 10:52:24 AM PDT by cubreporter (I trust Rush. He has done good more for our country than anyone will know. He's a man of honor.)
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To: .cnI redruM

Check out the cop on the left at the rally. It looks like he got a good whiff of "Eau du Hippy" or just heard Cindy for the first time.

66 posted on 09/20/2005 10:52:30 AM PDT by varyouga (Reformed Kerry voter (I know, I'm a frickin' idiot))
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To: retrokitten
yup. here is something i posted from another thread on this exact subject:

"i have worked with most of those cops in the pictures. they have no patience for protesters. impromptu events spring up all the time in union square. and these cops, especially the bosses, just want to squash them if they are not legal. it looks bad for the city if they are allowed to go on unchecked."

67 posted on 09/20/2005 10:53:30 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: april15Bendovr
Fetch me a club

Yep, a good-ol Hickory Shampoo, if ya know what I mean.

68 posted on 09/20/2005 10:59:30 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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To: thefactor
"...it looks bad for the city if they are allowed to go on unchecked."

I can't even imagine the type of things that would go on if they were allowed to just set up shop where ever they felt like it.

I also have a hard time believing this person who organized this little protest or whatever didn't know exactly what he was doing by not getting a permit. He knew that the cops would shut them down and they could all scream, "Police brutality!"

69 posted on 09/20/2005 11:04:01 AM PDT by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: retrokitten

No doubt.


70 posted on 09/20/2005 11:09:05 AM PDT by .cnI redruM ("They're thin and they were riding bicycles" - Ted Turner on NK malnutrition.)
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To: retrokitten
if you allow one group to do it, then every idiot with a bullhorn would be standing in union square pontificating about nothing. it's not all that hard to get a permit. you get them for a couple of hours and then you pack up.

everyone knows the rules. some people think their cause is so noble that no one would dare disrupt them. plus the media attention is greater if the rally gets broken up by force. the cops always look like the bad guys.

71 posted on 09/20/2005 11:11:12 AM PDT by thefactor
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To: thefactor

I totally agree.


72 posted on 09/20/2005 11:12:50 AM PDT by retrokitten (www.retrosrants.blogspot.com)
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To: .cnI redruM

I can't help but notice some hilarious irony in this episode. For almost a month, Sheehan protested the president unscathed in one of the most conservative regions of the country. No one attacked her or shut her down. Yet, after a day in the liberal city of New York, she isn't just shut down, but also roughed up.

Granted, the "permit" aspect of this story is important, but I can't help thinking that these same liberals who were so tolerant and understanding of Sheehan's plight in Texas, no longer hold that view after her recent attack on Hillary.

I'm sure if it wasn't the NYPD, it would've soon been Hillary's security service had Sheehan made similar demands of Clinton's time...especially if Camp Casey VI found itself anywhere near Clinton's residence. As has been noted on several occasions; when it comes to dissent and protests, the Clintons (like most leftists) don't have any tolerance for diverse opinions.


73 posted on 09/20/2005 11:23:42 AM PDT by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *asses)
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To: cwb
>>>>No one attacked her or shut her down.

Texans have this way of just letting someone make as a-- out of themselves. It saves them the trouble of using up pepper spray.
75 posted on 09/20/2005 11:25:10 AM PDT by .cnI redruM ("They're thin and they were riding bicycles" - Ted Turner on NK malnutrition.)
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To: Baynative

That was not a very sound decision...


77 posted on 09/20/2005 11:25:55 AM PDT by .cnI redruM ("They're thin and they were riding bicycles" - Ted Turner on NK malnutrition.)
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To: .cnI redruM

This whole thing was a setup by Left wing wacko's. Paul Zulkowitz, the man the Police Arrested is a well known left-wing wacko activist in the New York Area..

Watch this whole Cindy Sheehan thing closely.. it is all a "Public Relations" setup who's only purpose is to get their George Soros/Fenton Communications paid Client back on the front page of the news.


78 posted on 09/20/2005 12:21:41 PM PDT by Thanatos
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To: Thanatos
It sounds suspicious. Zulkowitz may have been trying to get cheap publicity.
79 posted on 09/20/2005 12:23:45 PM PDT by .cnI redruM ("They're thin and they were riding bicycles" - Ted Turner on NK malnutrition.)
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To: varyouga; Sam Hill

Thanks for that picture

I followed the link and saw all the pictures and the only people I saw around Cindy was her crowd .. not the police as she claims


80 posted on 09/20/2005 1:43:59 PM PDT by Mo1
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