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Capitol police arrest Cindy Sheehan
CNN | 01/31/2006

Posted on 01/31/2006 5:45:38 PM PST by NapkinUser

Edited on 02/01/2006 3:43:42 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

Just in.

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Reuters Additional Information

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Tuesday, shortly before President Bush was to give his annual State of the Union speech, a police spokeswoman said.

The spokeswoman, Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, said she had no immediate details.

Sheehan had been invited to be a guest at the address to a joint session of Congress by U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat.

Sheehan, who became a central figure for the U.S. anti-war movement after her soldier son Casey was killed in the Iraq war, won wide attention with an anti-war vigil outside Bush's Texas ranch.

CNN said Sheehan was arrested after unveiling a banner and was being held on Capitol Hill for about an hour, which would keep her away from the address, which was set to start at 9 p.m. EST.

Sheehan and other activists were arrested in September for protesting outside the White House without a permit, a misdemeanor that carriers a $50 fine.

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NRO The Corner Update

"..Posted at 09:55 PM

SHEEHAN [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
A newsroom type shares notes:

This from Sgt. Kimberly Schneider of U-S Capitol Police.... Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the gallery of the house floor tonight and charged with demonstrating in the Capitol--a misdemeanor. ...Sgt. Schneider says she was wearing a T-shirt with a slogan on it and was asked to cover it up. Sheehan did not cover it up and she was arrested. ....She is being processed at Capital Police hd and is expected to be released at some point tonight. The misdemeanor charge carries one year in jail. .."



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To: GoldwaterChick

And the moonbats are claiming this was surpression of the first amendment!!!


521 posted on 02/01/2006 8:26:12 AM PST by rintense
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To: NapkinUser

Police also removed a Congressional wife wearing a pro-troops shirt from last night's State of the Union Address:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1569438/posts?page=1


522 posted on 02/01/2006 8:41:52 AM PST by Albion Wilde (America will not run, and we will not forget our responsibilities. – George W. Bush)
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To: NapkinUser

ONE YEAR in jail. Here's hoping she gets the max.


523 posted on 02/01/2006 8:44:01 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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To: FourtySeven
In my limited experience more dissent is allowed on DU than on FR. For example, a post like yours in this thread would not be banned from DU.

Cindy Sheehan was probably removed from the SOU gallery to avoid the televised spectacle of Republicans spitting on her. Democrats would not spit on the mother of a deceased soldier, regardless of her political orientation.

You can cut out your holier-than-thou stuff now, please.

524 posted on 02/01/2006 8:44:21 AM PST by MurryMom
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To: MurryMom

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!


525 posted on 02/01/2006 8:45:14 AM PST by tioga (Speaking out from the god-forsaken frozen tundra of the Hildebeast.)
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To: MurryMom
In my limited experience more dissent is allowed on DU than on FR.

LOL. I know someone who was banned from DU for saying he didn't like the former lead singer of Rage Against the Machine's musical abiliites.

526 posted on 02/01/2006 8:46:10 AM PST by NeoCaveman (The era of the stealth candidate is over, 58-42)
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To: dubyajam
No. Andy from WKRP would make a much more convincing female than Sheehan.

Nothing against the actor. Cindy Sheehan is just THAT ugly and completely undesirable.

527 posted on 02/01/2006 8:49:06 AM PST by SaveTheChief
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To: NapkinUser

Has there been any proof that she was hand cuffed? I have yet to see a photo.


528 posted on 02/01/2006 8:55:53 AM PST by rintense
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To: MurryMom
Democrats would not spit on the mother of a deceased soldier, regardless of her political orientation.

Really? They certainly have no problem spitting on the soldier.

529 posted on 02/01/2006 8:59:29 AM PST by jennyjenny
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To: MurryMom
Cindy Sheehan was probably removed from the SOU gallery to avoid the televised spectacle of Republicans spitting on her.

You must be joking. Republicans spat upon Cindy Sheehan?!? LOL When did that happen? Or did you only imagine that happened, thus it must have happened?

Kind of like how the Bush National Guard documents were "fake but accurate"? Please!

530 posted on 02/01/2006 9:36:21 AM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: GoldwaterChick

There's a scripture about a "spirit of grief" - and if you allow it to overtake you - it will take you places you did not want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you can pay.


531 posted on 02/01/2006 9:39:20 AM PST by CyberAnt ( I believe Congressman Curt Weldon re Able Danger)
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To: NapkinUser

Pretty sad, actually.


532 posted on 02/01/2006 9:43:43 AM PST by RushCrush (Liberals have low self esteem.)
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To: MurryMom
truth to power

That is the most ridiculous, over-used phrase ever.

533 posted on 02/01/2006 9:46:35 AM PST by RushCrush (Liberals have low self esteem.)
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To: FourtySeven

I see Cindy Sheehan verbally spat upon here every day. It doesn't require any leap of faith to imagine what the Republicans would have done to Cindy last night if her First Amendment rights had not been violated and she survived the ordeal alive.


534 posted on 02/01/2006 10:22:11 AM PST by MurryMom
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To: Jeff Head

She really is becoming unhinged.


535 posted on 02/01/2006 10:27:07 AM PST by Niuhuru
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To: MurryMom

Sorry, the Capitol Police have a compelling interest in maintaining order during the State of the Union speech. Room full of important people, and all that.


536 posted on 02/01/2006 10:28:55 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Niuhuru

"She really is becoming unhinged."

She's unhinged, and the Congresswoman who gave her the invitation is unscrupulous.


537 posted on 02/01/2006 10:32:09 AM PST by popdonnelly
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To: popdonnelly
Exactly. She had no right to disrupt it. She wants to protest do it out with the rest of them that were doing it last night. Our tax money and votes go toward these annual gatherings and she is wasn't there as an elected official. So she had no purpose to inject herself into the process. She was an invited guest only and when your a guest in anyone's house you follow their rules or leave and show some courtesy! Arrogant, self serving, manipulative women she is. She's a user and from what I have read about her she has always has been. I use to feel pity for her but now I just don't like her period.
538 posted on 02/01/2006 10:53:03 AM PST by rip033 (.)
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To: MurryMom
"I see Cindy Sheehan verbally spat upon here every day.

She gets exactly what she deserves.

539 posted on 02/01/2006 11:29:26 AM PST by 1035rep
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To: Zacs Mom

Do you have any idea how much it sucks to have Woolsey, Boxer and Feinstein as representatives?

BTW, Woolsey is dumb as a box of rocks.

Her claim to fame: a welfare Mom who got elected to Congress.


540 posted on 02/01/2006 11:39:02 AM PST by CATravelAgent (Always remember that you're unique. Just like everyone else.)
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