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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"..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. .."
That's a redundancy. Torture IS having panties put on your head. </sarcarsm>
It would help if you knew that the DC cops didn't throw anyone out. The US Capitol has its own independent police force. Capitol Police escorted both women from the chamber for breaking standing House gallery rules.
As well they should have.
Disgraceful, both of them. T-shirts to the State of the Union?
The reason the woman with the pro-troops tshirt on was not arrested was because she agreed to leave (at lease according to CBS-which unfortunately is the only place I've heard of why she wasn't arrested).
Cindy Sheehan did not want to leave. Peacefully or otherwise. Apprently they had to arrest her.
Here is a link to the article on CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/02/politics/main1272923.shtml
and the part about Young, the other woman:
"Sheehan was taken away in handcuffs before Mr. Bush's arrival at the Capitol and charged with a misdemeanor, while Young left the gallery and therefore was not arrested, said Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer in a statement."
It implies to me that Young left the gallery and they had no problem with her.
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