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5 Bush protestors charged with assaulting officer
News & Record ^ | 2/1/06 | staff

Posted on 02/01/2006 4:48:15 AM PST by Rebelbase

GREENSBORO — Five protestors attending an anti-Bush rally in Greensboro on Tuesday night assaulted a plain-clothes officer trying to take their picture, according to police.

Greensboro police described the following version of events, according to a press release:

As officers monitored a group of 130 protestors on Elm Street, a small portion of that crowd moved away, proceeding east on Lewis Street.

Several in the smaller group then assaulted a plain-clothes officer as he tried to photograph them, police said.

Uniformed officers then responded to that area.

Kenneth Wayne Harris, 24, of 621 Fairmont St., was charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance and carrying a concealed weapon. Harris was released on a $500 bond, a Guilford County jail employee said this morning.

Zachary Harrell Jones, 21, of 902 W. Market St., and Andrew James O'Hara, 26, of 1312 W. Market St., were charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance and delay and obstruct. They were each released on a $500 bond.

George Lawrence Saba, 22, of 621 Fairmont St., was charged with assault on a government official and public disturbance. Saba was released on a $500 bond.

Kyle Daniel Whisenant, 22, of 2627 Walker Ave., was charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance, carrying a concealed weapon and delay and obstruct. Whisenant was released on a $1,000 bond.

Erik Lee Stephens, 20, of 311 S. Mendenhall, and Marissa Reneee Csanvi, 22, of 1312 W. Market St., were charged with public disturbance.

The rally was one of dozens held across the nation on the night President Bush delivered his annual address before Congress.

The events were organized by a group called World Can't Wait, which aims to "Drive out the Bush regime." The group is organizing a protest this weekend in Washington.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
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"Kenneth Wayne Harris, 24, of 621 Fairmont St., was charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance and carrying a concealed weapon."

ROTF! Armed peace protestors!

1 posted on 02/01/2006 4:48:16 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
Something which is always overlooked about the great public support for WWII is that the left was firmly agitated against US involvement until on specific event. The invasion of the USSR.

When Hitler started rolling a hundred miles a day toward Moscow, and hundreds of thousands of Soviets had been captured, the communists sent out directives to get the US involved. The communists (leftists, progressives, fellow travelers) turned from devout pacifists to raging warmongers over night. However, their loyalty was never to the United States.
2 posted on 02/01/2006 4:53:53 AM PST by SampleMan
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To: Rebelbase

Hey guys, if you hate America so much you want to take to the streets about it, why not let them take your picture? If you were genuine you should have posed.


3 posted on 02/01/2006 4:58:05 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (We will never murtha to the terrorists. Bring home the troops means bring home the war.)
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To: Rebelbase

dozens of rallies. Oooh.


4 posted on 02/01/2006 4:58:22 AM PST by satchmodog9 (Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
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To: Rebelbase
ROTF! Armed peace protestors!

More from the Do as I say, not as I do school of left-wing thought.

5 posted on 02/01/2006 4:59:13 AM PST by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: AppyPappy

ping


6 posted on 02/01/2006 5:01:45 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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To: mewzilla

Haha! I am in the ranks of those who have been attacked by peace protestors. Nobody quite so dangerous as another stupid liberal protesting something.


7 posted on 02/01/2006 5:04:10 AM PST by CheyennePress
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To: Rebelbase

I cannot believe these idiots ASSAULTED someone and got off with such SMALL bonds! The bond for this should be at LEAST $5,000 ....

Not to mention the little thugs assualted an officer AND had Conealed weapons where it is ILLEGAL to do so! The bond for THOSE idiots should have been at LEAST $25,000...

GOOD GRIEF!


8 posted on 02/01/2006 5:04:40 AM PST by eeevil conservative
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To: Rebelbase

The new Moveon.org?

http://worldcantwait.net


9 posted on 02/01/2006 5:05:45 AM PST by angkor
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To: Rebelbase

I think assault is a felony. Hopefully, they will follow thru with the prosecution.

Felons can't vote in most places.


10 posted on 02/01/2006 5:07:12 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: CheyennePress

Tell us more, tell us more! Sounds interesting.


11 posted on 02/01/2006 5:09:00 AM PST by RayStacy
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To: eeevil conservative

Yes, these seem like rather low bonds.


12 posted on 02/01/2006 5:09:31 AM PST by RayStacy
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To: RayStacy

"these seem like rather low bonds."

Not in relation to the earning capacity of those arrested.


13 posted on 02/01/2006 5:21:31 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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To: Rebelbase

I should also be noted that the local special intelligence group monitors protest websites for information on upcoming events.

Just as I'm sure they monitor FR boards for local FReeps.


14 posted on 02/01/2006 5:24:31 AM PST by Rebelbase (President Bush is a Jackass when it comes to Border security .)
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To: tgslTakoma

ping


15 posted on 02/01/2006 5:31:17 AM PST by Landry Fan (Democrat Senators need to grow up and stop being creeps!)
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To: Rebelbase
...was charged with assault on a government official...

"Hey, I thought I was assaulting a FReeper photographer, not a COP!"

16 posted on 02/01/2006 5:32:52 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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To: Constitution Day; TaxRelief; 100%FEDUP; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; ~Vor~; A2J; a4drvr; Adder; ...

NC *Ping*

Please FRmail Constitution Day OR TaxRelief OR Alia if you want to be added to or removed from this North Carolina ping list.
17 posted on 02/01/2006 5:39:34 AM PST by Alia
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To: Rebelbase
Isn't Greensboro the place where they had that infamous shootout between the neo-nazis and the commie agitators?

Maybe these weren't just yout run-of-the-mill "peace protesters".

18 posted on 02/01/2006 5:40:23 AM PST by Kenton
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To: Rebelbase
Exactly.

The classic whine of socialists when they break laws is... "MY BACK IS BROKE", TAKE ME BACK TO MY MOUNTAIN".

19 posted on 02/01/2006 5:41:53 AM PST by Alia
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To: Brilliant

Assault is sometimes a felony, sometimes a misdemeanor, depending on information available at the time the charge is placed.


20 posted on 02/01/2006 5:42:53 AM PST by digitalbrownshirt (http://digitalbrownshirt.blogspot.com)
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