There is Free Speech and then there inappropriate behavior, which this performance was.
What she did was what was necessary to get something said where it actually would be heard. The Feds hermetically sealed off the area where Hu was from any taint of what the protesters were saying. So, there would be protests where none actually would be heard. Granted this wasn't the most polite move, but our reaction is to arrest and charge her? How then are we different from what Hu does to his dissidents, pray tell? I would remove her, as she couldn't just take over the event; however, I would then let her go, as she speaks to truth. Heck, they let Cindy Sheehan go when they hauled her out of the State of the Union speech she was attempting to disrupt. Puts us in the same category as Hu if we jail an innocent old lady who was a doctor in China before she got out, and has seen the worst of Chinese government behaviour. This kind of makes me sick.
It took them a bit to let Cindy go. What if this woman had been armed?
This woman has every right to say what she did and she could even do it under false pretenses.But none of us should be surprised that she still has to face the consequences because of it.
See Poly annish's post #53 below, she has already stated what I would say in response and did so better then I could have.
Make no mistake on what I am saying here, I agree with what she said, but the WH has the right to control the event.
If she truly believes in her cause, then she should be willing to suffer the consequences for her actions.