The authorities were probably watching whjile they put that pink hat on the statue in the first place.
Perhaps the problem is with the park police then?
Where ever the problem lies, it's obviously not going to be solved by March 17th by anyone with authority and it's obvious code pink doesn't care enough. What you seem to miss is that this isn't just "a" statue to people, it's a sacred monument to sailors who gave their life for ALL of us. It's a place their brothers can go to honor their own. It's a place their families can go and know their country understands the sacrifice of their loved ones.
Certainly they're free to hold their protest if they have the proper permits but to deface a statue (even if only briefly with a "silly" pink hat) bought by the deaths of those who GAVE them that right is disgusting. Those who object to code pink most strongly seem to be those who served and that bears more weight than anything code pink has ever done.
How much sacrifice and bravery does it take someone like Medea Benjamin to yell, "Pull out now!" (That, of course, is predicated on the notion she could actual find someone to "put it in" in the first place.) That they so casually disgrace a statue that honors those who died in service of their country shows a complete misunderstanding and callous disregard (not to mention it's just tacky) for the very soldiers they pretend to care about. Sometimes the "pro" troops side should be allowed to have the same voice and that's what they're gathering for, that's what's being discussed here.
Cindie