[Cindy}Sheehan criticizes Charlotte police (Gathering of Eagles "Neo-Nazi, pro-war fascist group")

The Charlotte Observer ^ | July 19, 2007 | CLEVE R. WOOTSON JR.

[2ndDivisionVet]

A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com criticizes Charlotte police for allowing counter-protesters to "try to intimidate us" during Sheehan's antiwar rally Tuesday in Bryant Park.

But in a memo to top police administrators, one captain said officers had no issues during the two-hour event and expressed surprise at the complaints.

"At the School of the Assassins in Columbus, GA, and in Charlotte, NC, we ran into similar problems: police presence that seemed to be there to foster violence. At both places the neo-Nazi, pro-war fascist group "Gathering of Eagles" came out to mostly try to intimidate us from our mission," Sheehan writes in her blog.

"At Ft. Benning, after we complained, the police kept them separate from us, but in Charlotte, the police refused saying that the Eagles had their rights to `freedom of speech.' "

Sheehan, one of the best-known opponents of the war in Iraq, stayed in her car during the antiwar rally at Bryant Park that drew about 125 people.

Instead of addressing the crowd -- some of her supporters said there was concern about her safety -- Sheehan moved to Talley's Green Grocery in Dilworth.

In a police memo dated July 19, Capt. Doug Gallant, who reviewed and evaluated the event in Bryant Park, said he was "quite frankly, surprised there have been complaints...."

The police memo says the 14 officers on hand noticed no displays that violated North Carolina law. One protester began using profanity, the memo says, and an officer asked the person to stop cursing.

The memo also says that police didn't have to bring in physical barriers, like bike racks, to keep the groups away from each other. At one point, Sheehan's security advisor said she had concerns about the Gathering of Eagles, and officers asked the group to move back, creating a buffer of at least 25 feet.

[ct_libertarian]

Every time The Left screams “Fascist!” they are engaging in classic psychological projection which is driven by an all-consuming panic to deny what they know deep down that they have become.

[dearolddad]

Cindy, Nazis are leftists like you, you cumb dunt.

Maybe you should check your spelling.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

On a beautiful, magnolia tree lined street where our group was hosted for a pot-luck, a home had the sign: “Give War a Chance.” The homeowner and father of five told us that George Bush “is a pu**y” and that if he were President, he would “wipe out” the entire Middle East with nukes.

I like this guy...!

[Kozak]

"At Ft. Benning, after we complained, the police kept them separate from us, but in Charlotte, the police refused saying that the Eagles had their rights to `freedom of speech.' "

We certainly know who the Facist is by this statement.

[Elsie]

A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com criticizes Charlotte police for allowing counter-protesters to "try to intimidate us" during Sheehan's antiwar rally Tuesday in Bryant Park.

Boo effin' Hoo!

It be really ROUGH when YOUR ox is getting gored!!!

[Elsie]

As George’s approval numbers hover down somewhere in Congress’s range ...

ABOVE! you twit!!

[Elsie]

Nah....
the same old, same old.

[sure_fine]

stick a fork in cindy, she is well done and shouldn’t be heard of again

[bert]

She hates her son.He threw her pacifism in her face and represented all the military she found intolerable.

[TexasCajun]

...Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com

Cindy is too much even for the DUmmies and KOSnuts, but is welcomed by Jabba!

[TexasCajun]

The various governments are gobbling up land in poor, but hard-working class areas to be used for upscale housing and/or casinos.

Governor: Kathleen Blanco (D)

U.S. Senator: Mary Landrieu (D)

Mayor: Ray "SchoolBus" Nagin (D)

Cindy is in a elite class reserved only for likes of Michael Moore & Rosie O'Donnell

[Moose4]

My God, this woman has really gone around the bend. Typical liberal, throwing those anti-Southern shots in there too.

I’m surprised the police in Charlotte were that hands-off, actually. I wouldn’t call the Queen City a hotbed of liberalism, but it’s got the same problems with Rats and moonbats that most medium-sized cities do. Hats off to the Charlotte-Mecklenberg PD on this one.

}:-)4

[mkjessup]

If Cindy Sheeswine were to try this crap in Florida, there would probably be sufficient grounds to have her mentally disturbed ass Baker Acted into the nearest mental health facility for evaluation and treatment, which she is very likely in need of.

[Tax-chick]

The Charlotte PD is doing better recently on controlling public disturbances. They seem to have handled this well.

[nyyankeefan]

as long as ma sheehan runs against piglosi ~ let her spout her crap!!!!

[SandRat]

So a bit of counter-protest does intimidate Cindy, I've Pee'd My Pants and Can't Get Outta' the Car, the Coward. Nice work, Eagles!

More like she soiled her knickers.

[Larry Lucido]

Peacenut Cindy calls on armed folks to protect her from people who don’t like her. Oh, the irony.

Why don’t you just try to understand them, Cindy?

[trisham]

She’s mentally ill.

[avacado]

"A blog written by antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and posted on MichaelMoore.com"

Well at least now we know where she is getting her meal ticket these days.

[SoldierMedic]

I’ve just had an epiphany of sorts. If Cindy hates soldiers so much, how much could she really have loved her son? He joined an all volunteer force, re-enlisted, and volunteered for the mission in which he was killed. How does she coalate those facts with her feelings about soldiers?