One of the horsies must have stepped on a protester's poor widdle foot . . . .
Posted on 09/06/2007 6:08:51 PM PDT by kristinn
Mounted police charged in to break up an outdoor press conference and demonstration against the Iraq war in Washington on Thursday, arresting three people, organizers and an AFP reporter said.
"The police suppressed the press conference. In the middle of the speeches, they grabbed the podium" erected in a park in front of the White House for the small gathering, Brian Becker, national organizer of the ANSWER anti-war coalition, told AFP.
"Then, mounted police charged the media present to disperse them," Becker said.
The charge caused a peaceful crowd of some 20 journalists and four or five protestors to scatter in terror, an AFP correspondent at the event in Lafayette Square said. No one appeared to have been hurt.
Three people -- Tina Richards, the mother of a marine who did two tours of duty in Iraq; Adam Kokesh, a leader of the Iraq Veterans Against the War group; and lawyer Ian Thompson, who is an organizer for ANSWER in Los Angeles -- were arrested, Becker said.
The ANSWER coalition is trying to rally support for an anti-war demonstration in Washington that is due to take place on September 15.
Last month, the movement was threatened with a fine of at least 10,000 dollars unless it removed posters in the city announcing the September 15 march.
Washington city authorities have said the posters had to come down because they were stuck on with adhesive that did not meet city regulations.
"At our demonstration today we were showing the media that the paste we use conforms to the rules," Becker said.
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Freepers and the Gathering of Eagles are coming to town to counter the ANSWER commies and stand up for America and our troops. Come on down and enjoy the day with us!
What a fun life.
Think about everything you did today, and all your responsibilities. And THAT'S what Brian Becker did with his day... showed off his poster glue to the press.
That's pathetic. They've been reduced to quoting their own reporters?
oh goody, another reason why Adam Kokesh will never be granted a security clearance.
“The charge caused a peaceful crowd of some 20 journalists and four or five protestors to scatter in terror...”
LOL. Yeah, I believe that a bunch of reporters and liberals would be terrified at the sight of a few men on horseback.
Media bias becomes more flagrant every day.
Somehow, I suspect that there was more to this than a dispute over the quality of the glue. But what the heck, even if it’s true, it is only fitting that liberals would lose their freedom of assembly over another absurd government regulation. They’ve suppressed our rights in like manner so often that I don’t really give a damn how piddly their violation of the rules was.
There only seems to be evidence of four, so maybe the author did inflate the number of lefties a bit... ;-D
And its only going to get worse. Look at all of the 9/11 people who believe it was a conspriacy even though it has been disproven everytime. They dont care about the truth.
“20 Reporters Cover 5 Protestors”
Translation: 20 anti-Americans cover 5 more sworn enemies of the USA.
As I remember, when 20 Swift Boat veterans held their first news conference at the National Press Club in D.C. UPI and one other news organization showed up. O’Neal and these guys had to write a book, have it published and make the best seller list before the news media would acknowledge their existence. The rest is history.
Sounds like AZCONSERVATIVE or THE ONION.
Probably it is an anti-litter measure. Don’t want all of those signs blowing all over the place.
The Park Service does not discriminate in granting meeting permits. ANSWER has held many before now. It looks like, in this instance, ANSWER acted without getting a permit so some of its people would be arrested, and that would get them some free ink.
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LOL. The antiwar kooks reduced to demonstrating paste! What's the next chant..."Hell No, We won't glue"?
One of the horsies must have stepped on a protester's poor widdle foot . . . .
So all in all 25 protesters were broken up SWEET !
We got 'em on the run;)
They must of not had the proper permits?
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