Posted on 08/25/2010 7:17:53 AM PDT by kristinn
Susan “Medea” Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-American, pro-terrorist Obama and Jerry Brown-funding group Code Pink, has publicly threatened the wife of Xe Services (formerly Blackwater) founder Erik Prince for having her arrested for trespassing at the Prince family home in McLean, Virginia on Friday.
In an article first published Monday at the leftist site Alternet, Benjamin wrote about the incident at the Prince home where she and other Code Pink activists went to protest Erik Prince for recently relocating to Abu Dhabi. Benjamin ends the article with a threat urging Mrs. Prince to drop the charges or face further harassment.
Will her husband, a man who shuns publicity, tell her that she is crazy to pick a public fight with CODEPINK (or Pinkwater, as we now call ourselves) and make her drop the charges? Will I be able to sue her for false arrest?
Benjamin’s article also was published at The Huffington Post Monday night, headlined “Blackwater vs. Pinkwater: The Wife of Erik Prince Picks a Fight With CODEPINK.” That’s right, the headline blames the victim. Benjamin describes what happened when Code Pink arrived at the Prince home. The text was the same in both articles.
But when we got there, to our surprise we could see through the window that the house was full of people and furniture. There were no moving boxes, no empty rooms. Could the new owners have settled in so quickly? Curious, I rang the doorbell and before I knew it, I was invited in and found myself inside the living room with a bunch of young children and several adults, who turned out to be grandma, grandpa and wife Joanna Prince.
The rest happened very quickly. Joanna asked who I was and why I was there. I asked the same questions: Was this the Prince family and if so, why weren’t they in Abu Dhabi? She freaked, told the grandparents to call the police, and she pushed me out the door.
Benjamin can be seen in a YouTube video that Code Pink posted, being shoved out the front door of the Prince home.
At the conclusion of both articles, Benjamin threatens Prince’s wife with further harassment and a lawsuit:
When the police arrived, Joanna Prince lied and said I’d been told to leave the house and refused. I was arrested, charged with trespassing, held for 5 hours and forced to pay $500 in bail. I have to appear in court on September 28. So does Joanna Prince. Will she show up in court or will she–like her husband–run away to Abu Dhabi? Will the court subpoena her to appear?
Will her husband, a man who shuns publicity, tell her that she is crazy to pick a public fight with CODEPINK (or Pinkwater, as we now call ourselves) and make her drop the charges? Will I be able to sue her for false arrest?
After terrorizing Mrs. Prince, her children and her children’s grandparents inside the Prince’s home, Benjamin has the gall to threaten Mrs. Prince with further harassment and legal action. The Prince family would be well-advised to seek a restraining order against Benjamin and anyone associated with Code Pink, and urge Fairfax County authorities to seek further charges against Benjamin over her public threats against Mrs. Prince. Especially since Benjamin and Code Pink have a thoroughly documented history of stalking and harassing people at their homes, workplace or out in public.
Even the mafia doesn’t go after families. But Code Pink does.
So tolerant & peace loving.
Not somebody I’d piss off.... sorry to hear about your tragic accident Medea...
What dope opens the door to a total stranger and invites them into the living room? Not that that excuses Benjamin’s actions but sheesh....
Not the house or family I would want to break/trespass into their house/land.
My gosh! Can you imagine? This little hag shows up at the lady’s door step, is graciously invited in...then when they realize she is a fruit loop they want her out. And that makes the little hag the VICTIM? Oh, how I hope this THING gets hers in court. Ugly little critter. Needs to be locked up for a few weeks to do a little thinking.
I'm frankly a bit surprised that the wife of Xe's founder and CEO was not better prepared, scenario training and all. Best not to make a heroine out of Mediot Binyammerin.
Why is it any of Medea’s business where this family lives?
She is lucky the lady didn’t shove her face in the front door steps!
If you EVER get a Code Stink member inside your home, alone and unfilmed, use your best judgment ;)
If she came into my house and refused to leave when told to do so, she would have heard what it sounds like when a .45 hollow-point slams into the chamber after a quick flick of my wrist.
I don’t think there would be a need for shoving.
Looks like she is campaigning for an Intimidating a witness charge....
“Will I be able to sue her for false arrest?”
No, you idiot. She didn’t arrest you. At best, it might be defamation, but I’d say the testimony would likely be stacked against the Pinko.
Colonel, USAFR
My first thought, too. But maybe she reflexively opened the door expecting a neighbor or relative. Or maybe Medea Benjamin said or did something that misled her — like claiming to be the babysitter or using a neighbor's name.
I think the one who invited her in was either a child or a guest that didn’t know who she was and assumed she was a friend invited over.
shouldve shot the bitch...
The Nation seems to think it is also their business where this family lives...
http://www.thenation.com/blog/blackwaters-erik-prince-moving-united-arab-emirates
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“It is nobody’s business where Mr. Prince (or anyone else) chooses to live. So I’m afraid I will not be able to confirm any rumors.”
Blackwater spokesperson Mark Corallo, a trusted Prince advisor
Should have just had a couple of his employees “disappear” her.
Shouldn’t that be Medusa Benjamin?..............
If any code pinkos want a quick and loud lesson in certain State of Texas laws regarding protection of your home and property, they can hang out around my home at their own risk. That was not an invitation onto my property, but a statement of my intention to educate uninvited morons should they be stupid enough to try an pull this s* off in Texas.
They don’t do this in Castle Doctrine states.
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