Posted on 09/20/2015 6:29:49 PM PDT by TroutStalker
The U.S. Secret Service ordered hundreds of parents and their cancer-stricken children out of Lafayette Square on Saturday night, barricading the park for at least two hours and disrupting the group’s plans for a candlelight vigil to raise awareness and research funding for childhood cancer, participants said.
Some of the parents and children expressed hurt and disappointment that the Secret Service and Park Police, citing security precautions, virtually shut down part of a two-day event called CureFest for Childhood Cancer.
“We ended up waiting at the gates for two hours, and they never let us in,” said Natasha Gould, an 11-year-old Canadian girl who started a blog after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor this year. “And to be clear, the entire crowd was half kids. I cried last night in my hotel room because it was my first CureFest, and I couldn’t believe people were acting like they don’t care about children.”
Public information officers for the Secret Service and the Park Police were not able to comment immediately. Closures of Lafayette Square have occurred periodically since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and security incidents at the White House.
Organizers, aligned with The Truth 365 grass roots child-cancer advocacy program, had obtained a permit to hold “A Night of Golden Lights,” in which participants would light electric candles.
But as the closure dragged on, some of the sick children, fatigued by the wait or the need to receive medication, had to return to their hotel rooms, organizers said. Others began crying, and some parents became enraged. Attendees said the group of at least 700 people were not allowed access to personal items they left behind, such as chairs and blankets.
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Good idea.
Donna, I may not agree with their effort to get the federal government to fund them, but I do support their ability to raise the issue. Getting all these kids there was not easy. People had to travel and watch out for the kids special needs.
Seems rather heartless to just deny them a voice. I’m sure this was very important to those kids, and they are compromised.
I’m not sure how this group would be a serious threat to Obama, but then there were probably more than one or two Christian kids there...
Obama and the democrats are sorry that they didn’t abort these sick children. Following Margaret Sanger these children are just a burden on society.
Hey libs, #children’s life’s matter (even those with cancer)
Some nice news for a change.
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Barack Obama-—
Attacker of children with cancer and veterans wanting to visit their war memorials.
Yah it's not like they had a right to do that. Besides, El Presidente had to go and make a speech to the Black Caucus.
The subjects of the Empire must know their place.
< /more sarcasm dripping >
He should take a few lessons from the Pope.
Or maybe he could use the back entrance like he sent the Dalai Lama
He is definitely not a president of the people.
natashA backward = Ah satan.
Just sayin’.
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