Posted on 01/31/2006 5:45:38 PM PST by NapkinUser
Edited on 02/01/2006 3:43:42 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Just in.
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Reuters Additional Information
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police at the U.S. Capitol arrested anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Tuesday, shortly before President Bush was to give his annual State of the Union speech, a police spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman, Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, said she had no immediate details.
Sheehan had been invited to be a guest at the address to a joint session of Congress by U.S. Rep. Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat.
Sheehan, who became a central figure for the U.S. anti-war movement after her soldier son Casey was killed in the Iraq war, won wide attention with an anti-war vigil outside Bush's Texas ranch.
CNN said Sheehan was arrested after unveiling a banner and was being held on Capitol Hill for about an hour, which would keep her away from the address, which was set to start at 9 p.m. EST.
Sheehan and other activists were arrested in September for protesting outside the White House without a permit, a misdemeanor that carriers a $50 fine.
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"..Posted at 09:55 PM
SHEEHAN [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
A newsroom type shares notes:
This from Sgt. Kimberly Schneider of U-S Capitol Police.... Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the gallery of the house floor tonight and charged with demonstrating in the Capitol--a misdemeanor. ...Sgt. Schneider says she was wearing a T-shirt with a slogan on it and was asked to cover it up. Sheehan did not cover it up and she was arrested. ....She is being processed at Capital Police hd and is expected to be released at some point tonight. The misdemeanor charge carries one year in jail. .."
Strip search her and hold her at machine gun point, in front of a ten year old girl.
She's lucky!
In a clintonian world she'd end up dead in Fort Marcy Park!
I beleive the idiot McKinney slipped back in when the woman who defeated her tried for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Johnny Isakson.
No questions here--I've had her number for a long time.
Many humble thanks to your husband for his service to our country!
We should be thankful the dems didn't invite Mumia to give the rebuttal speech.
Strange comma placement. There either needs to be one after "Iraq", or the kid is more amazing than any of us realizes.
LOL
Well, Tookie was unavailable.
Chalk it up to rapid composition. Even though my grammar is better when I'm machine-gunning on a breaking news thread...
Perfect. Let 'em keep her. If she was offered an OR release and turned it down, she gets locked up 'til arraignment. Too bad it's not a Friday, she'd be in stoney lonesome 'til Tuesday.
I want to know how Cindy Sheehan gets away with being called an 'anti-war activist' when she has clearly expanded her political causes to include stuff completely unconnected to the war (opposing Alito, cozying up to Latin American dictators, etc.).
What's it say.....BUSH LIED
Cindy Sheehan and 'truth' are incompatible.
ROTFL...cute!!!!
Were they out there with their pots and pans? I haven't heard anything about it.
I hope they put underwear on her head after she was detained.
Sheehan is an idiot and Woolsey is similarly an idiot - but unfortunately in Congress.
Hey, did you hear?
Alito was CONFIRMED.
Did you also hear?
John Kerrys call for a filibuster, from his cozy skilift seat, failed.
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