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. .."
Maybe she was asked to do something and ended up having a blue with the cops?
Get Sipowitz to interogate her
Heard it too...LMAO
"an immediate strip search of Cindy."\
I know Alito just got sworn in and its the state of the Union and we are in high spirits..but I really could have done without that visual.
CNN now.
she was IN HER SEAT IN THE CHAMBER. and had an anti war banner. they cuffed her.
She truly is that mentally unstable and that much of an attention whore.
She was already in the house chamber when it happened. She unfolded a banner when the police arrested her.
Perhaps Chavez' new mistress forgot her pass?
CNN now saying Cap Hill Police arrested IN the chamber and SEATED and unfolded a freakin banner - AGAINST HOUSE RULES. Being held for questioning...probably about an hour...about as long as Bush's speech. LOL
I saw the headline on CNN and cracked-up! I love it!
YES! Arrested inside the chamber. CNN reporting she unfurled an anti-war banner and capitol police then took her out.
good.
"inside the chamber?"
Yes! She was in her seat and rolled out a large anti-war banner which is against house rules and she was arrested.
Brought an anti-war banner into the House chamber which is a no-no. Capitol Police said they'll question her for an hour or two and then release her. After the speech, conveniently.
I wish they'd just exile her to South America. Let her go to seed with the old escaped Nazis.
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