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Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building
The Hill ^ | January 28, 2007 | Jackie Kucinich

Posted on 01/28/2007 4:09:17 PM PST by RDTF

Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of thewest front steps of the United States Capitol building after police wereordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources toldThe Hill.

According to the sources, police officers were livid when theywere told to fall back by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Phillip Morse andDeputy Chief Daniel Nichols. "They were the commanders on the scene," one source said,who requested anonymity. "It was disgusting."

After police ceded the stairs, located on the lower west frontof the Capitol, the building was locked down, the source added.

A second source who witnessed the incident said that the policehad the crowd stopped at Third Street, but were told to bring the policeline in front of the Capitol.

Approximately 300 protesters were allowed to take the steps andbegan to spray paint "anarchist symbols" and phrase such as "Ourcapitol building" and "you can’t stop us" around the area, thesource said.

Morse responded to these claims in an e-mail Sunday afternoon,explaining that the protesters were seeking confrontation with the police.

"While there were minor instances of spray painting ofpavement by a splinter group of Anarchists who were seeking a confrontationwith the police, their attempts to breach into secure areas and rush thedoors of the Capitol were thwarted," Morse said. "The graffiti waseasily removed by the dedicated [Architect of the Capitol] staff, some of whom responded on their day off to quickly clean the area."

He added, "It is the USCP's duty and responsibility to protectthe Capitol complex, staff and public while allowing the public to exercisetheir First Amendment rights … at the end of the day, both occurredwithout injury to protestors or officers."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: anarchistidiots; awhiffofgrapeshot; beautifyamerica; dims; dumbocrats; grapeshot; ratcrime; rats; shootahippie; vandals; visigoths; youthagainstsoap
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To: libill
spooked the cops into firing.

It was the national guard that fired. And they were not armed with the Colt/Mattel pop gun either.

101 posted on 01/28/2007 5:29:50 PM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: libill; plain talk

The trial of the Chicago Seven uncovered pretty good evidence that the communist agitators were trying to provoke a massacre of their followers during the Demo Convention riots of 1968.
The Chicago cops held fire, though the media response to the mass beating of hippies was almost as bad. There is no evidence that a similar intention was being acted upon at Kent State, but it would not be unreasonable to suppose there was: An insane level of provocation was an imbedded tactic of all leftist demonstrations during that period and this was certainly in evidence just before the Guardsmen opened fire.

Why did it happen at Kent and not at Chicago two years earlier? The Ohio National Guardsmen at Kent did not have the same training or support as the Chicago cops and the local potheads were better fodder for the leftist manipulators, having been whipped into a frenzy by msm distortions of the news from Cambodia.


102 posted on 01/28/2007 5:31:06 PM PST by atomic conspiracy (Rousing the blog-rabble since 9-11-01)
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To: RDTF

Looks like the DC police have the same rules of engagement that our troops in Iraq have.


103 posted on 01/28/2007 5:32:46 PM PST by aomagrat (Let not your heart be troubled: Ye believe in God, believe ye also in gunboats.)
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To: kristinn
NONE OF YOU WERE THERE WITH US YESTERDAY WHEN THESE LEFTIES MARCHED ON THE CAPITOL.

The lefties were probably on welfare and had nothing better to do. Most of us here have jobs.

104 posted on 01/28/2007 5:34:53 PM PST by aomagrat (Let not your heart be troubled: Ye believe in God, believe ye also in gunboats.)
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To: Dov in Houston
I am so sorry, I meant that as reply to another post. Sorry.

United States Capitol building - That's in D.C. right?

Does Gonzales get paid? I hope not since Cold-Cash Jefferson got a pass and now this? If Nifong, I mean Fitzgerald needs a real job then maybe he should look into this.

Alberto Gonzales is the Attorney U.S. General and Fitzgerald is on a political witch hunt too.

105 posted on 01/28/2007 5:35:49 PM PST by libill (Socialism is communism with a happy face.)
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To: RDTF

Doesn't spray paint cause global warming?


106 posted on 01/28/2007 5:37:31 PM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: kristinn; All
Amen to your words.

For all you too far away, with the Dems in control of both Houses, the excuse of being too far away won't cut it any more. The libs and communists/socialist groups are emboldened.

The U.S.A. needs you now more than ever.

The D.C. Chapter needs you more than ever. We can't do it alone.

I challenge all supporters of the troops and conservatives to come counter a planned March 17 antiwar rally being planned by the moonbats. They plan to start at the Vietnam Memorial and march to the Pentagon. Organize bus transportation and pick up others on your way in.

Jeez, since not enough people voted to keep Republicans in control of at least one House, the troops and us all are paying for it now.

[Mr] T
107 posted on 01/28/2007 5:38:23 PM PST by trooprally (Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
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To: RDTF

What is the chain of command above the Chief of the Capitol Police? Could the order to allow this defacement have come from the political leadership of the House or the Senate?


108 posted on 01/28/2007 5:39:22 PM PST by Truth29
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To: Enosh
"Certainly this was a skirmish between Left and Right, but we are not at WAR with our FELLOW AMERICANS."

This was not a skirmish between "left and right." This was an open display of contempt for what is good an decent in the world. The people who did this are not Americans regardless of the accident of their birth. The people in the crowds are not protesters. They are perpetrators of sedition and treason. And make no mistake, we who value the God given rights of man, we who demand justice for all, and freedom exercised with personal restraint and respect for the rights of others are very much in a WAR WITH THESE PEOPLE. Having lived through the sixties I could not disagree with you more.
109 posted on 01/28/2007 5:41:33 PM PST by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Enosh

If we ever reach the sad point where vandalism becomes a First Amendment right, I intend on beating up the next person I see burning an American flag.

After all, I'll only be exercising my First Amendment rights too.


110 posted on 01/28/2007 5:42:27 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: El Gato

I know it was National Guard, but cops are commonly referenced .


111 posted on 01/28/2007 5:43:21 PM PST by libill (Socialism is communism with a happy face.)
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To: cripplecreek
Well I don't like these idiots painting on my taxpayer funded property.

Your tax dollars did not build this... It was the people who fought and strated this country. What these idiots did is a God Damned disgrace...

112 posted on 01/28/2007 5:43:34 PM PST by sit-rep ( http://trulineint.com/latestposts.asp)
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To: RDTF
Where are the riot police, where are the glorious pictures of silly hippies getting their asses beat?

We're depriving a whole generation of moonbats the opportunity to really earn their counterculture street cred.

114 posted on 01/28/2007 5:45:33 PM PST by Trailerpark Badass
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To: RDTF

Only 63359 inches to go...


115 posted on 01/28/2007 5:46:37 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: kristinn
Everyone can do more. None excepted. No, not one.

116 posted on 01/28/2007 5:49:01 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: MplsSteve
I intend on beating up the next person I see burning an American flag.

LOL!

That should be written into the Constitution as a duty!

;)

118 posted on 01/28/2007 5:54:17 PM PST by Enosh
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To: Enosh
Yours, maybe, but

NOT MY FELLOWS.


119 posted on 01/28/2007 5:55:53 PM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: kristinn

Right on, kristinn.

I'm in California, but no matter, you are right.



120 posted on 01/28/2007 5:56:17 PM PST by La Enchiladita (People get ready . . .)
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