Nbadan
10-27-2005, 04:06 PM
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US police arrested Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq who has become a prominent war opponent, along with two dozen people for demonstrating without authoritization in front of the White House.
Sheehan and the other protestors staged a "die-in" in front of the the White House, lying on the ground to symbolize US soldiers killed in Iraq.
Several dozen sympathizers applauded as Sheehan and others were taken away, while counter-protestors booed the group.
"Cindy Sheehan has been arrested with about 25 other people because she was demonstrating without a permit in front of the White House," said lieutenant Phil Beck of the US Park Police.
"They laid down on the sidewalk without a permit, they were advised three times to leave the area, they chose not to leave therefore they were arrested," Beck said.
"Most of them will probably be released tonight," he said. They face a 75 dollar fine.
Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/ts_alt_afp/iraqustoll2000protest_051027055028;_ylt=AjL9op5M5Q 7PnHi79.AwZnJg.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--)
The criminilization of politics at work again.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US police arrested Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq who has become a prominent war opponent, along with two dozen people for demonstrating without authoritization in front of the White House.
Sheehan and the other protestors staged a "die-in" in front of the the White House, lying on the ground to symbolize US soldiers killed in Iraq.
Several dozen sympathizers applauded as Sheehan and others were taken away, while counter-protestors booed the group.
"Cindy Sheehan has been arrested with about 25 other people because she was demonstrating without a permit in front of the White House," said lieutenant Phil Beck of the US Park Police.
"They laid down on the sidewalk without a permit, they were advised three times to leave the area, they chose not to leave therefore they were arrested," Beck said.
"Most of them will probably be released tonight," he said. They face a 75 dollar fine.
Yahoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051027/ts_alt_afp/iraqustoll2000protest_051027055028;_ylt=AjL9op5M5Q 7PnHi79.AwZnJg.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--)
The criminilization of politics at work again.