Does having Cindy Sheehan arrested and hauled off to the pokey to be photographed and finger-printed make you feel like a man, Dubya? Is this payback for Cindy’s Camp Casey in Crawford?
Better pour yourself another drink, George. Maybe pop some more pills, too. You’re gonna need ’em.
Nothing can ignite our determination to rid our country of you and your band of criminals than seeing a mother, who opposed your illegal war before her son died in it and who wants all the killing stopped, (...)
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How stupid can you be, arresting Cindy Sheehan while the whole world is watching?
27 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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Cindy Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest
26 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
13 commentsWASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son’s death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.
Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests.
Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She stood up (...) -
New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters
26 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentOfficers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells
As Hurricane Katrina began pounding New Orleans, the sheriff’s department abandoned hundreds of inmates imprisoned in the city’s jail, Human Rights Watch said today.
Inmates in Templeman III, one of several buildings in the Orleans Parish Prison compound, reported that as of Monday, August 29, there were no correctional officers in the building, which held more than 600 inmates. These inmates, including some who were (...) -
FBI AND DHS SCHIZOPHRENIA
22 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsBy William Fisher
Ten years after the Oklahoma City bombing left 168 people dead, one U.S. national security agency believes the domestic radical right does not pose a substantial threat to Americans while another labels white supremacists as “terrorists” ? along with anti-war groups, affirmmative action organizations and animal rights activists.
The apparent inconsistencies arise from documents recently made public from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau (...) -
BREAKING: Cindy Sheehan arrested in Manhattan
20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
20 comments. by Five of Diamonds Mon Sep 19th, 2005 at 12:42:39 PDT I witnessed this with my own eyes. Here is my account.
Cindy Sheehan was arrested moments ago in Union Square, Manhattan for allegedly speaking in the square without the proper permit.
A small group of police began to congregate around 2:00 on the south east corner of Union Square. Cindy and her peace entourage were slightly late to the event, contending with public transportation.
Upon her arrival, applause and cheers (...) -
Police forcibly break up Cindy Sheehan rally
20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
By Pete Dolack
The New York City Police Department forcibly broke up this afternoon’s rally for Cindy Sheehan, moving in as Cindy was speaking at about 3 p.m. in Union Square.
Keywords: Government, War & Peace, Local, Activism, The New York City Police Department forcibly broke up this afternoon’s rally for Cindy Sheehan, moving in as Cindy was speaking at about 3 p.m. in Union Square. The rally had been underway for about an hour, and was about to conclude as Cindy spoke following (...) -
Cindy Sheehan vs. Mayor Bloomberg
20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentby ask
I am seething with anger. So much that I am still trembling and having trouble formulating a basic sentence.
Just back from Camp Casey, New York which is at Union Square. Took an extended lunch break, as I had seen that Cindy Sheehan would make a speech there this afternoon at 2pm. A nice little crowd, Cindy was delayed - but there were plenty of people with issues on their minds in the mean time.
Then comes Cindy and within two minutes the police interrupts. They had been (...) -
In 4-Year Anthrax Hunt, F.B.I. Finds Itself Stymied, and Sued
20 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsBy SCOTT SHANE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 - Richard L. Lambert, the F.B.I. inspector in charge of the investigation of the deadly anthrax letters of 2001, testified under oath for five hours last month about the case.
But Mr. Lambert was not testifying in a criminal trial. He and his teams of F.B.I. agents and postal inspectors have not found the culprit. Instead, he and six other F.B.I. and Justice Department officials have been forced to give depositions in a suit over news media leaks (...) -
Police Fortify Numbers for War Protests. Demonstration Will Be the First Since the District Passed Arrest Law
19 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentBy Del Quentin Wilber
D.C. police have canceled days off and are planning to deploy several hundred officers during an antiwar demonstration next weekend that will include a march near the White House, but officials said they expect no trouble.
Saturday’s rally, part of a weekend of protests and counter-protests, will be the first demonstration allowed to surround the White House in more than a decade. It is the first major rally to occur since a D.C. law that requires police to give (...) -
The Great New Orleans Land Grab-The 17th Street Canal levee was breached on purpose
14 September 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
86 commentsLos Angeles, Alta California - September 7, 2005 - (ACN) There were numerous incidents that occurred during and immediately after Katrina struck that point to the "unthinkable". It now appears that a sophisticated plan was implemented that utilized the "cover of a hurricane" to first destroy and than take over the City of New Orleans?
As the world watched the events unfolding, one could not help think that something was terribly afoot concerning the rescue by FEMA of the city’s poor and (...)