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Cindy Sheehan to Be Arrested Thursday

by Open-Publishing - Tuesday 9 August 2005
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Police - Repression Governments USA

by David Swanson

Cindy Sheehan phoned me from Texas a few minutes ago to say that she’s been informed that beginning Thursday, she and her companions will be considered a threat to national security and will be arrested. Coincidentally, Thursday is the day that Rice and Rumsfeld visit the ranch, and Friday is a fundraiser event for the haves and the have mores. Cindy said that she and others plan to be arrested.

http://www.meetwithcindy.org

NOTE:
CODE PINK is reporting that the idea of Thursday arrests started with speculation, not a threat from authorities. I am unable to confirm or deny that.

Meanwhile, I have a voice message from Cindy saying that they left their spot on the side of the road because of a storm and now the Sherrif’s men are trying to post no trespassing signs and force them to leave. I am unable to confirm or deny this or provide any more details.

UPDATE:

I got Cindy on the phone and she continued to maintain that the threat of arrest was real, but said that it came to her via Diane Wilson. I spoke to Diane, who said that it came from Texas State Rep Lon Burman, a Democrat. She said that he was not speaking on behalf of or communicating any information from the Bush Administration or the Secret Service or the Sheriff’s Department. But she maintained that what he had predicted was already starting.

Both Sheehan and Wilson said that the County Sherrif’s deputies on Saturday identified several areas as county property on which they could stand. Now they claim that most of these area are private property, and that they had not known that. So, this afternoon the deputies forced Cindy and about 25 people with her onto one small area on one side of a road.

Wilson said that they threatened arrest if anyone refused to move to the proper small area. Cindy was skeptical of the claims about who owned the land. "Can you believe that on the road to the President’s house they don’t know exactly who owns it?"

Both she and Wilson said they expected they would get arrested Thursday. Cindy said, "I think we need as many people here on Thursday anyway, because Rice and Rumsfeld will be here....I’d rather not get arrested, but I’m willing to, I’m willing to have them pick me up and carry me away."

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/8/124941/6758

Forum posts

  • This poster from DU hit the nail on the head....

    Make no mistake, "We will arrest Cindy on Thursday" is all about US!

    I’m probably not telling anyone—anything new. However, it’s worth calling BushCo on the carpet for their "long-range" very-public threat to arrest Cindy on Thursday.

    This threat is a targeted intimidation tactic—designed to dissuade other protesters from joining Cindy in Crawford. It’s a shot across the bow to anyone who is thinking about going to Crawford.

    BushCo is struggling to keep this effort small. They don’t want it to flourish—because they understand full well—that VERY SOON, thousand of protesters could be standing in the brush. They’re attempting to eviscerate the energy that is building behind this movement.

    They think they can scare us into staying home. They think they can hurl threats of arrest—and that we’ll cower in our homes and not make the trip.

    Screw that.

    I’m in Iowa, and I’m making arrangements to go to Crawford. This, "We’ll arrest Cindy" malarkey will not deter me. This fear-mongering propaganda will not work.

    We are not afraid of you. We are ashamed of you and disgraced by your actions. We will not be intimidated. This is America. We will stand peacefully—and be polite. However, we’re not going away and we won’t curl up in a fetal position as threats are tossed in the air—in an effort to make us go away.

    George needs to stop issuing threats. Instead, he needs to pull on his running shoes, jog a few miles down the road...AND SAY HELLO TO "WE THE PEOPLE!"

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