28 People Arrested Outside White House

[Kadie]

28 People Arrested Outside White House
Protests Coincide With World Bank, IMF Meetings

POSTED: 8:09 pm EDT October 2, 2004
UPDATED: 8:38 pm EDT October 2, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Twenty-eight people were arrested near the White House Saturday during a protest of the Iraq war.

About 300 people gathered between the White House and Washington Monument.

U.S. Park Police said they arrested those who illegally crossed a barrier between the White House and the protest.

The 28 people who were arrested were trying to deliver a cardboard box to the White House. The box contained the names of people killed in the Iraq war.

The protesters had marched from Arlington National Cemetery. Many were family members of soldiers in Iraq.

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[mhr]

1. Winning Hearts And Minds At Home And Abroad

It's good to see our uniter is finally working overtime.

Heaven forbid that he ever has to work up a sweat.

[whistle]

2. If protesters are arrested do they loose their right to vote on.....

...November 6?

[Jacobin]

3. No. It takes conviction of a felony, which this would not be

[clydefrand]

6. Nov. 2, maybe you mean? I wouldn't think so.

They haven't been tried and convicted of anything.

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. November 6??

don't you mean the 2nd??

[whistle]

11. Ooopsss, November 2, I mean

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Look out, the Iraq War protests have finally started

This will grow rapidly if the chimp were to somehow steal the election!

[NNN0LHI]

5. I think these photos goes with this story?

Mock coffins line the Ellipse near the White House during an anti-Iraq (news - web sites) war protest in Washington, October 2, 2004. Each of the U.S.-flagged coffins represents 10 U.S. military deaths, while the black coffins represents about 40 Iraqi civilian deaths. (Richard Clement/Reuters)

Raphael Zappala (2nd,L), the brother of Sherwood Baker who was killed in Iraq (news - web sites), is joined by mourners during an anti-Iraq war protest on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, October 2, 2004. More than 1,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq during the war, as well as more than 12,000 Iraqi civilians, according to the Iraq Body Count organization. (Richard Clement/Reuters)

Anti-Iraq (news - web sites) war protestors march past the Washington Monument in Washington, October 2, 2004. More than 1,000 U.S. military personnel have died in Iraq during the war, as well as more than 12,000 Iraqi civilians, according to the Iraq Body Count organization. Photo by Richard Clement/Reuters

[whistle]

12. What was it that Bush said in the debate, "We can't send mixed....

...messages to the enemy". I don't see a single person from the administration or from the republican side of the House or Senate who is their with the families showing their compassion for their grief.

[aquart]

8. Hope they told people where they were going.

[Zan_of_Texas]

9. Free speech zones

One fellow elsewhere says:

"Wherever I am standing is a free speech zone.

Same for everybody else!"


The way they have it set up now, some little barbed wire or fenced area is a free speech zone, which means that the whole rest of a town or city isn't.

Last time I read it, the First Amendment did not say:

If you disagree with the President, you may disagree peacefully as long as you do it inside a barbed wire or other fencing, away from any of the people you're protesting to. Until we grow tired of you, at which time we will fire rubber bullets at you and mace you, unless we arrest you.

[MaineDem]

10. Kick

:kick: