Have you ever been arrested while protesting?

[momophile]

Feeling a bit patriotic so naturally I am thinking about the time I was arrested protesting. I was arrested in the big anti-war protest in Chicago back when the war started. I was lucky and my charges were dropped.

What is your story?

[otherlander]

1. No. To be honest, the first protest I ever went to

was this year's April 29 one. And that was completely tame.

[momophile]

2. you'll have plenty of other opportunities, I'm sure

not that getting arrested was fun - it did suck.

Oh, and welcome to DU!!

[otherlander]

3. ......

:hi:

When were you arrested? Did you go completley limp to make it harder for them to take you to jail?

[momophile]

6. I was arrested in March of 2003

and I did not go limp. The Chicago police are not always nice (sometimes they are, but not always) and they had their batons out - I was not gonna mess with them one bit.

[otherlander]

12. That was probably a good idea.

I, on the other hand, lack a healthy sense of self-preservation, and if they tried to arrest me, would probably start laughing at them and say something like this:

In the name of the law, you say STOP!
You think the law's noble; you're a cop.
But the law set Kissinger free for ever more,
so to me it would seem that the law is a whore,
who sells herself where presidents shop.


Yes, I know, foolish, foolish, me, messing with powers I cannot handle....Still, their reaction would be too interesting to miss.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. Yes, but selected other because I haven't gone to court yet.

I was arrested for protesting at West Point against the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy on April 25th. I'm charged with tresspassing a military installation for an unlawful purpose. From the looks of things, it definitely looks like we're going to be convicted. It's unlikely, but possible that I'll see jail time. Most likely, I'll be fined, which the Soulforce organization is going to pay for.

Would I do it again? Yes, and in fact, I will be organizing a protest to take place later this summer/fall at a TBA recruiting station in NJ.

[momophile]

7. good luck, my friend, good luck

we went to the Soulforce rally in Colorado Springs last Spring and I think we'll be going this July too (harder now with a baby).

Please take care!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

13. I may or may not be at the Colorado rally

Originally, my training to be an organizer was going to be in Denver before the rally, but since so many of us have to appear in court on June 28th, our training is going to be held in NY. It kind of sucks because I've never been to Colorado. I may still go.

[momophile]

18. I hope you do.

I hope it's a big turnout.

[amerikat]

5. I was grabbed on each arm, and put on a bus to the stadium that

had been turned into the biggest jail ever. It was long time ago. The Vietnam era. DC Mayday protest. 60 demonstrators on a bus with one officer covering and instructions "To Escape Kick Out Window At Bottom". We heeded the advice. Where is that wink smiley?

[otherlander]

8. ......

:applause: :applause::toast: :applause: :applause:

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[amerikat]

10. escaped to fight another day

they always put the least trained cops on the buses......always remember that. And sixty to one and no one has been charged either......so there won't be a shot fired.

[otherlander]

16. I will remember that, indeed.

:patriot:

You know what would be really awkward? If I got arrested by my cousin. We've always been friends, but now he's joining the NYCPD. Ah, well. Shit gets complicated.

[amerikat]

19. arrests are relative

so to speak.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

22. The thing about cops is they protect the family.

Having a NYC cop for a cousin would only help.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

23. The thing about cops is they protect the family.

Having a NYC cop for a cousin would only help.

[otherlander]

26. But the cops ARE a family!

They all look out for each other! But hey, maybe if he got promoted or something and gained some influence in the police force, I could get him to get his friends to leave my friends alone? :shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

28. My best friend is a cop's daughter.

She's gotten out of so much shit and so have the friends with her, because of her dad. None of this ever even occured in the city that her dad's a cop in. See if you can get one of the gold shields for your car. It won't help in a protest, but it does help a lot when pulled over.

[otherlander]

29. Eh. I don't really want special treatment.

But good suggestion. I could get them and give them to other people.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

30. I will gladly take one.

[momophile]

11. 'where is that wink smiley' indeed!

thanks for protesting that war.

did you sing songs on the bus? we did - it was great!

[amerikat]

14. NO, we weren't there more than about five minutes

no time to sing "fixin to die rag".

[momophile]

15. should I change my poll and add 'yes but escaped!'?

what a great story!

[amerikat]

17. Yeah it does happen from time to time.

fortunately

[Roon]

9. Yes..I mounted a single person protest right at my house

I told them they couldn't search my house...they assured me they could.....put me in handcuffs, searched the house....took my scale, pipe, and resin laden poke...they let me go and never showed up for my jury trial...ALL CHARGES DROPPED!!! Take that piggies!!!!

[amerikat]

21. every small victory

contributes to winning the war......especially when the enemy doesn't have the balls to show up. Kinda like winning back the country.

[KamaAina]

20. Actually, no...

it was the darndest thing. The anti-choicers had set up a forest of crosses on the Ellipse, to represent all them there dead fetuses (well, the Christian ones, anyway) :sarcasm: , so three of us decided to go in there and have ourselves a die-in. Me and two females.

So the glorified park rangers show up -- from my direction. Sure, I was :scared: -- but I needn't have been, 'cause they literally stepped right over my male self in order to harass my two partners in crime! Seems the anti's weren't the only sexist pigs in town that day...

[idgiehkt]

24. geez...I read that 'have you ever been arrested while prostituting'

I guess I'm tireder than I thought...

[styersc]

25. I've never been arrested for protesting-

but everytime I've been arrested I've protested.

[Deja Q]

27. Nope.

I protest at being single and nobody's helping! :spray: :rofl: