Man arrested for talking to Cheney

[lwcon]

http://www.correntewire.com/man_tells_cheney_i_think_your_iraq_policies_are_reprehensible_is_handcuffed_jailed

Attorney David Lane said that on June 16, Steve Howards was walking his 7-year-old son to a piano practice, when he saw Cheney surrounded by a group of people in an outdoor mall area, shaking hands and posing for pictures with several people.

According to the lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver, Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, “I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible,” or words to that effect, then walked on.

Ten minutes later, according to Howards’ lawsuit, he and his son were walking back through the same area, when they were approached by Secret Service agent Virgil D. “Gus” Reichle Jr., who asked Howards if he had “assaulted” the vice president. Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and taken to the Eagle County Jail.


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[liberal N proud]

1. If do not agree with him, he will either shoot you or have you arrested

Sad times in America, FREE SPEECH my ass!

[ThomCat]

7. Exactly. If the 1st amendment doesn't apply here

then America has officially become a dictatorship.

[ddeclue]

56. More to the point how about the 1st Amendment right to peaceably assemble

and seek redress of grievances from the gov't?

That is what he and his son literally did.

Open and shut case of violating his civil rights... sue sue sue..

Doug D.

[ThomCat]

2. This needs to be on the front pages of every paper.

This tin pot dictator needs to be held publicly accountable for bullshit like this. x(

[ixion]

3. Cheney and the gang are the biggest threat to freedom ever.

IMO.

And I would ALSO agree that the policies he and his band of blood-thirsty neanderthals have put together are indeed reprehensible.

[redqueen]

4. Cheney is despicable.

Irredeemably evil.

I can't wait to be rid of that blight on our country.

Hope republicans are really proud for supporting him. Ugh.

[roody]

63. HE is the devil.

He IS the devil. He is THE devil. He is the DEVIL!

[redqueen]

71. If not, he's sure a close, personal friend.

How could such an entity not show fondness and appreciation for such a helpful compatriot?

[marmar]

5. I guess freedom really isn't free?!!

At least Cheney didn't shoot him.

[lwcon]

11. That is a good thing...

... otherwise the guy would be forced to apologize.

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[nam78_two]

13. zing!

:toast:

[DFW]

45. That's only because

...he didn't have a loaded shotgun with him at the time

[patrice]

6. Maybe the reason he was stopped and questioned was because

he came back through the same area and that gave them the legal EXCUSE to assume he is a threat.

I'm not trying to excuse Cheney and his thugs, just trying to understand HOW these things work for them.

[Benhurst]

14. I used to respect the Secret Service; but they have been acting

like thugs ever since the coup.

[patrice]

16. You KNOW they are often in situations, many similar to this one,

in which they are to use their judgement as to whether to apprehend someone or not.

Guess we know now how they're going to come down on those kinds of judgement calls now, don't we.

All of this for ONE F - - - g man!

[nam78_two]

8. wtf??

did the poor guy get out??
:wtf:

[jberryhill]

32. A long time ago

on July 6 the Eagle County District Attorney's Office dismissed all charges

The "news" here is about the guy's lawsuit.

It'll boil down to exactly what "the words to that effect" were.

[Ferret Annica]

65. you mean...

DID he get out.

[K8-EEE]

9. K&R -- Fascists....

Remember how they had hired GOP goons to shout down every Kerry/Edwards appearance and they have the nerve to do shit like this...

[clmbohdem]

10. Has the torture bill been signed yet?

If so, Mr Howards may disapear...

[Danieljay]

12. It's only just begun.... n/t

[tk2kewl]

15. He seems hostile to the U.S.

Must be an enemy combatant.

[unpossibles]

17. but of course the problem with Chavez is that he doesn't allow

anyone to disagree with him...

:eyes:

[cui bono]

21. Huh? You meant Cheney didn't you? n/t

[unpossibles]

43. well, yes and no

I meant that most RWers tell me that "you can't believe all the good things you hear about Chavez because he doesn't allow dissent" or some such crap. As if our "President" allowed dissent. And as if the MSM doesn't slant their coverage of leaders they don't like.

[cui bono]

51. aaah... gotcha.

[Captain Hilts]

18. Is there a verifiable source for this????? nt

[progressoid]

24. Rocky Mountain News link...

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html

[Captain Hilts]

37. thanks! nt

[GardeningGal]

26. Well the man that was detained has filed a lawsuit....

Here's the link to the local news:

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=0e70e47a-0abe-421a-0163-8489d1abcff6&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

[tridim]

19. God dammit .. It just keeps getting worse.

Is anyone in power going to do anything about this? Cheney is acting exactly like we were told Saddam acted toward his people.

[truthisfreedom]

20. excellent. K&R. this is exactly what we need exposed before the election

the end of freedom of speech.

[Contrary1]

22. Here's the original newspaper article...

so that your source won't be labled a "Radical Left Wing" site when you pass it on:

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html

[cui bono]

23. nm n/t

[glitch]

25. Cheney is such a coward, he can't even bear to hear criticism. What a fuck

ing WUSS. And this guy has a great case for false arrest, I hope he pursues it.

[Ian David]

27. Cheney just wanted to recruit the 7 year-old as a congressional page. n/t

[Cocoa]

28. he "assaulted" Cheney with the truth

it's like holy water for Cheney, et al.

[Pachamama]

29. Now I know why my husband BEGS me to please shut up and not say anything

when we are in Jackson Hole, Wyoming visiting friends and family. A couple of times, while in town, the black SUV's drive up, and my husband just says "Please honey, don't say a word...I want my children to have a Mom at home".

Isn't that amazing? To think that I couldn't be in a public place where Cheney and family show up and as they say "hi" or shop and look at people that I couldn't even tell them that I think they are despicable creatures that have destroyed our country - Especially since its true???

Sigh...so yes, I have shut my mouth, but I will confess when I see Airforce 2 at the airport or flying overhead, I give him the 1 finger salute.

Gee, will they arrest me for that too???

[cui bono]

35. ironically, that's exactly why we all need to not keep our mouths shut

[Pachamama]

40. I agree...its really the only circumstance in which I do shut up!

And its only because my husband pleads with me...I figure that in 2+ years, when the fat shit is just another resident of Jackson, WY and is a public citizen again, then I can tell him and Lynne et all to go FUCheney themselves (sort of like what he said to Leahy).

Otherwise, in all other circumstances, I have spoken out and won't shut up. Thursday I plan on taking the Pachababies downtown into San Francisco and push the stroller and protest for the "World Can't Wait" Protests.

:hi:

PS: I think Pachapapa is wise...I think that in this circumstance, its best that I am available and around to be raising the kids and saving my energies for other forms of protest.

[cui bono]

50. I hear ya. I just heard Bush is here in L.A. next couple of days...

they mentioned whose house he's going to be at for a fundraiser... I'm so tempted to go tell him his policies and admin are reprehensible... but of course, now that I can be "disappeared" I'm not so sure it would be the wise thing to do.

But then isn't that just letting them get away with it? Argh! No fair.

I too will still protest at the organized events. Can't stop me doing that.

[bdamomma]

70. exactly, Cheney is just a coward, and they fear criticism.

[Straight Shooter]

30. Good grief. It's not like he walked up and said "Go fuck yourself, Dick."

Mr. Five Deferments has a really thin skin, eh?

[glitch]

74. He's fragile, delicate like a purdy little flower.

A harsh word may cause vapors, maybe even fainting.

[MissMarple]

31. Wonderful link,tons of good stuff.Reynold's chief of staff talked to Ross.

I've never read Glenn Greenwald before.

"UPDATE III: John Aravosis says that he has now "confirmed" the story above -- that it was indeed Rep. Reynolds' Chief of Staff, Kirk Fordham, who tried on behalf of Mark Foley to convince ABC to suppress the IMs. For the reason I explained above, I think this is a huge revelation. It means that the Chief of Staff for the current NRCC Chair, a key GOP House leadership position, tried on behalf of Foley -- after he knew of the IMs -- to block the public from learning about the IMs by offering ABC an exclusive interview with Foley in exchange for ABC's agreement to conceal those messages.

That means that the top aide to one of the Republican House leaders, as recently as last Friday, tried to suppress the most incriminating and important facts regarding this scandal. Isn't that the very definition of "cover-up"?"

Thanks, bunches. I'll post it again.
http://vastleft.blogspot.com/

[lwcon]

39. Greenwald is a lawyer...

... and he does a tremendous job explaining what's going on with the Repukes' new legislation. Along with http://digbysblog.blogspot.com (and of course, my obscure outpost :)), I think it's a daily must-see.

The direct link to greenwald's site is http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/

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[MissMarple]

57. Thank you.

;)

[phusion]

33. "REICHle"...How fitting. k&r, n/t

[indepat]

34. Hope all the secret service agents are subpoenaed to give testimony about

this "assault."

[jberryhill]

42. What do you think they will do?

I'm sure they will all testify perfectly consistently that the guy used threatening language of some kind.

[indepat]

36. Surely DC's entire Secret Service detail will be fired for not immediately

recognizing and stopping an assault on the Vice President. Outrageous dereliction of duty.

[Contrary1]

38. Here's what he should have done:

Police hunt farting dissident

"Police in Poland have launched a nationwide hunt for a man who farted loudly when asked what he thought of the president.

Hubert Hoffman, 45, was charged with "contempt for the office of the head of state" for his actions after he was stopped by police in a routine check at a Warsaw railway station.

He complained that under President Lech Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, the country was returning to a Communist style dictatorship.

When told to show more respect for the country's rulers, he farted loudly and was promptly arrested..."

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2019571.html?menu=

Here's looking at you, Big Dick.

[lwcon]

49. Do we have that law on our books?

"Contempt for the office of the head of state" is practically Bush's campaign slogan.

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[Amonester]

59. ROFLMAO!! " 'n daun't faugoeth Pauhlantdh..."

[AX10]

41. Isn't this what happens in a dictatorship?

Yes it is.

[yellowcanine]

44. Did the guy have really bad breath or something? Three feet is quite far

even for dog shit breath, though. And I don't know that even dog shit breath at three feet constitutes assualt? I am sure the SS will get him to confess to whatever it was that he did. :sarcasm:

[DUyellow]

46. IF he “assaulted” Cheney how was he able to walk away?

why did the SS let him walk?

[lwcon]

47. The same reason he always walks away...

... he had other priorities.

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[DUyellow]

79. no, i am talking about the guy with the kid

How was he able to assault the VP and able to walk away?

[zulchzulu]

48. Add 10 more tons of bad karma on Dick Cheney's head

What a worthless, treasonous scum... I would have handed him a noose and ask to hang from the nearest tree.

He does hang out in St. Michaels, Maryland...

[Jacobin]

52. Glad he's suing the fucker

[L0oniX]

53. Go f*ck yourself Mr Cheney

http://www.crooksandliars.com/index.php?s=go+fuck+yourself+Mr+Cheney

[Kurovski]

54. He was threatening the life of the heart patient (vice)"president"

Hearing the truth could send Darth Penguin into cardiac arrest.

[mnhtnbb]

55. Intimidation. That's the goal of these a$$holes.

[Tace]

58. No Way This Guy Got Within "2-3 feet" Of Cheney -- No Way

10 feet, maybe. And even then, I'd be surprised. Cheney is the most protected man in the history of the world. Period.

[ryanus]

73. Right. There's a little more to the story I think

I don't think the Secret Service should have arrested the guy. But I am trying to envision someone walking right up to the VP and saying "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible" and then walking away. Maybe the guy got several feet away and yelled something, probably obscene. I mean c'mon, "I think your policies in Iraq are reprehensible"? If you got within 3 feet of Cheney, is that what you would say? Still doesn't justify his arrest, though.

[fudge stripe cookays]

75. Tell me about it.

He's been in Dallas the last 2 days, supposedly. There are motorcycle cops ALL up and down Turtle Creek.

Don't THINK I wasn't tempted to run the barricades!

[ForeverWinter]

60. Excellent work, Eagle county...

I know that we seem like (and technically are) a "red state"...
But the truth is, Denver county, Boulder county, and every single county with a major ski resort (AKA anywhere any reasonable person would want to live in Colorado... yes, I know the Springs is pretty, but there's hate in the water) went blue in 2004.
Eagle county dropped the charges because, everywhere in Colorado where we have education, diversity, and quality of life, we are still good people.

[ForeverWinter]

62. I should clarify...

... There are certainly good people elsewhere, in the Springs and on the plains and in Denver's suburbs (my parents are in Jefferson county, home of Columbine and Faith Bible Chapel, and the ugliest conceivable politically-motivated social-conservative evangelical-xtians) but unfortunately, they are in the minority. I thank the people who live in these places and try to "be the change". I didn't mean to suggest you are unreasonable, only that your cities/towns are, in general. Thank you for being true to goodness and reality in a climate unfriendly to it. Thank you!!

[Spiffarino]

61. Dick Cheney: Uberpussy

Yet more proof that Cowardly Dick should be cockpunched and sent to his room forever.

Assaulted?? What a wiener!

[ima_sinnic]

64. that steaming pile of dogs**t continually forgets that HE works for US

The despicable cockroach is an employee of We The People. He needed to be terminated eons ago.

[Ferret Annica]

66. So saying the truth is assualt...

...and water boarding is a little frat grade interrogation bother? This is like Alice in Wonderland on methamphetamines.

[VOX]

67. Glad to know that he holds First Amendment rights in such high regard.

He really is the head of the serpent. :grr:

[Blue Gardener]

68. Nice

And in front of the kid. More proof the repugs are all talk when it comes to protecting children.

[cboy4]

69. They're very lucky Cheney didn't gun them down. Cheney is a nut.

[gasperc]

72. well they wanted to make their point

oh yeah, well fuck you I'll have you arrested.

[Mr_Spock]

76. Cheney's "mark" on history will be nothing less than a SHIT STAIN

Cheney is a despicable incompetant grouch. No wonder he's hated by Dems & Repubs alike.

[followthemoney]

77. Sorry, but Steve should know better. Was he in a free speech cage?

The constitution has been declared null and void with the invalidation of habeus corpus. You can argue with these monarchists and maybe you'll find a judge that doesn't know yet. Good Luck.

[Rocknrule]

78. Arrested? I'm surprised Darth Cheney didn't Force choke him