Sheehan story-- now up on CNN

[TexasLawyer]

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/

That darned, pestering woman! :sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm:

Also, is is certain that she unfurled a banner? BEFORE the speech started? The AP reports say that the circumstances are unclear.

Sheehan arrested in House chamber

Wednesday, February 1, 2006 Posted: 0251 GMT (1051 HKT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House chamber after she unfurled an anti-war banner before President Bush's State of the Union address. Capitol police arrested Sheehan and questioned her for about an hour in a separate area of the House, a senior House official said.

Sheehan, who became a vocal war opponent after her son was killed in Iraq, was an invited guest of Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-California, who has called for a withdrawal of troops in Iraq and supports legislation for the creation of a Department of Peace.

Sheehan has pestered the Bush administration since August, when she and hundreds of fellow protesters began demanding an audience with the president and camping outside his ranch in Crawford, Texas. She also recently penned a book, "Not One More Mother's Child."

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[princehal]

1. was a tshirt

Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested at Capitol
Jan 31 9:50 PM US/Eastern
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By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.

Sheehan, who had been invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, a misdemeanor, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Sheehan was taken in handcuffs to police headquarters a few blocks away and her case was processed as Bush spoke.

Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.

Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.

"I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight," Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. "She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq."

Woolsey offered Sheehan a ticket to the speech _ Gallery 5, seat 7, row A _ earlier Tuesday while Sheehan was attending an "alternative state of the union" press conference by CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war.
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[tridim]

2. Just confirmed on AP.. It was a T-Shirt

CNN is maintaining the lie.

[Skip Intro]

3. I thought the banner report was Wrong.

[sasha031]

4. CNN can't get anything straight, it was an antiwar tee shirt

[upi402]

5. CNN- Sheehan has pestered the Bush administration

asswipes

[ignatius 2]

9. That wording bothered me too..a woman who has lost a son in this

trumped up war based on bullshit and lies has earned the right to "pester",provoke,aggrevate and accuse this nazi wnna be administration.

[cal04]

6. Bradblog has Tshirt too

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002355.htm

[deminks]

7. Reuters photo

Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan (L, blonde hair), whose son was killed serving as a U.S. serviceman in Iraq, is rushed out of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber by security personnel after arriving for the State of the Union address by U.S. President George W. Bush on Capitol Hill in Washington January 31, 2006. There were unconfirmed reports that Sheehan had been arrested. REUTERS/Jason Reed

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=sheehan&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&datesort=1&c=news_photos

[RoyGBiv]

8. Pestered!?!?!

They actually USED the word "pestered" as though she's a mosquito or a silly child?

Geezus...my Journalistic Ethics professor is spinning in his grave fast enough to tunnel to the core.