Code Pink Again Tries Citizen's Arrest On Karl Rove Today In Las Vegas

[Hissyspit]

From Twitter: http://twitter.com/codepinkalert

Jodie Evans just got handcuffs near Rove again to arrest the war criminal. He yelled 'it's her' & jumped back
16 minutes ago via TweetDeck

http://codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=5352

CODEPINK Activists to Protest Karl Rove Appearance, Demand Accountability, in Las Vegas

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 9, 2010

Las Vegas-- When Karl Rove comes to Las Vegas to promote his new book on Friday, April 9, LV area activists, including CODEPINK will be ready with an outside protest demanding accountability and justice for the lies Rove told the American people during his time with the Bush Administration. The visual and vibrant protest will be held outside of the Barnes & Noble where Karl Rove is scheduled to discuss his new book and then again at UNLV where Rove is debating Howard Dean. CODEPINK members have staged citizen arrests of Karl Rove and other war criminals across the country, previous actions can be found here: http://www.codepinkalert.org/article.php?id=4941

WHEN: Friday, April 9, 2010 NOON & again at 6:30PM
WHERE: Book signing at Barnes and Noble, 3860 Maryland Parkway (noon location)
Outside Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall, 7:30 PM (evening event at UNLV)
“We are demanding accountability from Karl Rove who lied to get us into the war and outed C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame,” CODEPINK Co-Founder Jodie Evans, and 5th generation Nevadan, has said. “If law enforcement and Congress won’t do it, we the American people will!”

[Blue Owl]

1. Cuff and stuff that criminal

Way to go, CodePINK!!!

:woohoo:

[ixion]

2. At least someone is trying, that's more than we can say for Congress and the WH

And Rove seems a little nervous about it. Wonder why that might be? :evilgrin:

[KonaKane]

4. Because he knows that there is more than one way to lynch someone

Not that I'm advocating it, mind you....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. GO, Jody, GO!

She seriously rocks!

K&R

[tularetom]

5. Keep it up code pink, that fat fuck will snap eventually

I'm waiting for him to lunge at one of these ladies in full view of the cameras.

It'll be difficult for his pals in the liberal media to explain that away.

Even Dances With Rove Gregory may be at a loss to defend him.

[EFerrari]

8. Amazon has handcuffs for about $10 in case anyone needs some.

[Ignis]

13. At that price, it's worth buying a second pair for Shrub!

[RC]

6. Eventually they are going to get him.

He belongs behind bars.

[AuntPatsy]

7. Lol, what a coward, IT couldn't happen to a nicer fellow, keep up the good work Code pink, you act

on all of our behalves and I for one thank you for your time and energy being used to bring the criminals to justice since our justice system has failed to do it.:toast:

[spoony]

37. +1 perfectly said

[Cleita]

9. Love it. Even if they never succeed, forcing Rove to watch his back

and look over his shoulder, has to be doing a major mind fuck on him.

:rofl:

[onenote]

10. idiots.

does anyone think this accomplishes anything?

and when some teabaggers try this shit against Obama or Biden 8 years from now, are those celebrating this silliness going to admit its a dumb thing to be trying?

[zonkers]

12. I'd eat a bug if CP would actually follow through on one of these faux arrests which

probably means detaining Karl until local authorities come, which means probably handcuffing him real quick, maybe posing as an autograph seeker which means probably getting detained and possibly facing some type charges and or fines, deserving or not. But who knows, you get the right judge, the case against Rove might be cracked right open!

[harkadog]

15. Code Pink would be arrested for kidnapping which is a felony.

You can't detain anyone who is not wanted by law enforcement even if you don't move them. It is kidnapping. Still going to cheer them on?

[proud2BlibKansan]

19. Yes I am still cheering them on

The bastard belongs behind bars.

[harkadog]

25. And when they go to prison I'm sure you will be right there for them.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. I visited them in jail, so yes, I will support them if they go to prison.

I even contributed to bail money for them. So you can say I am already right there for them.

[harkadog]

34. If you think it is the right thing to do join them.

Put the cuffs on Rove yourself.

[sabrina 1]

43. They don't need to that. The point is made

by what they are doing, that he is a war criminal. It's very clever of them to use the symbolism but to deny him the opportunity to have THEM arrested. I bet he wishes they would do what you suggest. These women are way too smart to fall into that trap.

[paulsby]

16. in most jurisdictions, IF they actually handcuffed rove

they would get charged with both assault and unlawful imprisonment

the latter is usually a felony

the standard for "citizen's arrests" vary.

many states have the ":in fact committed" type of standard which essentially means the arrester has to WITNESS the crime firsthand and often that the arrest has to be contemporaneous (iow it JUST happened).

this varies greatly from state to state.

in brief, any physical force by a person on another must meet the "reasonableness" standard. non-cops do not have qualified or transactional, or any other kind of immunity against even brief false imprisonment. whether or not there is a good faith exception varies also.

in brief, it could get one in some serious hot water.

hancuffing somebody, as i said, unlawfully is going to be a felony. punching them in the nose would be a misdemeanor

[onenote]

31. yep. and nevada is one of those states requiring the crime to have been committed

in the presence of the "arresting" citizens:

Nevada Revised Statue (NRS) 171.126 states, "a private person may arrest another for a public offense committed or attempted in his presence."

Now, I know some here are going to claim that Rove committed his crimes in CodePink's presence because he committed them in everyone's presence. But that ain't gonna wash in the real world.

[paulsby]

32. and unless the crimes were committed IN nevada

it also creates a jurisdictional issue

[Webster Green]

14. I think it accomplishes something.

The mutherfucker belongs in prison. He's committed a long list of felonies, including massive election fraud.

Code Pink speaks for me when they call attention to this man's crimes, which he hasn't been held accountable for.

[poverlay]

17. If it sheds any light at all on Rove's crimes, or if one person is motivated to research the truth

then yes, I believe it's worth it. Same answer for Obama/Biden: I hate to see them harassed, but if it brings the truth to light and inspires any discussion of Obama's "innocence"in the face of so very many lies then~ YES. One person knowing and acting on the truth that they weren't before, can be a very powerful force for good.
Besides, if someone is going to do that to President Obama, they're going to do it despite the truth, or Code Pink showing restraint.
Without the impetus of the truth, the christian extremists will soon transfer their hatred and anger to whatever's new and shiny. Anger at the Truth is all that keeps C.P. going.

Don't get me wrong, I do see your point, and believe there are better ways to go about it. However, every side has its crazies, and we could do far worse than Code Pink. (Think cheese hats, joker shirts, and purple bandaids... Or just Palin, a better example of bumbling insanity I've never seen!)

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. If they commit war crimes, I would support it. Yes.

[whatsthebuzz]

22. I agree with you

but I wouldn't call them idiots. They'll never succeed, but still.

[Chef Eric]

23. So in other words, you think this is nothing more than a political stunt?

If that's the case, then you're ignoring Rove's criminal behavior, including his likely involvement in the Plame leak and his refusal to appear before Congress.

[onenote]

26. of course its nothing more than a politcal stunt

if you seriously think that COde Pink is going to successfully "arrest" Rove and bring him before the bar of justice, I want some of what you're smoking.

I expected people to disagree with me and many have on the grounds that there is merit in focusing serious attention on Rove's transgressions (I happen to disagree with the contention that trying to arrest Rove will have that effect since I think all it will do is focus attention on those attempting to arrest Rove and they don't come across as "serious" types). But I didn't really think anyone would argue that they are doing this with the belief that it will actually result in Rove facing justice.

[metapunditedgy]

30. If Obama or Biden do the shit that Rove did, they deserve to be arrested too. n/t

[Cleita]

35. The harassment and psychological mind fuck accomplishes a lot IMHO.n/t

[kas125]

44. If Obama and Biden are war criminals 8 years from now,

we'll be right there doing the same to them. Once again, CodePink doesn't care about right and left, we care about right and wrong.

[kas125]

45. I just heard from Jodie that she did it when Karl Rove was

up there calling for Obama to be "held accountable." She asked 'when are YOU going to be held accountable?' and did the handcuff thing again. In this case, we were countering what they do. If you don't like it, then we're willing to listen to your better ideas. You can post them here or PM me if you prefer. I won't, however, hold my breath.

[glowing]

46. I hope Obama and Biden aren't war criminals and torturous fools in 8 yrs either.

[Greyhound]

11. Keeping these ratfuck bastards living in fear is more than "our government" will do.

*My apologies to any rats that may be reading this.
:kick: & R

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. He'll be here tomorrow

:evilgrin:

[onenote]

21. you going to try to arrest him?

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Yes. But we think they are going to sneak him in the back door.

I'll report back here afterwards.

[druidity33]

28. if he's gonna try...

it doesn't make too much sense to give anyone advance notice...

:)

[onenote]

29. well someone ought to mention that to code pink

since they put out a press release in advance signalling their intent to try to arrest Rove in Las Vegas

[EFerrari]

39. Sure it does! Let him enjjoy the anticipation.

[EFerrari]

38. Good luck!

:applause:

[druidity33]

41. i support you and CP...

but i'll reiterate what another poster here has said:

"punching him would only be a misdemeanor, but cuffing him is probably a felony"


You got a good left hook?

Maybe a good kick to the knee?

:evilgrin:

[Overseas]

33. K&R Code Pink !! //nt

[opihimoimoi]

36. K n R...........GO CP

[G_j]

40. Thank You Code Pink!

:yourock:

[felinetta]

42. Keep going CODEPINK.