On Sep 26, 2005, at 8:29 PM, joanna wrote:
> Ohhh. Bad idea. I mean, their arresting her.
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> Joanna
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It made the LA Times today:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/complete/la-na- antiwar27sep27,1,5948056.story Sheehan, Activists Arrested at White House By Ryan G. Murphy and Emma Vaughn Times Staff Writers
September 27, 2005
WASHINGTON — Cindy Sheehan, the Vacaville, Calif., woman whose protest this summer outside President Bush's Texas ranch became a focal point of the antiwar movement, was arrested Monday at the White House during a civil disobedience campaign.
On the third day of demonstrations that began with tens of thousands of protesters rallying Saturday on the National Mall, a group of about 300 sat on the sidewalk in front of the executive mansion after being refused the opportunity to meet with a White House staff member to present a petition calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. About 370 people were arrested.
Before Sheehan was detained, she removed a picture of her son, Casey, who was killed last year in Baghdad, from around her neck and tied it with a pink ribbon to the wrought-iron fence that surrounds the White House. Sheehan, 48, was the first to be arrested.
Earlier Monday, 41 protesters were arrested near the subway stop at the Pentagon. They were charged with disorderly conduct and impeding people's ability to enter and leave the building.
The protesters at the White House were given three warnings, then arrested for demonstrating without a permit. A Park Police representative said they would be taken to a local facility, charged and given a court date. The offense is a misdemeanor that carries a $50 fine.
On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, other foes of the war sought to lobby Congress to withhold funding for military operations.
Mimi Kennedy, who chairs the Progressive Democrats of America, and other activists spent the day seeking to meet with Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and other Democrats. Feinstein left her office moments before the group arrived.
"Feinstein wasn't there to hear our concerns, and she could have been," Kennedy said. "She chose not to because she does not want to hear our concerns."
Times staff writer James Gerstenzang contributed to this report.
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