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shawa
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 Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject: SHEEHAN ARRIVES IN DC, CARAVAN STOPPED BY POLICE |
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Village Voice
| Quote: | Cindy Sheehan Caravan Stopped by Capitol Police
Bring Them Home Now treks afoot to press conference
by Sarah Ferguson
September 21st, 2005 12:53 PM
Washington, D.C.—At just past noon on Wednesday, anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and the rest of the Bring Them Home Now tour were stopped by a pair of squad cars two blocks from the U.S. Capitol by members of the Capitol police force. Officers explained that they wanted to use bomb-sniffing dogs to inspect the caravan of three RVs and several cars.
The officers said it was standard practice to inspect large vehicles in the area. “RVs aren’t allowed on Capitol Hill,” one said. “That’s standard procedure. Any trucks that come on Capitol Hill are stopped and turned around.” Campers aren’t allowed at all, the officer said, “unless they’ve been previously authorized.”
Officers told the peace activists they couldn’t park at the Capitol because they don’t have the proper permits. Sheehan and company then began preparing to make the rest of the trek on foot. Awaiting them near the Capitol steps were a crowd of television cameras for a scheduled noon press conference.
Earlier this week in New York City’s Union Square park, police officers unplugged Sheehan’s microphone, saying she didn’t have a proper permit for that either.
People with Bring Them Home Now seemed unfazed. “It’s always something,” said Stacy Bannerman of Military Families Speak Out, whose husband spent a year fighting in the Sunni Triangle. “It’s just part of the deal.
The conference is being held by Sheehan and the others to announce their arrival in Washington and to kick off a weekend of resistance that is expected to include a march of 100,000 people and mass civil disobedience.
At 1:30 p.m., Sheehan and her allies plan to head to the White House, where they’ll attempt to give President Bush a letter asking him to answer the question, “What noble cause are our loved ones dying for?” |
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Navy wife
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Location: Arlington, VA & Ft. Worth, TX
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:06 am Post subject: |
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| And just where is the news media to cover the Anti-Cindy Sheehan demonstrations???? They have several events planned for the weekend. I especially want to go to Walter Reed Hospital on Friday night to support them against the Code Pink people. |
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Curtis H.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:22 am Post subject: |
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| Why doesn't the Cindy Sheehan Caravan go to Hillary's home? Sure they'd be welcomed there. LOL! |
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I B Squidly
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"We interrupt our wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Rita for this report of the further mis-adventurers of 'The Bi#ch From the Ditch'......yeah, Right.
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GM Strong
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becca1223
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I'm going to DC this weekend. Which is cheaper... Copenhagen or Skoal?  |
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