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Adventurer
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 Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:55 am Post subject: Arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge for the 3,000 US Dead |
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Published on Tuesday, January 2, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
Arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge for the 3,000 US Dead
by Ret. Col. Ann Wright
On New Year�s Day, sixty peace activists organized by Codepink Women for Peace gathered on both sides of the Golden Gate Bridge to walk across one of America�s great landmarks in vigil for the 3,000 US servicemen and women killed in Iraq and for the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have died since the US invasion and occupation.
California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers blocked the pedestrian walkway on the San Francisco side of the bridge saying that we did not have a permit for a demonstration. We responded that we were not demonstrating but only wanted to walk peacefully across the bridge to commemorate the 3,000 deaths. Initially the CHP allowed tourists to pass through our group and begin their walk on the bridge. We complained that this was our bridge and we could not be denied access. The CHP then stopped all walkers. |
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Gamecock
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:48 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm...and I'm sure all 60 stayed on the pedestrian walkway. Sounds a bit like they wanted to get arrested to arouse a bit of media attention. Hardly victims, methinks.
If I decided to have an orgasm with my girlfriend in E-Mart electronics department on December 28 for world peace, my arrest would hardly make the Korean police nazis or be an infringement on my "rights." |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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sixty peace activists organized by ... on both sides of the Golden Gate Bridge to walk across...in vigil...
saying that we did not have a permit for a demonstration. We responded that we were not demonstrating but only wanted to walk peacefully across the bridge to commemorate the 3,000 deaths... |
Not only are they guilty of demonstrating without a permit, they are guilty of a bald face lie by denying it. And having a stupid name like Codepink. |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: ... |
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| Who got arrested? |
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