Three people were arrested for peacefully protesting at the Port of Tacoma at about 12:30 AM Monday morning, March 5, 2007. They were protesting the shipment of Stryker Brigade armored vehicles fr...
Three people were arrested for peacefully protesting at the Port of Tacoma at about 12:30 AM Monday morning, March 5, 2007. They were protesting the shipment of Stryker Brigade armored vehicles from Fort Lewis to the illegal war and occupation in Iraq. Caitlin Esworthy was arrested within second after the Tacoma Police Disorder Response Team confronted the protest. Another person, Navy veteran Wally Cuddeford, was then brutally dragged on his stomach (and tasered three times) just after his arrest was captured in this video. Another protester (Jeff Berryhill) was later shot by a rubber bullet as he nonviolently held a sign at the edge of the street (a better view is in the Video Response). Police also aimed shotguns and tasers directly at protesters. The Tacoma police appeared to become less violent after the TV media finally arrived. All charges against the three arrestees were dropped the next day. These protests were part of a continuation of actions begun last year against the use of the Port of Olympia to ship offensive weapons to Iraq. The military at Fort Lewis decided this year to avoid the use of the Port of Olympia (when Thurston County asked it to pay any security and litigation costs), but rather to ship arms at the Port of Tacoma in Pierce County. For background information see http://www.omjp.org (then click Port 2006 and 2007.) Both last year's protests and this year's are not directed at the troops, but rather to support them by ending the war as soon as possible and getting them home this year. In the background you can hear members of Iraq Veterans Against the War exhorting their fellow soldiers to question the war (several soldiers flashed peace signs). Other Tacoma and Olympia groups leading the rally were Port Militarization Resistance http://www.olypmr.org and Students for a Democratic Society. For background on earlier Tacoma-area events, see http://www.omjp.org , http://www.thankyoult.org and http://www.wartribunal.net On GI rights, see http://www.IVAW.org , http://couragetoresist.org and http://girights.objector.org {UPDATE: On July 17, 2007, charges were dropped 13 of the 23 people arrested at the Port of Tacoma.}
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Yeah, you taxpayers shut up & go back to work so you can pay for the war & cops who beat you down or you deserve to get shot dead! That's Freedom boys and girls!
Good little corporate Slave Sheeple! Believe everything your Guv tells you b/c they would NEVER LIE to you! Never! They are felicitous Angels of Mercy and Light - messengers from heaven here on earth and can do no wrong EVER!
I can't help but think these people sound like ARA with all the communist rhetoric. They just go home, swap signs, preach love and peace, and try to destroy anything weaker than themselves until they get smashed. Then they say they're peaceful. What a bunch of nonsense!!!
who decides whether or not what people say is supid, you? i think not, its called fredom of speech and the right to assemble, i dont know if you've heard of these things but theres a little thing called the constituion if you want a refrence. Just because you dont agree with them doesnt make them wrong, and wheater you admit it or not thats exactly the judgement you just used.
"hey Soldier, you see this, people are getting snubbed just to tell you the truth." Like it's the Soldiers fault. Give me a break you hippie cock suckers!
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Speaks great volumes about trying to block them from being shipped.
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Good little corporate Slave Sheeple!
Believe everything your Guv tells you b/c they would NEVER LIE to you! Never! They are felicitous Angels of Mercy and Light - messengers from heaven here on earth and can do no wrong EVER!
Just because you dont agree with them doesnt make them wrong, and wheater you admit it or not thats exactly the judgement you just used.