Mass Arrests at White House

On Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, just after noon, sixty-one activists were arrested at the White House for failing to obey a police order. The nonviolent "Civil Resistance" action was the largest such antiwar demonstration at this particular site, since President Barack Obama took office. Hundreds more participated in the event, but chose not to get arrested. Some of those arrested wore orange jump suits and black hoods. A few had chained themselves to the White House fence. "Peace Mom," Cindy Sheehan was one of those arrested. According to the press release of the sponsoring groups the action was carried out in order to focus attention on ending the U.S. war in Afghanistan and the U.S. occupation of Iraq; stopping the U.S. drone bombings in Pakistan; and to demand the closing, as a moral and legal issue, of the Gitmo and Bagram prisons. The activists also want the culpable members of the Bush-Cheney Gang brought to the Bar of Justice for their role in sanctioning and carrying out the illegal policy of torture. See: http://www.iraqpledge.org/ and http://www.democrats.com/node/21009 and http://vcnv.org/ncnr and for a legal perspective on the practice of nonviolent resistance, check out Professor Frances A. Boyle's excellent book, "Protesting Power: War, Resistance, and Law" at: http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/16855/index.php
For the exact charges placed against each activist arrested and for the exact numbers arrested, and for the organizers estimate of the crowd size, go to sites of the groups linked in the above cited press release.

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[DuncanDonuts3]

America will never become a socialist country.

It might become a gigantic blood soaked burned barren wasteland...but not a socialist country.

Don't the NWO know? Americans are CRAZY!

LOL

[172677]

At least these people get off their butts and do something. As a veteran of the anti-Vietnam war and a current anti-war activist, I applaud these people.

Unlike many who sit on their butts posting on the internet, we are out there, doing something.

[electrodes1300]

If the police think there are criminals outside, they should look inside the White House...

[juki0h]

we need to initiate the venus project!!!

[SnugglePuma]

@DJMight

First!

[SnugglePuma]

Still not as bad as what Herbert Hoover did to the Bonus Army marchers in the 20s. America is a great country with a wonderful history of pissing and shitting all over the civil liberties of war veterans...

[nypddblue]

i ate a taco 

[njdevil281]

It's Our House not Are House you fucking uneducated fucks...

[450teamsuzuki]

damn hippies

[armanddurandt]

@172677 and lies are an adult, still living in his mother's basement, best friend

and you know that what i said before is true, in reality behind the lies is an acne ridden, butthurt dweller.

[172677]

@armanddurandt Did you know that profanity is the weapon of the Witless? It's also a common crutch used by conversational cripples.....

[172677]

@armanddurandt No need to "make stuff up".. Facts are stubborn things.......