Code Pink Protesters Get Inside Xcel Center

Esme Murphy ST. PAUL (WCCO) ― A group of protesters called Code Pink is getting a lot of attention for being able to get inside the convention Wednesday night.

Code Pink is a group of mostly women that are against the Iraq War.

Two members of the group managed to get right down by the stage inside the Xcel Energy Center Wednesday night and were within 30 feet of Gov. Sarah Palin as she was speaking. They tried to pull out a banner protesting the war, but Secret Service grabbed them.

They were hauled up the stairs and briefly detained, but not arrested.

Medea Benjamin and Jodi Evans said they got into the Xcel Energy Center by asking people who were leaving the Center if they could have their credentials. A person gave them two passes.

They said they tried to look Republican by wearing suits over their pink protest outfits. They say no one stopped them as they got to the area right by the stage.

"We try to disrupt the show or politics as usual," protester Jodi Evans said.

The protest did not interrupt the Governor's speech. The Republican National Convention press office did not return phone calls from WCCO-TV.

http://wcco.com/rnc/code.pink.protesters.2.810436.html

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[scottishcreamthe1st]

lol.... code pink are the only ones smart enough to get in??

[karlaelisa]

Love how the mindless whitey's in the room know to chant "USA" to drown the sound of the real americans.

Good for the Code Pink gals.

[PapagenoJuan2]

This is considered treason and wouldn't be tolerated if Clinton were alive. Oh yes, it would have, because he would have fucked them and gave them a medal, along with his herpes. These are "Americans" who served the Vietnam war in Canada, and I thank them :)) traitors

[BrentJ277]

Code pink non-violent?

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha tell that to the patriot in Los Angeles who had his finger bit off by a member of Code Pink..

[DBowling1989]

Well,if they`re non-biased

[ScarlettKnights]

Are they also against bras, fashion, soap?

[Professorben112]

'I lol'd like all hell at 1:49. Who does ABC think they're trying to fool with that 'blurry image?'

My bad, CBS.

[Professorben112]

I lol'd like all hell at 1:49. Who does ABC think they're trying to fool with that 'blurry image?'

[hashbrown27]

Check your personal messages on YouTube J.

[anwaya]

Easy, hash cookie!

1. Already answered. What? You didn't notice? Go back and practice your comprehension.

2. Irrelevant. What matters is whether you support their right to say what they want to say. See Voltaire.

3. Irrelevant - but no. I'm too old.

Now, your turn:

1. What's your name?

2. What's your rank?

3. Do you support and protect the Constitution, or the flag and the Commander in Chief? What does that mean?

[anwaya]

Hash. Pay attention. FISA provides for a system of judicial oversight of ALL wiretapping. The secret FISA Courts issued warrants. FISA says there is no other way to tap.

Bush's warrantless wiretapping program bypassed FISA. It was outside the law.

Bush ignored FISA and the so-called PATRIOT act. He broke the law. He had the NSA monitor EVERY international call, no exceptions, no warrants. In violation of our 4th amendment rights securing every one of us against searches without warrants.