Rev. Lennox Yearwood attacked, arrested, and hospitalized

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Capitol Hill Police 'Football Tackled' Hip Hop Activist Rev. Lennox Yearwood at Petreus Hearing




WASHINGTON - September 10 - Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, was attacked by six capitol police today, when he was stopped from entering the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, where General Petreaus gave testimony today to a joint hearing for the House Arms Services Committee and Foreign Relations Committee on the war in Iraq.

After waiting in line throughout the morning for the hearing that was scheduled to start at 12:30pm, Rev. Yearwood was stopped from entering the room, while others behind him were allowed to enter. He told the officers blocking his ability to enter the room, that he was waiting in line with everyone else and had the right to enter as well. When they threatened him with arrest he responded with "I will not be arrested today." According to witnesses, six capitol police, without warning, "football tackled" him. He was carried off in a wheel chair by DC Fire and Emergency to George Washington Hospital.

Rev. Yearwood said as he was being released from the hospital to be taken to central booking, "The officers decided I was not going to get in Gen. Petreaus' hearing when they saw my button, which says 'I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.'"

Capitol Police are not saying what the charges are, but an inside source has said that the charge is assaulting a police officer. Rev. Yearwood is scheduled to be transferred to Central Processing to be arraigned tomorrow morning.

The incident was recorded by an observer and is available on YouTube WhyNotNews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiradcejA6o.

For further information contact: Liz Havstad at liz@hiphopcaucus.org or 510-206-6749.

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[commonman80]

Like I always say, The Police in America are taking to many Federal Constitutional Rights from American Citizens OF ALL RACES. They are becoming to powerful. Sooner or later, The Federal Government is going to have to send in Federal Troops to Normalize Police Activity.

The Cops Were Wrong. They had NO RIGHT, OR LEGAL POWER, TO STOP ANYONE FROM SPEAKING TO THEIR REPRESENTIVE.

Federal Constitutional Rights and Laws, TRUMP any, and all, LOCAL, COUNTY, AND STATE LAWS.

WAKE UP AMERICA..

[frsdonahue]

Gestapo at work.

[mynamearekid]

When are you faggot pussy Americans going to start killing your oppressors? You actually believe the lie that police are here to protect you LOL... they are here to hold you down and make sure you don't forget who controls you. Kill your oppressors.

[ShantramTheMaestro]

@JustinCase10261 Where is this scripture?

[smarti1630]

what ever happen to sanctuary in a church



[ohannahdad]

@nickchiz62 What you are saying is blind obedience. Without a restraining order against this man, he had as much right to be in thay meeting hall as anybody. The cops broke the law, but he should OBEY because a cop said so? Where the hell are you living....Nazi Germany 1935?? Evan a serviceman can disobey an order if it's morally wrong. We pay these cops...remember? They work for us!! This could be another lawsuit that taxpayers have to pay for bgecause of overzealous cops. How dumb!!

[ohannahdad]

@nickchiz62 I seem to have missed something! Why were the doors for this meeting open to everyone else and not this man? I heard no mention of a "restraining order" legally stopping him from going in. So the cops broke the law!! Are you saying as citizens, we owe cops blind unchallenged obedience? This is America. That's Nazi Germany in the 30(s). A serviceman can disobey an order if he knows it's morally wrong. Cops are allowed ti give an order that is morally wrong, and we must obey?

[ohannahdad]

@nickchiz62 I seem to have missed something! Why were the doors for this meeting open to everyone else and not this man? I heard no mention of a "restraining order" legally stopping him from going in. So the cops broke the law!! Are you saying as citizens, we owe cops blind unchallenged obedience? This is America. That's Nazi Germany in the 30(s). A serviceman can disobey an order if he knows it's morally wrong. Cops are allowed ti give an order that is morally wrong, and we must obey?

[fmnma1]

@nickchiz62

Ah yes another sheep brainwashed into fear. Why not go pray you never get a booboo on that little leg of yours, coward! Common sense my arse...

"An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

[JustinCase10261]

a black minister lol....dont you read the bible?! Blacks cant be ministers....

[Flextones]

He was disturbing the peace. Civil disobedience is not tolerated. The police were much nicer to him than many I have seen arrested.