I know you're all just dying to know, so...NEW YORK (AP) -- Peace activist Cindy Sheehan and three other women were convicted of trespassing yesterday for trying to deliver an anti-Iraq-war petition to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
A Manhattan Criminal Court judge sentenced them immediately to conditional discharge, which means they could face some form of penalty if they are arrested in the next six months, and ordered them to pay $95 in court surcharges.
Not enough. I wanted lashes. Public time in the stocks. And to make her cover up her tits like a normal person.
Mrs. Sheehan and about 100 other members of a group called Global Exchange were rebuffed in March when they attempted to take a petition with about 72,000 signatures to the U.S. Mission's headquarters across the street from the United Nations.
After yesterday's sentencing, the women returned to the U.S. Mission; this time, their petition was accepted.
Prosecutors said they were arrested after ignoring police orders to disperse.
Duh. Clarity lost. Obviously, this is referring to the previous attempt thingy.
The four were acquitted of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and obstructing government administration. They had faced up to a year in jail if convicted of all counts.
"We should never have been on trial in the first place," Mrs. Sheehan said in a statement after the verdict. "It's George Bush and his cronies who should be on trial, not peaceful women trying to stop this devastating war. This verdict, however, will not stop us from continuing to work tirelessly to bring our troops home."
We're Speshul. Regular old laws just don't apply when you're following a Higher Calling, like being a Political Jester / Laughingstock.
Mrs. Sheehan, 49, of Vacaville, Calif., lost her 24-year-old son Casey in Iraq on April 4, 2004. She has since emerged as one of the most vocal and high-profile opponents of the war, drawing international attention when she camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the war.
The women, calling their campaign "Women Say No to War," had hoped to give the petition to Peggy Kerry, the mission's liaison for nongovernmental organizations and sister of Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, as they had last year.
Ms Kerry was against it before she was for it. Bubba's the opposite. Dad's against everything, all the time. Mom's for everything, all the time. They don't do holiday dinners together.
Miss Kerry refused to meet with the women in the presence of the news media. She testified during the trial that the presentation seemed like a publicity stunt.
The women ignored police orders to leave and were reading it aloud on the sidewalk when officers arrested them. The women sat on the sidewalk and were carried to patrol wagons.
After yesterday's court session, the women returned to the U.S. Mission to ask for an apology and resubmit the petition.
Apology? YJCMTSU.
They were met by Richard A. Grenell, the mission's director of external affairs, but didn't have the petitions with them. After obtaining copies of the petition, they went back a second time and handed them over to Miss Kerry and Mr. Grenell in the building's lobby.
Mr. Grenell did not explain why the petitions were accepted this time.
Tired of filing those Stay (the fuck) Away Orders, lol.
Mrs. Sheehan's co-defendants were Melissa Beattie, 57, of New York; Susan "Medea" Benjamin, 54, of San Francisco; and Patricia Ackerman, 48, of Nyack, N.Y.