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| Anti-War Fascists Disrupt Chicago Easter Mass |
| 2008-03-23 |
| Six Iraq war protesters disrupted an Easter Mass on Sunday, shouting and squirting fake blood on themselves and parishioners in a packed auditorium. Three men and three women startled the crowd during Cardinal Francis George's homily, yelling "Even the Pope calls for peace" as they were removed from the Mass by security guards and ushers. One Mass attendee, Mike Wainscott of Chicago, yelled at the anti-war protesters. "Are you happy with yourselves?" he said. "There were kids in there. You scared little kids with your selfish act. Are you happy now?" The group, which calls itself Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War, said in a statement after the arrests that they targeted the Holy Name Cathedral on Easter to reach a large audience, including Chicago's most prominent Catholic citizens and the press, which usually covers the services. Kevin Clark of International Solidarity Movement told the Chicago Tribune that he attended the Mass to serve as a witness for the protesters. "If Cardinal George is a man of peace and is walking the walk and talking the talk, he should have confronted George Bush and demanded an immediate end to the war," Clark said. Speaking after the service, George said, "We should all work for peace, but not by interrupting the worship of God." Police charged each of the six protesters with one count of felony criminal damage to property and two counts each of misdemeanor simple battery. The six were scheduled to appear in bond court on Monday to face the felony charge, police said. They have court date set for March 31 on the misdemeanors. I hope they get a hanging judge. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Completely unnecessary, unless one is an attention-seeking git. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-23 23:14 |
| #5 Hmm, Chicago? Isn't Barry from Chicago? IMHO I am not surprised, some people are way WAY Liberal. So much so that tehy see everyone as the enemy. Bet you $100 that they had a teacher or parent plan this little street theatre. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2008-03-23 23:08 |
| #4 Wrong town to screw with Catholics and hiz honor da mayor....wrong town to warm up for 'recreate '68'. Book Throw |
| Posted by: Muggsy Gling 2008-03-23 22:56 |
| #3 they closed Joliet?!! Did Jake and Elwood get out first? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-23 22:51 |
| #2 This is a felony charge plus two misdemeanors. For the felony, a minimum of a year and a day for each of them, plus the max for the misdemeanors as well. In Stateville Correctional Center. Only because they closed Joliet Prison. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-23 22:50 |
| #1 and don't NOBODY get generous and drop the charges. Let this scum get a couple nights in jail and a police record |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-23 21:55 |