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2005-09-20 Home Front: Politix
BREAKING: Cindy Sheehan arrested in Manhattan
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Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-09-20 08:50|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Officials probably didn't grant her a permit for the Union Station location because of the disruption that would be put on commuters. This is a pretty busy place, I wonder what time of day it was, morning?
Posted by Jan 2005-09-20 09:34||   2005-09-20 09:34|| Front Page Top

#2  "Nazis," "Gestapo," "free speech," "burn the constitution," "traitors,"

Gee they left out Bushitler. Such comments say a lot about the "peace movement". Honest thoughtful dissent is to be admired. Mindless reactionary BS is just that BS.
Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-09-20 09:35||   2005-09-20 09:35|| Front Page Top

#3 A permit violation is no big deal; unless she tries to pull a hunger strike or some such nonsense she'll be out in less than 24 hours. Somebody somewhere -- LGF, maybe -- suggested that this was just the NYPD getting back at Cindy for dissing the memory of the victims of the 9/11 attack.
Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan  2005-09-20 09:39||   2005-09-20 09:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Note: Following the 'comments' link brings you to the 'Daily KOS'.

Salt to taste...

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-20 09:42||   2005-09-20 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 She was not arrested. The organizer was, for not having a permit and using a loudspeaker w/o a permit.
Posted by growler 2005-09-20 09:54||   2005-09-20 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I do need to add she wasn't arrested. here is an exerpt courtesy of Reason.
Update: Village Voice says Sheehan's speech was kiboshed but she was not arrested. Organizer Paul Zulkowitz was arrested for not obtaining a sound permit. Funny detail:
Inspector Michael McEnroy, commander of the 13th Precinct, insisted the shutdown order had nothing to do with the content of Sheehan's speech, but was instead about the "provocation" caused by Zulkowitz. "This has been going on for much longer than today," McEnroy said, adding of Sheehan, "I don't even know the woman." That last part prompted one pissed-off onlooker to shoot back: "Haven't you watched the news or read a paper in the last three months?"

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2005-09-20 09:56||   2005-09-20 09:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, man, She's FAMOUS an' stuff.
Posted by lotp 2005-09-20 10:06||   2005-09-20 10:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Man, Hillary's people are good...
Posted by Raj 2005-09-20 10:09||   2005-09-20 10:09|| Front Page Top

#9 14:53

Tick, tick, tick
Posted by mojo">mojo  2005-09-20 10:12||   2005-09-20 10:12|| Front Page Top

#10 #8. Raj, you beat me to it. Lesson: Don't threaten the Hildebeast.
Posted by GK 2005-09-20 14:22||   2005-09-20 14:22|| Front Page Top

#11 From the Village Voice:

Cindy Sheehan may be the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement. But that didn't stop members of the New York Police Department from marching into the crowd of about 150 people gathered in Union Square Monday to hear her speak and yanking away the microphone.

Police dragged away Paul Zulkowitz, a.k.a. Zool, an organizer with “Camp Casey NYC,” the small encampment that he and other activists set up a month ago in Union Square in solidarity with Sheehan’s vigil outside President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. The New York branch existed much to the ire of the city’s Parks Department. Today, Zulkowitz was arrested for failing to obtain a sound permit—a charge that normally warrants no more than a summons.

Note that this has been going on for a long time - I bet old Zool has been ignoring summons too. After all they can't possibly apply to the holy elite!

Moments earlier, Zulkowitz had been chastising Parks officials for refusing to grant a permit to the encampment,

So ole Zool has been encamping for a Month without a permit....

and accusing the police of trying to enforce the laws harass the antiwar protest away.

... "In fact, we've had two arrests and eight summonses

Which I'll bet Zool ignored...

and endless harassment from the police for doing what we do."

...Sheehan’s mic wasn’t that much louder, leaving one to wonder whether the cops’ hasty halt to the speakout was perhaps motivated more by the crowd she drew and the radical posturing voiced by some of the speakers leading up to her—including Dustin Langley of the Troops Out Now coalition, who urged the anti-warriors milling in the bright sun to "open a new front of resistance right here. Bring Falluja to New York and shut it down!”,

Yup... peaceful protests....

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-09-20 14:31||   2005-09-20 14:31|| Front Page Top

#12 Only 150 losers in NYC? Yup her 15 minutes are up.
Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge  2005-09-20 15:13||   2005-09-20 15:13|| Front Page Top

#13 She hasn't had a post on Arianna's blog for a few days now. She's done.
Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues  2005-09-20 15:36||   2005-09-20 15:36|| Front Page Top

#14 Cindy Sheehan may be the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement.

More like Zippy the Pinhead of the anti-war movement.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul  2005-09-20 17:19||   2005-09-20 17:19|| Front Page Top

#15 â€œCamp Casey NYC,” the small encampment that he and other activists set up a month ago in Union Square in solidarity with Sheehan’s vigil outside President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas.

We don't have jobs, do we boys?
Posted by Secret Master 2005-09-20 20:30||   2005-09-20 20:30|| Front Page Top

#16 What did she expect? Cops don't like assholes any more than you or I. Maybe less, since they are the ones that have to deal with them more times than not. I'm sure it was the highlight of that dudes day to arrest that communist bitch.
Posted by Floluting Spang8699 2005-09-20 22:44||   2005-09-20 22:44|| Front Page Top

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