What is the crime that Cindy and others being arrested for?

[Dying Eagle]

Listening to Randi and she say hundreds are being arrested??

[sarcasmo]

1. Disorderly conduct, or inciting a riot would be my guess.

[annabanana]

2. they sat down! and stayed there!. . . n/t

[SlipperySlope]

3. Blocking a public sidewalk

I've heard that from two sources now...

[elehhhhna]

15. All your sidewalks are belong to us.

[SlipperySlope]

20. Take off every zig!

[derby378]

22. Move Cindy for great justice.

[tyedyeto]

4. Loitering. They will call it something else tho. n/t

[SteppingRazor]

5. Demonstrating without a permit...

You can't demonstrate on the sidewalk on the White House side of Pennsylvania Ave. Cindy and those with her are deliberately crossing the street and forcing the cops to take action against them. It'll be something like a $50 or $100 fine, and they'll all be released quickly.

[NYC]

8. Demonstrating without a permit per U.S. Park Police. Link.

U.S. Park Police spokesman Sgt. Scott R. Fear said, it's a peaceful demonstration. We are going to take our time arresting them. The demonstrators were given three warnings, after which they were arrested for demonstrating without a permit.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/092605Y.shtml

[CornField]

11. Why is the Parks Service involved?

They use to be in charge of demonstrations and so-forth, but I though Bush signed an executive order limiting their power. (I know for a fact that they are no longer allowed to 'estimate' crowd size.)

[NYC]

13. I have no idea.

However, the name Fear sounds familiar to me, so he must have been involved in other similar things recently.

[nashbridges]

19. Not the Parks Service

the Park Police. It is their job to patrol all monuments and parks around the city.

[tyedyeto]

9. How do they determine 'demonstrating'?

From the clothes that are worn? Signs? Pictures? Does the number of people involved make a difference?

"I was tired, so sat down to gaze at MY house."

[etherealtruth]

17. Yes, they are deliberate in their actions ...

and I'm glad. Every news source is carrying her arrest.

[SteppingRazor]

18. Exactly n/t

[deutsey]

6. Demonstrating without a permit...just said on AAR news

[nashbridges]

7. There's actually a law on the books

against "demonstrating without a permit", which is probably what she'll get brought up on. Also known as the "blocking the sidewalk" law.

[txindy]

10. Sitting down. Because that's...... not standing. Which is criminal!

I'm apparently committing a similar crime at this very moment. Fear the seated ones! Run for your lives!

:eyes:

[elehhhhna]

14. Roll AWAY from the computer. NOW!

[Beaverhausen]

12. At least this gets the anti-war movement some press

I think they wanted to be arrested. The media is all hurricanes, all the time.

the Anti-War movement needs more press. This will work!

[Stephanie]

16. It's an act of civil disobedience - two DU'ers arrested too!

posted in GD Politics - meganmonkey and Joan Alpern also arrested

[NervousRex]

21. Being uppity to the man....

n/t