9 Members of The Encampment to Stop the War Arrested at first House Appropriations Committee

[Jcrowley]

BREAKING: 9 Members of The Encampment to Stop the War Arrested at first House Appropriations Committee Meeting (Updated)
By Les Blough in Washington
Mar 15, 2007, 10:22


Ed Note: The list of those who have been arrested has been updated from the original report. - LMB

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

30 minutes ago: This morning The Encampment to Stop the War went into the Rayburn Building to confront the Democrats as the House Appropriations Committee holds their first meeting to fund the continuation of the slaughter in Iraq. 10 Encampment members were arrested. A few of us were the first in line in the hallway outside the chamber where the meeting is now taking place. The balance of Encampment members picketed the outside of the building.

In the hallway outside the chamber they lined us up for entrance into the chamber. After waiting for about an hour, the Capital Police opened up a door on the other end of the hallway to bring a large number of staffers in. The police then told us that there would not be enough room for us to attend the public meeting. The time was 8:56, 4 minutes before the meeting was scheduled to begin. About a dozen Encampment members and several members of Code Pink began to chant:

"LET US IN - IT'S THE PEOPLES' HOUSE!"

http://www.axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_24099.shtml

[Bitwit1234]

1. I have no conflict with people having the right to protest

but I have one question, where were you...when the republicans had their reign...why din't you protest all along.

[Jcrowley]

2. Not sure

who you are talking to but I been there all along. I protest all the folks who further the war regardless of their stripes. Those who claim to be of a certain stripe and try to disguise it with "nuance" actually deserve the protests as much if not more than the straight forward warmongers.

[vanlassie]

3. So, Um....You KNOW these protesters?

SHARON BLACK
SARA FLOUNDERS
DUSTIN LANGLEY
LARRY HOLMES
LORIE BLANDING
BOB NASH
GAEL MURPHY
RALPH LOEFFLER
MEL STEVENS

And you KNOW this is their first protest participation??
Really???? Tell us more- how you know them, how you know they have NOT "protested all along...???" Just curious.

vanlassie

[bobbolink]

4. Hi, vanlassie! Welcome to DU!

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