choreography?
ACT Ihttp://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/012507/protesters.html![](http://img.thehill.com/img/logos/logo_large.jpg)
Anti-war protesters spray paint Capitol building
By Jackie Kucinich
Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of the west front steps of the United States Capitol building after police were ordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources told The Hill.
According to the sources, police officers were livid when they were told to fall back by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Phillip Morse andDeputy Chief Daniel Nichols. "They were the commanders on the scene," one source said, who requested anonymity. "It was disgusting."---------------------------
Approximately 300 protesters were allowed to take the steps and began to spray paint "anarchist symbols" and phrase such as "Our capitol building" and "you can’t stop us" around the area, the source said.
ACT II opened right on time....
On 1/29/07 5:18 PM, "Family Research Council" <frcpub@frc.org > wrote:
Take Action: Ask Congress - Are Left-Wing Vandals Above the Law?
January 29, 2007
This past weekend anti-Bush protestors marched on Washington. While the few thousand who showed up paled in comparison to the hundreds of thousands who marched for life earlier in the week, the anti-Bush protestors were given unprecedented access to the U.S. Capitol grounds, and some of them used that access to publicly deface taxpayer's property. According to the local newspaper, The Hill, the protesters were allowed to take the Capitol steps and they began to spray-paint "anarchist symbols" and phrases such as "Our capitol building" and "You can't stop us" around the area.
For any other group, such acts would mean immediate arrest. This time, the Capitol police's hands were tied because they were ordered to stand down by their Chief of Police, who answers to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). To add insult to injury, public employees had to come in on their day off, at taxpayer's expense, to clean up the mess the protestors left behind. (View this video <
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LK07A109&f=AL07A05&t=e > to see evidence of the vandalism.) The vandals clearly broke federal law. According to the U.S. Code, "f the damage exceeds $100, the defendant is subject to a fine of up to $250,000, ten years imprisonment, or both . . When property damage does not exceed $100, the offense is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $100,000, one year imprisonment, or both."
According to the news reports the rank and file police officers were "livid" that they were ordered not to arrest anyone. Since the Capitol police answer to Speaker Pelosi, the question arises, did the Chief of Police give the "no arrest" order or did it come from someone else? Whoever is responsible for the order needs to explain why the physical destruction of taxpayer property is acceptable.
Please e-mail Speaker Pelosi's office and ask her to find out why no attempt was made to halt or arrest these vandals. If the U.S. Capitol has a new policy on such acts, does it apply to everyone - or just to those whose views the majority in Congress favors?
Click Here to Contact Speaker Pelosi <
https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=CONG_DIR_LEG_FRC&f=AL07A0... >
Sincerely,
Tony Perkins
President
P.S. Please forward this email to at least one friend. <
http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=REFER&f=AL07A05&t=e&ref= >
"The price of greatness is responsibility" - Sir Winston Churchill
...and I thank-you for providing ACT III...and one can hope...the end. I've seen enough. The script seems badly written...rather flat. The story line a tad out-dated. A flop in my opinion.