Cindy was wearing a T-Shirt

[G_j]

she was arrested for a T-Shirt
w/ the number of US dead

no banner

[Pirate Smile]

1. Thank you. CNN screwed up.

[mod mom]

8. hmmh... wonder if they will correct their mistake.

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Have they corrected their mistake, or do we need to tell them so they

can report the facts.

[Cobalt Violet]

2. Stop thinking so pre 9/11.

We're in a post 9/11 fascist dictatorship now.
:sarcasm:

[Pirate Smile]

3. Source?

[G_j]

11. Pacifica radio (see thread for link) n/t

[bananas]

12. I heard it on kpfk - it had the number of war dead on it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x284786

[FreedomAngel82]

4. So now that's illegal?

:shrug:

[xultar]

20. That I don't think is legal.

[seabeyond]

25. it doesnt matter if you arent doing anything illega. oh wait......

we dont know anymore what is legal and what is not

[senseandsensibility]

5. kick

This message doesn't seem to be getting through to the "Cindy is dumb" crowd. They've swallowed the banner thing hook, line and sinker and are bashing Cindy in their thread titles before they even know what's going on.

[meisje]

6. If she were smart, she would have waited until he was speaking

[stillcool]

9. To what?....

[meisje]

14. umm take off a jacket and show the shirt

[jsamuel]

21. they probably searched her when she entered and made her take off the jack

et

[stillcool]

7. oh now you may have spoiled their fun...

I refer to the posters who apparently sit in front of the keyboard with the sole intent of bashing Cindy, or any other free-thinker, who doesn't fit their mold of 'Father knows Best'.

[jonnyblitz]

16. the old "it makes us look bad" crowd.

i often wonder who "us" is.

[Solly Mack]

10. For wearing a memorial to the war dead, Sheehan is arrested

Got that America? Bush doesn't want memorials to the dead....he's afraid to acknowledge the dead.

[TwoHandedLayup]

13. She would have done so much more....

if she hadn't done that. If she were to cry or calmly watch the speech, it would have done wonders for her cause. I know she is not like that, but I wish she had been. Cameras would have found her and watched her for reactions to the speech.

[MaggieSwanson]

28. I understand what you are saying, but

I very much doubt that she would have been allowed to stay anyway.

Who's to say she didn't see them coming for her and unzip her jacket just in time?

Having been in vaguely similar situations at * rallies, I have done that. You know when the SS are on their way to escort you out, and you have to seize the moment.

[meganmonkey]

15. This proves that our civil liberties are GONE

Wow, I can't believe it. I can't believe they would be so fucking stupid to arrest her for a shirt.

I am seething right now.

Damn.

CINDY, YOU ARE A HERO!!! :patriot:

edit for spelling and to say VOTE THIS UP! I gave it the fifth, I think..

[leftchick]

17. I just came in on this

she was arrested for that?? omg... this is a sick country. Like I didn't already know. :(

[meganmonkey]

19. I guess when the smoke clears

we'll find out for sure. But I trust Pacifica to announce 'breaking news' after confirming the facts, and I don't trust CNN for that. So I am guessing it really was a shirt, not a banner.

Hello, welcome to the police state :(

[sandnsea]

22. Now that's just wrong

No reason for her to be removed, and especially arrested, for that. A banner is different than a simple number on a t-shirt.

[lala_rawraw]

23. they lied, not screwed up

[Tin Man]

24. Been there, done that - got the Tee shirt...

These days, even innocuous Tee shirts are verboten!!!

[GardeningGal]

26. Here's the story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/state_of_the_union_sheehan;_ylt=AsGpVOvBYVAF7clfndhD27es0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

27. Um, can someone tell me what the temperature was in DC

tonight?

"Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said."

I'm assuming it was on the chilly side tonight in DC so why wouldn't Cindy be wearing a jacket or coat into the building until she got in her seat?

IMO, its official, democracy in dead in the US.