cnn: Cindy charged with unlawful conduct ...misdemeanor...could

[xiamiam]

be up to one year in jail..i truly believe the AClu needas to get all over this..

[Hissyspit]

1. What unlawful conduct? n/t

[xiamiam]

3. not living up to the fashion police i guess

[Maru Kitteh]

15. That was my question! I've not approved of some of her actions but

JFC.......... WEARING A T-SHIRT?????

UNLAWFUL CONDUCT????


FUCK-EM!

Roast their NUTS Cindy, roast their nuts.

[cal04]

2. agree and so do we. Here's CNN article on that

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan before President Bush's State of the Union address.

"She was asked to cover it up. She did not," said Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman, adding that Sheehan was arrested for unlawful conduct, a misdemeanor.


The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail, Schneider said.
Schneider said shortly after the State of the Union speech that Sheehan was still being held but should be "out sometime tonight."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html

[TInCanCommunications]

There's no way this sticks

It can't.
It better not.

[mb7588a]

22. it wasn't anti-war.

it was a number. it was informative.

[Solly Mack]

4. what was unlawful about her conduct?

she was wearing a t-shirt. There's a Ministry of Fashion now? Where it's not what you wear so much as it's what might be written on it?

[Blue_In_AK]

5. They "thought" she might do something disruptive...

It was a preemptive arrest -- rather like preemptive war, their modus operandi.

[xiamiam]

8. i heard that..how can u get arrested for what someone thinks you might do

[mmonk]

9. Sort of like Minority Report?

[xiamiam]

7. truth only so long as it fits ixed policy and agenda of the rogue pres

[mmonk]

6. A year in jail?

If that happens, then they will keep pushing the envelope beyond the point that resaonable people should tolerate.

[New Earth]

10. totally fucking unbelievably

ridiculous

[sproutster]

11. Ok guys, this is it. This is the event - I thought it might be alito

It is the arrest of a mother who was invited to SOTU. She wore a t-shirt. She is arrested and charged with unlawful conduct.

This is it. Do we get it? The enabling act has passed.

[Individualist]

17. The enabling act passed yesterday

This is the first full day of PNAC Amerika, and Cindy's arrest is only the first instance of proof that democracy died yesterday.

[sproutster]

19. Thank you for putting that more clearly - I am flabergasted

I am pissed
I am furious

FUCK THEM

[derby378]

12. God DAMN their hubris and cowardice to Hell

The ACLU should have been on this five minutes before Cindy stepped inside the gallery.

[chookie]

13. When this has happened in the past

I refer to 2 "first Amendment Zone" violation cases, one in Pittsburgh, one in Tampa. Both were thrown out by the judge when the charges were heard, even without the participation of the ACLU.

But now that Alito is SCOTUS, um, maybe Cindy SHould involved the ACLU, because it may be that now the courts are stacked against us.

I believe Cindy will have this charge dismissed by a judge, but if not, get ready to join me in some civil disobedience and protest.

[movonne]

14. I heard she was let go...

[Cleita]

16. You heard? Could you put up something more specific?

[sproutster]

20. ...AFTER BEING CHARGED

[Mike Nelson]

18. She was asked to hide her support for the US dead troops????

Has John McCain heard about this outrage?

[Straight Shooter]

21. Her actions don't even rise to the level of civil disobedience.

Much less unlawful conduct.

Let me get this straight. Outrage from the media and Repubs (and some Dems) over Cindy's T-shirt. 'scuse me, but where is the outrage over bush winking at the family of a dead soldier?

[FreedomAngel82]

23. What the hell?

She did shit!

[oioioi]

24. "...respect the rights of their citizens.."

"Democracies replace resentment with hope, respect the rights of their citizens and their neighbors, and join the fight against terror. Every step toward freedom in the world makes our country safer, and so we will act boldly in freedom's cause."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sotu.transcript/index.html