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Obama Campaign Calls Police to Remove Bradley Manning Supporters Attempting to Deliver a Letter
By: Malachy Kilbride Thursday September 6, 2012 12:17 pm
A group of about 20 local DC area people, who are affiliated with the Bradley Manning Support Network,arrived at the DNC headquarters to meet with a representative of the Obama 2012 campaign to deliver our letter with our concerns for Bradley Manning. We were met at the main entrance of the DNC by security who refused entrance to about 4 people from the group who wanted to go inside and deliver our letter and to request that it be faxed to President Obama. The security guards told us to get off the front steps as were on private property. We explained that we were there on business. They refused us entry. We said we would not leave. Police were called. US Capitol Police showed up in four police cars and one police wagon.
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peacebird
(14,195 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)they pretend it does not exist. We covered a labor action over a week ago. We saw yet another old tactic, try to drown the workers with amplified sound. We will see more and more of these tactics come back.
As they say, those who do not learn from history...
KoKo
(84,711 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Probably not in their job descriptions.
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)Earth_First
(14,910 posts)So when?
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)Whatever. It's FDL, so I'm not surprised.
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)makes absolutely no sense.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...and a bargain at 45 cents:
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)It could have been Security at the DNC that called them. I also noticed it seems to be an incomplete article.
then the article ends.
It seems this is long on complaint short on evidence.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)September 6, 2012
President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington , D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As members of peace and justice organizations opposed to your continuation of the Bush administrations failed wars, we are writing to urge you to do the right thing on behalf of Private First Class Bradley Manning. As you know he has been imprisoned and, at times, tortured during his incarceration. It is alleged he leaked documents to Wikileaks and possibly other material, including a video of U.S. soldiers committing war crimes in Iraq . It is ironic that none of the soldiers who killed unarmed Iraqi civilians have been charged with a crime. But Pfc. Manning is charged and accused of releasing documents which were embarrassing to the U.S. government, as they showed diplomatic and military support for a number of dictatorships in the Middle East .
It is very important that you retract your statement made at a fundraiser in April 2011, regarding PFC Mannings guilt. It was astonishing to hear you say, He broke the law. How can Pfc. Manning receive a fair trial when his commander-and-chief convicts him prior to a court martial?
As you know, for the first eleven months of his detention, Pfc. Manning was held in solitary isolation. He was not allowed regular exercise or sunlight, and was even forced to stand at attention naked. UN Chief Investigator on Torture Juan Mendez has declared these conditions cruel, inhuman and degrading. Recently, Pfc. Mannings defense revealed they have discovered emails which show orders to hold him in these inhuman conditions came from a three-star general who ignored the warnings of brig psychologists, and was likely acting with political motive.
Though hes yet to be convicted of any crime, PFC Manning has already been severely punished. If for no other reason, you could pardon him of all charges. This would call attention to the need for respecting the international human rights of all prisoners.
There was no harm done by the release of the Wikileaks documents. In fact, the documents helped ignite the Arab Spring.
And it can be argued that the document release played a part in bringing an end to the Iraq War. During the 2008 campaign, a majority of citizens believed that U.S. forces should be withdrawn from Iraq . Many people voted for you because they believed that you would end the war.
Unfortunately, you sought to keep troops in Iraq past the originally planned 2011 deadline. Documents allegedly released by PFC Manning helped U.S. citizens understand why the war had not ended sooner. These reasons included a failure of the command to adequately discipline soldiers who would discredit the U.S. military in the eyes of the world by wrongfully killing civilians.
Bradley Manning has a conscience. Words attributed to him in May 2010 suggest he acted because he wanted people to see the truth because without information, you cannot make informed decisions. You made a similar statement in May 2011: In the 21st century, information is power; the truth cannot be hidden; and the legitimacy of governments will ultimately depend on active and informed citizens. We now ask that you honor those words by freeing American truth-teller Bradley Manning.
randome
(34,845 posts)No mention about his unbalanced mental state that was in full evidence when he was found curled up in a fetal position on the floor after having carved the words 'I want' into a chair.
Any objective view of Manning HAS to confront the fact that he is mentally or emotionally unbalanced and needs psychiatric help.
mfcorey1
(11,001 posts)going to let you in now without credentials.
nmbluesky
(2,561 posts)I understand manny did right Thing to do, but he did broke law.
Do you think people will same thing to navy seal writer book about killing osama. He also will in trouble with the law? Do they will support him either?
That why I have a very mixed feel about this. Sorry.
nanabugg
(2,198 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)babylonsister
(171,059 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Why would you post such a thing as you say?
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)Why do you trust FDL unequivocally? I don't, and haven't for quite awhile.
And no, not a decade, but pretty close. And we have quibbled often. But I still loves ya, honey.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)You KNOW THIS IS WRONG....What's going on with you?
Or, are you pointing out that I was "A FOOL" for ever being part of Democratic Underground.
I suspect I was the FOOL and that's why you addressed me as you did.
But...Hey...No Problem...many of us DU Legacy have known we were the FOOLS...for awhile..
Hey...doesn't stop us from having our OWN POINT OF VIEW..
Peace to you "HONEY."
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Been there over the years.......