Arrests made at Veterans Day event

[unhappycamper]

Arrests made at Veterans Day event
November 11, 2007

BOSTON --Several anti-war veterans were arrested Sunday when they protested their exclusion from a Veterans Day event outside Boston City Hall.

The Boston chapter of a group called Veterans for Peace estimated that 15 of its members and supporters were arrested when they refused to move away from the podium at an event sponsored by the American Legion. Boston Police said several arrests were made, but did not have an exact number.

"We're opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we're opposed to the planned invasion of Iran," said Winston Warfield, a Vietnam War veteran and member of the group. "A lot of veterans view us as traitors."

Warfield said the American Legion rejected their request to have a speaker at the event on City Hall Plaza. An after-hours call to the American Legion office in Boston was not immediately returned Sunday.

"From our point of view, it's a public affair," Warfield said, despite U.S. Supreme Court precedent that allows private groups that obtain proper permits to choose who can participate in their events.


Rest of article at: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/11/11/tuskegee_airmen_honored_on_veterans_day/


uhc comment: 19 of us were arrested and released. Watch Faux Noise at 10pm tonite.