I give up. This country is officially totally fucked up beyond all belief.
Sheehan Arrested Outside White House
By Daniela Deane and Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, September 26, 2005; 2:33 PM
Cindy Sheehan, the grieving California mother of a soldier slain in Iraq, was arrested today while protesting the Iraq war outside the White House.
Sheehan, whose 24-year-old son Casey was killed last year, and several dozen other protesters staged a sit-in on the sidewalk on Pennsylvania Avenue after marching along the pedestrian walkway, the Associated Press reported. Police warned them three times that they had to move along before making arrests, the news agency said.
Anti war demonstrators hold up signs as they march in front of the White House Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 in Washington.
“The whole world is watching,” protesters chanted as Sheehan was led to a police vehicle.
Sheehan and some 200 other protesters sat in circles on the sidewalk, apparently courting arrest. Hundreds more people rallied in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue.
Sheehan’s arrest came after a massive antiwar demonstration Saturday in Washington which drew more than 100,000 people — the largest such demonstration since the Iraq war began in spring 2003. A demonstration supporting the war drew roughly 500 people Sunday.
Sheehan, 48, first attracted wide attention in August when she established the antiwar “Camp Casey” outside of President Bush’s Texas ranch. As part of the 26-day protest in Crawford, Sheehan asked for a meeting with Bush, which he declined.
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