David Swanson updates the sitch in Crawford, TX this morning where, as we reported yesterday, 14 anti-war protestors who are part of Cindy Sheehan’s “Camp Casey” Easter protest were arrested last night…
Eight of the 14, including Daniel Ellsberg, had been arrested last Thanksgiving and charged with obstructing a highway and with felonious trespassing. They staged a demonstration at the court house the day before yesterday demanding that those charges be brought to a trial or dropped. This time, the 14 were charged only with obstructing a highway.
They were forced to strip naked, communally, women in one room, men in another, and made to shower and scrub for lice. Then they were dressed in reusable jail underwear and striped jail suits. I guess we should be glad that Rumsfeld wasn’t there with any kinky fetishes or dogs.
Lonestar Iconoclast has more coverage and a bunch of fresh photos from yesterday.
Still more details, video of the arrests, and our LIVE audio interview last night with Cindy Sheehan after the arrests are all here…
Sending people to the showers.
More accurately, we may have killed closer to 300,000 Iraqi civilians so far…
Welcome to the USA…where the innocent are presumed guilty and the guilty are running the country.
Abu Ghraib? How about Abu Crawford?!
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I had a wonderful idea.
Let’s pass a law that punishes malfeasance by any elected official in office with the death penalty.
Yeah, Baby!
How many wanna be a politician NOW???!!!
Illinois ex-governor Ryan (Republican) was just found guilty of 22 counts of fraud, money laundering, racketeering, etc. after a 5 1/2 month trial.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to fry him for that because of the death penalty law for elected officials found guilty of malfeasance in office?
Bush supporters tell us that if we have nothing to hide, why should we fear the Patriot Act & the wiretap spying, the torture, being held with no charges, etc.
We could say the same to Bush & the other officials in office if there were a death penalty for malfeasance in office–what have you got to worry about? You’re all honest–right?