{"id":7793,"date":"2010-04-09T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7793"},"modified":"2010-04-11T22:26:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T05:26:55","slug":"exclusive-code-pink-attempts-another-citizens-arrest-on-karl-rove-this-time-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7793","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: CODE PINK Attempts Another Citizens Arrest on Karl Rove, This Time in Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just spoke with CODE PINK<\/a> co-founder Jodie Evans who tried again — as she did last month in Los Angeles<\/a> — to file a citizen’s arrest against Karl Rove. This time Rove, whom she accuses of war crimes, was at a Barnes & Noble book signing event in Las Vegas. Last time, Rove was forced to cancel his plans to sign books after his speech in L.A.<\/p>\n

Evans writes to say that she and several others from CODE PINK, including an army vet who is a member of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO<\/a>), attempted to hand-cuff Rove at the table where he was signing copies of his new book, while unfurling a “Rove is a War Criminal” banner.<\/p>\n

“We get to the table, he looks up to take my book and jumps back against the book shelves,” Evans says. He then points to three security guards and says “it’s her,” before the guards “pile in,” according to her account.<\/p>\n

One member of the team then takes out the banner — which had been hidden in her skirt, since purses were confiscated before citizens were allowed in line — “while I pull out the handcuffs and try to reach for him and then pull the arrest complaint out of the book, trying to argue that he needs to be arrested and I have a right to be there. They argue private property and lead us out.”<\/p>\n

She went to add that he was “standing freaked against the books” before he was then handed the next book to sign “as we are ushered out. We were physically pushed out the door with our unsigned book.”<\/p>\n

“The women behind us tell us we are ‘rude,’ to which I answer not as rude as Rove who has killed over 4,000 of our US Soldiers and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi,” writes Evans.<\/p>\n

She indicates there may be video available of the event later. We’ll try to update this item with it, if so. [Update: A bit of video from the encounter is now posted at the bottom of this item.<\/i>]\n

Evans and the “Pink Tank” crew will be protesting Rove again tonight at the Performing Arts Center at UNLV where he is scheduled to speak.<\/p>\n

She’ll also be joining me on the Mike Malloy Show<\/i><\/a>, which I am guest hosting again tonight from 6p-9p PT (9p-Mid ET), just before the event begins. So please tune in! We’ll have live listening links posted here before show time, or see Malloy’s site above.<\/p>\n

CNN’s video report of Evans’ attempt to arrest Rove last month<\/em> — during which Rove ironically (in more ways than we have the time to point out right now) declared “with all due respect, this goes to show the totalitarianism of the Left. They don’t believe in dialogue. They don’t believe in courtesy. They don’t believe in First Amendment rights for anybody but themselves” — is reposted below…<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 4\/10\/10:<\/b><\/i> Here’s my interview with Evans from last night’s Mike Malloy Show<\/i><\/a> [appx 17 mins<\/i>]…
\nDownload MP3<\/a> or listen online here…<\/em>
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The CNN video from Evans’ previous arrest attempt follows below…<\/em><\/p>\n

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UPDATE 4\/11\/10:<\/b><\/i> Here’s a bit of video from the encounter…<\/p>\n

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