Saturday, April 15

Protesters Arrested In Crawford

A group of protesters were arrested outside of President Bush's Crawford home. 11 of the protesters were arrested back in November for the same thing. After the Cindy Sheehan protests, McLennan County passed a law prohibiting roadside camping to prevent congestion for the other residents of the County.

It's not like the people protesting are hippies or people that don't have jobs.

(Canada.com)Misdemeanour charges still have not been filed against the demonstrators arrested five months ago during the Thanksgiving week protest. McLennan County District Attorney John Segrest has refused to comment on whether their cases will proceed.

"If they keep arresting us without charging us, then they are doing nothing other than restricting our freedom of speech," said Daniel Ellsberg, who was arrested both times.

"This needs to be challenged and if we're arrested again, we'll have a stronger case."

Ellsberg is a former high-level Pentagon analyst who in 1969 copied and leaked the Pentagon Papers - a 7,000-page study of U.S. decision-making in Vietnam - to Congress and the news media.
So much for us being just the "Angry Left" or "Far Left"!