AP reporting Cindy was taken out of SOTU for her t-shirt! UPDATED
Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 07:57:19 PM PDT
It looks like the
truth is finally getting out:
Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an antiwar slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
The T-shirt bore the words "2,245 Dead -- How Many More??" in reference to the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq, protesters told NBC News.
Police handcuffed Sheehan and removed her from the gallery before Bush arrived. Sheehan was to be released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
Now, I hope that everyone who posts defamitory comments at the mention of her name will stop for a sec, and think - she was arrested in the Capitol building for wearing a
T-SHIRT.
Now - what are WE going to do about it?
UPDATE: Please vote on this MSNBC poll - looks like the Little Green Footballheads have already discovered it:
"Do you agree with the decision by Capitol Police to remove activist Cindy Sheehan from the gallery at the president's State of the Union speech because she was wearing a T-shirt with an antiwar slogan?"
By the way, this is my first recommended diary - thank you all!
UPDATE 2:
Here's an action I thought we could all be involved in tomorrow - here's a link to Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace, a Los Angeles-based peace and justice group, and probably NSA approved!
I have a media guide posted on the front page, about half-way down on the right - I think it would be great if we bombard talk radio, editorial pages, and TV newsrooms tomorrow, and ask them why an American citizen was thrown out of the Capitol building for wearing a t-shirt that simply said 2,245 Dead - How Many More?
And for those of you who are complaining about Cindy, please post YOUR ideas for stopping this war - I'm sure that they will be much more effective than anything Cindy has done...