What Really Happened...a message from Cindy Sheehan

Alan · medicine forum Guru Joined: 09 Sep 2005 Posts: 1055

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Dear Friends,

As most of you have probably heard, I was arrested before the State of the Union
Address tonight.

I am speechless with fury at what happened and with grief over what we have lost
in our country.

There have been lies from the police and distortions by the press. (Shocker) So
this is what really happened:

This afternoon at the People's State of the Union Address in DC where I was
joined by Congresspersons Lynn Woolsey and John Conyers, Ann Wright, Malik Rahim
and John Cavanagh. Lynn brought me a ticket to the State of the Union Address.
At that time, I was wearing the shirt that said: 2,245 Dead. How many more?

After the PSOTU press conference, I was having second thoughts about going to
the SOTU at the Capitol. I didn't feel comfortable going. I knew George Bush
would say things that would hurt me and anger me and I knew that I couldn't
disrupt the address because Lynn had given me the ticket and I didn't want to be
disruptive out of respect for her. I, in fact, had given the ticket to John
Bruhns who is in Iraq Veterans Against the War. However, Lynn's office had
already called the media and everyone knew I was going to be there so I sucked
it up and went.

I got the ticket back from John, and I met one of Congresswoman Barbara Lee's
staffers in the Longworth Congressional Office building and we went to the
Capitol via the underground tunnel. I went through security once, then had to
use the rest room and went through security again.

My ticket was in the 5th gallery, front row, fourth seat in. The person who in a
few minutes was to arrest me, helped me to my seat.

I had just sat down and I was warm from climbing 3 flights of stairs back up
from the bathroom so I unzipped my jacket. I turned to the right to take my left
arm out, when the same officer saw my shirt and yelled, "Protester." He then ran
over to me, hauled me out of my seat and roughly (with my hands behind my back)
shoved me up the stairs. I said something like, "I'm going, do you have to be so
rough?" By the way, his name is Mike Weight.

The officer ran with me to the elevators yelling at everyone to move out of the
way. When we got to the elevators, he cuffed me and took me outside to await a
squad car. On the way out, someone behind me said, "That's Cindy Sheehan." At
which point the officer who arrested me said, "Take these steps slowly." I said,
"You didn't care about being careful when you were dragging me up the other
steps." He said, "That's because you were protesting." Wow, I get hauled out of
the People's House because I was, "Protesting."

I was never told that I couldn't wear that shirt into the Congress. I was never
asked to take it off or zip my jacket back up. If I had been asked to do any of
those things...I would have, and written about the suppression of my freedom of
speech later. I was immediately, and roughly (I have the bruises and muscle
spasms to prove it) hauled off and arrested for "unlawful conduct."

After I had my personal items inventoried and my fingers printed, a nice Sgt.
came in and looked at my shirt and said, "2,245, huh? I just got back from
there."

I told him that my son died there. That's when the enormity of my loss hit me. I
have lost my son. I have lost my First Amendment rights. I have lost the country
that I love. Where did America go? I started crying in pain.

What did Casey die for? What did the 2,244 other brave young Americans die for?
What are tens of thousands of them over there in harm's way for still? For this?
I can't even wear a shirt that has the number of troops on it that George Bush
and his arrogant and ignorant policies are responsible for killing.

I wore the shirt to make a statement. The press knew I was going to be there and
I thought every once in awhile they would show me and I would have the shirt on.
I did not wear it to be disruptive, or I would have unzipped my jacket during
George's speech. If I had any idea what happens to people who wear shirts that
make the neocons uncomfortable...that I would be arrested...maybe I would have,
but I didn't.

There have already been many wild stories out there.

I have some lawyers looking into filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the
government for what happened tonight. I will file it. It is time to take our
freedoms and our country back.

I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether he/she has
paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or
telephoning any negative statements about the government. That's why I am going
to take my freedoms and liberties back. That's why I am not going to let Bushco
take anything else away from me...or you.

I am so appreciative of the couple of hundred protesters who came to the jail
while I was locked up to show their support....we have so much potential for
good...there is so much good in so many people.

Four hours and 2 jails after I was arrested, I was let out. Again, I am so upset
and sore it is hard to think straight.

Keep up the struggle...I promise you I will too.

Love and peace soon,
Cindy

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We shall go on to the end, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be,
we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall
fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall
never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island
or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then we would carry on the
struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and
might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."

To rebel is right, to disobey is a duty, to act is necessary !

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