Cops moving in behind Cindy Sheehan
Monday afternoon in Union Square, Cindy Sheehan and several members of the Gold Star Families For Peace, a group of parents who have lost children to Bush's War against Iraqis. Cindy has become something of a national celebrity over the last year.
Several people came with Cindy to the city to speak out against the war. They spoke at Camp Casey NYC, a 24-hour vigil going on in Union Square for the last 5 weeks.
In the background you can see a group of NYPD Captains rushing into the crowd, grabbing one of the event organizers and pulling him out of the group by the neck - 3 others around him are holding tightly onto him to keep him from being pulled away. You can't see a wall of another two dozen cops standing furher behind. The cops proceded to get very rough, shoving and pushing people, and the scene got a little ugly, with a lot of cursing and screaming at the cops. They quickly unplugged the microphone and hauled away the sound equipment along with the event organizer. This morning at 6:45 a.m. they came back and attacked the group at the site again.
Cindy Sheehan's group is GOLDSTAR FAMILIES FOR PEACE
Other websites:
EYES WIDE OPEN: HUMAN COST OF THE IRAQ WAR
Cops moving in behind Cindy Sheehan
Monday afternoon in Union Square, Cindy Sheehan and several members of the Gold Star Families For Peace, a group of parents who have lost children to Bush's War against Iraqis. Cindy has become something of a national celebrity over the last year.
Several people came with Cindy to the city to speak out against the war. They spoke at Camp Casey NYC, a 24-hour vigil going on in Union Square for the last 5 weeks.
In the background you can see a group of NYPD Captains rushing into the crowd, grabbing one of the event organizers and pulling him out of the group by the neck - 3 others around him are holding tightly onto him to keep him from being pulled away. You can't see a wall of another two dozen cops standing furher behind. The cops proceded to get very rough, shoving and pushing people, and the scene got a little ugly, with a lot of cursing and screaming at the cops. They quickly unplugged the microphone and hauled away the sound equipment along with the event organizer. This morning at 6:45 a.m. they came back and attacked the group at the site again.
Cindy Sheehan's group is GOLDSTAR FAMILIES FOR PEACE
Other websites:
EYES WIDE OPEN: HUMAN COST OF THE IRAQ WAR