After-Action: DC Chapter FReeps Left for Exploiting War Dead and Wounded

March 15, 2004 on FR | BillF

[BillF]

I'll search for it, but a couple things. They did indeed have at least one mock coffin that day. However, Code Pink was NOT a sponsor of that event even though Medea Benjamin was a key player at the Dover AFB and Lafayette Park ends of that blood march and Code Pink related groups were clearly behind the march.

Although FReepers may not recall seeing the coffins at Walter Reed this year as Pannell has described, we were not there everytime Code Pink was there.

CP protested five nights in a row when they started this series in March. FReepers were there only one of the five nights.

Then CP moved to a weekly Friday night protest. I think that we might have missed the first Friday? At any rate, we missed a Friday night when tied up with other matters about 6 weeks after the start. The coffins may well have been brought to WR that night.

Also, we have unconfirmed intell that some leftists (CP, DAWN, or other?) may have gone to WR on other days or nights. Pannell may have seen coffins on one of those occasions.