Posted on 11/06/2007 5:02:23 AM PST by vietvet67
As Desiree Fairooz sat with her Code Pink colleagues waiting for lawmakers and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to arrive for a recent House committee hearing, she had no plans, she said, to get arrested. “I already had a case pending.”
But she couldn’t resist the opportunity when Rice walked in nearly unguarded, and she rushed the Cabinet member with fake blood on her hands. As Fairooz was being hauled from the room, Capitol Police arrested two other women who’d been sitting near her but hadn’t done anything yet.
One of the enduring images of Capitol Hill culture is the anguished protester being hustled by authorities out of a congressional hearing room, often hurling insults at scowling lawmakers as they leave. But this familiar scene is shrouded by a couple of Washington mysteries: What triggers an arrest? And what happens next when someone gets busted?
As it happens, there’s no simple answer to either question. Capitol Police say they give wide discretion to individual officers on whether an evicted protestor gets arrested. Protestors say arrests seem based on whim, rather than any consistent policy. The same goes for what follows: Sometimes protestors are let go with a fine. Sometimes they spend the night in the slammer. Sometimes they are simply taken to the hallway and told to beat it.
Protest on Capitol Hill, it turns out, is a crapshoot.
More and more people are willing to take the odds, as a prolonged and unpopular war is producing a surge in civil disobedience on the Hill.
For decades, disruptions came from a broad group of complainants and were generally one-shot affairs — against a vote here, a confirmation there, said Mark Goldstone, a First Amendment attorney who has represented Capitol protesters in several precedent-setting cases.
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But then she thought,"What the heck, I'm just sitting here with fake blood on my hands anyway..."
Send the bi+ch to Guantanamo for the duration of the GWOT. I’m sure there must be another islamo-lunatic named Farooz in captivity there and he would be glad to make her feel welcome.
What’s the point in sending her to Gitmo? The State Dept will just set her free. LOL
From the article:
And as the protester awaits trial, the court often slaps a “stay away” order on her, banning visits to the Capitol, Senate or House buildings. The ban can be lifted, however, with a specific invitation from a member of Congress for a particular hearing or meeting.
Capitol Police think that the stay-away orders could reduce the number of protests. . . . But Fairooz was under a “stay away” order when she confronted Rice; a letter she carried allowed her entry.
(For most hearings, you just show up and wait to listen to testimony. You have to arrive early for highly publicized or very popular hearings, but I don't think that you need an admission pass from a member of Congress.)
From the above article, a court had ordered the Pinko to stay away from Congress unless a member of Congress gives her a letter to request her presence or get her in. Some member gave the Pinko the letter.
See my reply above.
I want to know who!!
Why would anyone give that person a pass?
Rhetorical question, right?
YES, I suppose, but I really think their would be a benefit to have them EXPOSED.
Once before the congress critter was exposed! Lets keep at it.
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