Picture of the children arresting for trying to bring Terry [Schiavo] water (God Bless Them!)

US News ^ | 3/23/05

[areafiftyone]

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, standing upper right, prepares to arrest members of the Keys family as they were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo water Wednesday morning, March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The Keys family, of Burnet, Tex., kneeling, from left, Josie, 14, Gabriel, 10, Chris, the children's father, and Cameron 12, were all taken into custody. Galen Keys, upper left, the children's mother looks on, but was not arrested.The mother insists it was the children's idea: "I am proud of them," said the boys' mother Geilen Keys from Texas, who was not arrested. "They are very mature and they said 'we want to go and offer some water to Terri'."

Pinellas Park police Lt. Kevin Riley, second from left, handcuffs 14-year-old Josie Keys, left, while Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies place her father Chris in the back of a van after arresting members of the family for trespassing Wednesday morning March 23, 2005 outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. The family members were attempting to bring Terri Schiavo a cup of water.

Gabriel Keys (foreground) is arrested by police officers for trespassing in Pinellas Park, Florida, March 23, 2005. The young protester attempted to take a glass of water into the Woodside Hospice for the brain-damaged Terri Schiavo. A federal judge rejected a request from the parents of Schiavo to order her feeding tube reinserted, dealing a blow to attempts by the U.S. Congress and the White House to prolong her life.

[steve86]

Knock it off, please. Thanks.

I'm sure you can imagine the level of frustration.

[jstolzen]

Any idea WHY Congress refuses to enforce the subpoena they issued late Sunday?

If I were in Congress, Greer would be in jail for flagrantly ignoring the subpoena. Or at least in front of my Committee, explaining himself - THEN, he'd be in jail.

[steve86]

There is lots of blame to go around. Very little falls on law enforcement officers.

I can agree with that, but LE certainly made a pretty photo-op of themselves.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I agree. This is absurd. More of the sideshow, grandstanding for all the Loonies who want their 15 mins of fame.

[Badray]

From the article, dad was arrested too. Mom was on the sidelines. I think that was a strategic move so that she could record what was happening if somehow it got ugly, but also to provide bail or arrange for an attorney.

This was a family effort.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

The ego maniacs carry on!

[Guenevere]

#11....Don't automatically assume they will be out of jail by this afternoon....

I fear they will hold them through the night.....I'm very serious.

I've seen this kind of thing happen.

[TAdams8591]

They're cowards. If that were you or I they'd be enforcing that subpoena!

[dfwddr]

Get this straight, Pal, those kids are being arrested because their parents put them up to it for a cheapo publicity stunt. The cops are doing their jobs, moreover, they are getting the kids to safety. They know that trouble is probably not far away, given all the insane rants the zealots have oinked out. Those kids were USED, and for cheap propaganda.

The mother was quoted as saying it was the kids idea, yet you seem to know more about this than she...... I'm impressed !

[Guenevere]

#39..I'm with you on that one, but I'm not faulting the parents.

What concerns me is they might spend the night in jail...

It's hard enough on adults...(who are doing this)..

..I shudder for the children.

[tutstar]

This has been denied by the Child Protective Agency.

What do you mean?

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Oh, puhleez!
That is a ridiculous analogy. More absurd hyperbole.

[dfwddr]

Why does everyone automatically ASSUME that these kids are pawns?

Because they are minor children, well below the age of consent.

And, of course, children are taught in publik skool not to think on their own !!!!

[Badray]

Here's part of the problem. No wonder justice in Florida is a
day late and a dollar short.

"Oh, not too much. I've only worked in the Florida courts for since 1982..."

[joesnuffy]

Yep they were only following orders.....to aid in the murder of an innocent woman and arresting children for wanting to give her a woman dying of thrist a little comfort in her torture...

If they had an ounce of courage and dedication.. To Protect and Serve they would refuse to do that job and march in and give that poor woman a drink...and they would do it en masse

imo

[Ann Archy]

Yeah...right, Miss Ex-Hippie.

[TexKat]

Child Protective Agency denied Jeb Bush for Terri to be adopted by the State according to a report on Fox News.

[dfwddr]

I suppose that being arrested and thrown into a juvenile detention center is your idea of a perk? No thanks...

I believe the perk is to be able to teach the children morally right from wrong.

[pickyourpoison]

I read that the law that Bush signed in Texas was already on the books. What he signed was an extension to give them more time to find another health facility. Maybe someone else read this too?

[BushisTheMan]

I think you should be blaming the judges, not the police.