Five People Violently Arrested for Dancing at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC On May 28th, television host Adam Kokesh, Medea Benjamin & Tigh Barry of CODEPINK and 2 other activists participating in a flash-mob were arrested at the publicly-funded Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Their crime? Silently dancing, in celebration of the first amendment's champion; a clear violation of their right to free-expression. In an excessive use of force, video was captured of Adam being body slammed and placed in a choke for his non-crime. As we teach our children about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we may want to show them what happens to people in the USA Now when they use their rights. Watch the video. Adam Kokesh is a former US Marine who ran for Congress in the Republican Party. The man with the Codepink shirt is Tigh Barry who lives in Santa Monica CA. Medea Benjamin San Francisco (Codepink) also ran for the US Senate. - Kathleen Hernandez
Fox News - Five People Arrested for Dancing at Jefferson Memorial - 3:03 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UyiaR1PDhQ&feature=youtu.be Iraq Veteran Against The War Adam Kokesh, Body Slammed, Choked, Police Brutality at Jefferson Memorial - 11:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUU3yCy3uI&feature=related Adam Kokesh First Interview After Arrest - 5:18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQcmlBV6mYQ&feature=related Adam Kokesh's Website: www.adamvstheman.com Five People Arrested for Dancing - US Park Police Make Arrests at Jefferson Memorial http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/29/people-arrested-dc-dancing-monument/#ix zz1NlANHKB9 Updated: Sunday, 29 May 2011, 9:44 AM EDT Published : Saturday, 28 May 2011, 11:24 PM EDT * Roz Plater <http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/about_us/personalities/Roz_Plater> FOX 5 News <http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/about_us/personalities/Roz_Plater> BY ROZ PLATER/myfoxdc Washington, DC - A dance-in at the Jefferson Memorial led to five arrests and a violent clash with U.S. Park Police. A group was protesting a recent court decision that said expressive dancing is the same as picketing and marching...banned in certain areas of national monuments. A video the protestors posted on YouTube appears to show officers slamming arrestees to the pavement...using choke holds...punching. A spokesman for Park Police says the agency is investigating complaints officers overreacted. Meanwhile the protestors say they plan to be back next Saturday at noon. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
