First off I would like to compliment the writer of the article but in giving my direct account i would like to correct somethings. After code pink opened their umbrellas and threw fliers from balcony we stood on our chairs and began chanting, "Hillary supports the war. End it now, you corporate whore!" Hillary initially was not polite but instead scolded the demonstartors. It was not until a few minutes into the disruption that she pleaded with us to sit down and be quiet so she could explain her position. We felt that HIllary had three years to come out on the side of the anti-war movement and had not, so we continued to stand on our chairs and shout. I was the only one with a clearly visible black bandana (symbol of anarchist resistance)and I was standing in the middle of three other people. However, the SS felt so threatned by me that one of them literally lept over my friend standing to the left of me, tried to tackle me, in order to silence me. He and other agents had to pry me from my seat using various pressure point and direct assault. After the SS finally got me out of my seat I held onto anything I could to continue the disruption. In order to exit the theatre I was carried down a ramp with a railing. I grabbed the railing with one arm that i managed to free from the SS. It was at this point that the agent decided to not only strike my arm but drag me by the hair and put me in a choke hold all the way down the ramp and into the lobby. In the lobby two agents had me by the arms and i lifted my legs to make their job just a bit harder. At this point Code Pink Activists came running down the stairs from one of the upper balconies to our aid, they followed behind the agents dragging me out and helped in the chant, "This is what democracy looks like" We were not arrested but thrown out of the building. I have scrapes and bruises all over my arms and backs. I would also like to thank the code pink women who gave me a jacket and scarf when i was thrown out of the building with all of my winter gear inside.
Re: Anti-War Activists Disrupt Hillary Clinton
03 Dec 2005
Date Edited: 03 Dec 2005 02:32:43 PM