[imc-st.louis] Tina Richards, Adam Kokesh & Ian Thompson arrested in DC

[Ben]

On September 6, 2007, Adam Kokesh (IVAW) and Tina Richards (Grassroots 
America) were arrested in Washington, D.C. for defying a federal 
government ban on posting promotional material for the September 15th 
Antiwar Rally, to be held in this city. The rally is sponsored by the 
ANSWER coalition. The arrests took place at the corner of H. St. and 
Jackson Place NW, near Lafayette Park, just north of the White House. 
Mr. Kokesh is the co-chair elect of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. 
Marine Mom Richards is the CEO of Grassroots America. The activists 
placed promotional posters on a traffic box, which supposedly falls 
under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Interior and the 
National Parks Service. Recently, the District of Columbia government 
imposed draconian fines on the ANSWER coalition for placing political 
literature around town. As a result, the ANSWER coalition has filed a 
lawsuit in Federal Court challenging the Constitutionality of the local 
government's action.
Also arrested at the scene by the Park Police was Ian Thompson. He is 
with the ANSWER coalition's LA division. Mr. Thompson is also an attorney.

Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EAfPgX7gs0

Tina Richards was featured on STLIMC in februrary:
http://www.stlimc.org/newswire/display/2818/index.php

And she was interviewed past month during the Veterans for Peace rally 
in St. Louis:
http://reboot.stlimc.org/testing-feature-audio-file

-- 
Ben West
westbywest at riseup.net
http://savetheinternet.org