[imc-st.louis] Capitol Hill Police "football tackled" Hip Hop Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus' testimony on Capitol Hill

[Ben]

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Subject: 	Press Release Capitol Hill Police "football tackled" Hip Hop 
Activist who was in line to enter hearing room for General Petreaus' 
testimony on Capitol Hill
Date: 	Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	Tina Richards <tina at grassrootsamerica4us.org>
Reply-To: 	tina at grassrootsamerica4us.org
To: 	westbywest at riseup.net



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PRESS RELEASE
PRESS CONFERENCE
September/10/2007

	
For Immediate Release
Hip Hop Caucus
Contact: Liz Havstad - liz at hiphopcaucus.org or 510 206 6749


*Capitol Hill Police "football tackled" Hip Hop Activist who was in line 
to enter hearing room for General Petreaus' testimony on Capitol Hill *

Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, was attacked 
by six capitol police today, when he was stopped from entering the 
Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill, where General Petreaus gave 
testimony today to a joint hearing for the House Arms Services Committee 
and Foreign Relations Committee on the war in Iraq.
After waiting in line throughout the morning for the hearing that was 
scheduled to start at 12:30pm, Rev. Yearwood was stopped from entering 
the room, while others behind him were allowed to enter. He told the 
officers blocking his ability to enter the room, that he was waiting in 
line with everyone else and had the right to enter as well. When they 
threatened him with arrest he responded with "I will not be arrested 
today." According to witnesses, six capitol police, without warning, 
"football tackled" him. He was carried off in a wheel chair by DC Fire 
and Emergency to George Washington Hospital.

Rev. Yearwood said as he was being released from the hospital to be 
taken to central booking, "The officers decided I was not going to get 
in Gen. Petreaus' hearing when they saw my button, which says 'I LOVE 
THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.'"
Capitol Police are not saying what the charges are, but an inside source 
has said that the charge is assaulting a police officer. Rev. Yearwood 
is scheduled to be transferred to Central Processing to be arraigned 
tomorrow morning.
The incident was recorded by an observer and is available on YouTube 
WhyNotNews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiradcejA6o 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=hfmtnecab.0.dyiunecab.fs87y4bab.4966&ts=S0278&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqiradcejA6o>.

For further information contact: Liz Havstad at liz at hiphopcaucus.org or 
510 206 6749.
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