Wednesday, September 12, 2007


On Monday, September 10th, the anti-war activist Reverend Lennox Yearwood was injured and hospitalized after being forced to the ground by six police officers. The Reverend, who after standing in line to watch the Congressional hearing of General Petraeus was skipped, proceeded to protest with the officers as to why they would not let him enter. (He was wearing an "I love the people of Iraq" button at the time). He was arrested for disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer. Before they could detain him at the police office; he had to make a quick stop to the hospital after the six officers broke his ankle while he "allegedly" resisted arrest. Anyone who has seen footage of the incident should be wary of what is happening to our 1st Amendment rights which seemed be violated twice in the case of Reverend Yearwood.

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