The mounted police of Washington, DC, in total disregard for the First Amendment rights of the people, charged in to break up an outdoor press conference and demonstration against the Iraq war.
Some 20 journalists and four or five protestors were attacked by the police while having a press conference in Lafayette Square.
Here is a video of the incident:
The gathering was totally pacific and the small crowd was not interfering with anything or causing any kind of disturbance.
According to the AFP, “The police suppressed the press conference. In the middle of the speeches, they grabbed the podium” erected in a park in front of the White House for the small gathering”.
Three people — Tina Richards, the mother of a marine who did two tours of duty in Iraq; Adam Kokesh, a leader of the Iraq Veterans Against the War group; and lawyer Ian Thompson, who is an organizer for ANSWER in Los Angeles — were arrested.
The ANSWER coalition is trying to rally support for an anti-war demonstration in Washington that is due to take place on September 15.
This is just one example of what the country is turning into under Bu$hCo’s fascist rule.