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Cindy Sheehan Watch: Charges Dropped for State of the Union T-Shirt

February 2, 2006 /

Anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan is escorted out of the spectators’ gallery of the House of Representatives prior to the State of the Union Address by US President George W. Bush. Police apologized to Sheehan and a US lawmaker’s wife for kicking them out of Congress for wearing T-shirts about US troops in Iraq.

ASSociated Press: Police Apologize to Sheehan, Drop Charge

Capitol Police dropped a charge of unlawful conduct against anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on Wednesday and apologized for ejecting her and a congressman’s wife from President Bush’s State of the Union address for wearing T-shirts with war messages.

“The officers made a good faith, but mistaken effort to enforce an old unwritten interpretation of the prohibitions about demonstrating in the Capitol,” Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said in a statement late Wednesday.

“The policy and procedures were too vague,” he added. “The failure to adequately prepare the officers is mine.”

The extraordinary statement came a day after police removed Sheehan and Beverly Young, wife of Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young, R-Fla., from the visitors gallery Tuesday night. Sheehan was taken away in handcuffs before Bush’s arrival at the Capitol and charged with a misdemeanor, while Young left the gallery and therefore was not arrested, Gainer said.

“Neither guest should have been confronted about the expressive T-shirts,” Gainer’s statement said.

Both women failed the code of good conduct test.

It may be legal but in poor taste and Flap bets next year that a signed state of the union conduct code will be a prerequisite for admission to the gallery.

On one of Flap’s trips to the House Gallery he was explicited warned by Capitol Police that NO reading of printed materials was allowed, while the House was in session.

Mrs. Sheehan and Mrs. Young have ample opportunities to protest in a non-disruptive, non-violent way or they may practice civil disobedience and suffer the consequences…….

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