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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:35 PM
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US grannies on trial for anti-war protest
NEW YORK (AFP) - The trial opened in New York of 18 grandmothers arrested for disorderly conduct after they sought to enlist in the US Army as a protest against the war in Iraq.

The women, whose ages range from 50 to 91, have all entered not guilty pleas and some said they would ignore any court-imposed penalty if found guilty.

"Coming to this damn court is nothing compared to what is happening to people in Iraq," said Marie Runyon, 91.

The grandmothers, all members of the "Granny Peace Brigade" were arrested in October during a protest outside a military recruiting station in Times Square.

They were charged on two counts of disorderly conduct, for blocking the recruiting station door and refusing to comply with a police order.

"We should be praising these grandmothers, not prosecuting them," said noted civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel, who was defending the women in court.

(more)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060420/ts_alt_afp/usiraqtrialgrannies
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:40 PM
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1. It just gets curiouser by the minute. n/t
:popcorn:
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rodeodance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:42 PM
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2. go granny go.
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jahyarain Donating Member (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:43 PM
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3. burn the witches!
:sarcasm:
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:49 PM
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4. Those Grannies Rock
:yourock:
:kick:
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fbahrami Donating Member (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 12:52 PM
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5. such courage
"Coming to this damn court is nothing compared to what is happening to people in Iraq"

such a contrast to the rest of us who hardly seem to care ...
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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:02 PM
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6. Welcome to DU, fbahrami!
:hi:

And for the record, most of us here at DU do care about what happens to the Iraqi people. Check out my journal!
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:24 PM
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17. agree with you on that point.
brave souls. with age comes wisdom. whats my excuse?
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OKthatsIT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 08:07 PM
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22. we're at an age when..it isn't our lives we're worried about
it's our children, our grandchildren and generations to follow.

'Saving our children' is no different to us as is 'saving the planet'.

We have nothing to lose and everything's at stake.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:10 PM
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7. i wonder if it's a bench trial or trial by jury and if so i would love to
see the jurors looking at a 91 year old grandma.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:23 PM
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8. Disorderly conduct for volunteering?
I wonder if any of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders have the feel of burning coals on their noggins?
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AnneD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 01:58 PM
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9. Those guys don't stand a chance...
there is nothing more powerful and fearless than a grandmother (unless it is a mom protecting her kids). These women have lived through and seen it all. You go girls...:yourock: :headbang:
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 03:39 PM
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10. Photo Of Betty Brassell. She is using a walker....
Edited on Thu Apr-20-06 03:41 PM by leftchick
Are you feeling safer yet? :grr:



Attorney Norman Segal (L) and Court Officer Sgt. Peter Dolan (R), assist Betty Brassell (C) into the state court building in New York April 20, 2006 to face charges of protesting the war in Iraq. Brassell is one of 18 grandmothers charged for blocking access to the U.S. military recruiting station in Times Square during a recent protest. REUTERS/Chip East

I Love You Betty!
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 05:13 AM
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26. Love that song Randi Rhodes plays..."Bounce Your Boobies"

C'mon gals lets get the joint rocking

:hi:
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Terran1212 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 03:55 PM
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11. Good People
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 04:52 PM
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12. Gee, I wonder if they will arrest all of those abortion protesters
for disorderly conduct too?:eyes:
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ngGale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:14 PM
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13. Grannies with guts...
gotta love 'em.:-)
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:21 PM
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16. every Dem congressman needs to see these photos. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
Might put some spine in the most spineless.
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TexasLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:20 PM
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14. 91 !
Go, Granny, Go!
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Beaverhausen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:21 PM
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15. Michelle Malkin will post their personal info on her website shortly
Edited on Thu Apr-20-06 06:21 PM by Beaverhausen
These grannies rock!!!
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-21-06 05:42 AM
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23. Michelle Malkin is a skank
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AuntiBush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:24 PM
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18. Kicked for Honorable Grannies
With more on the patriot-ball then this kid.

:patriot: :kick:
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:28 PM
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19. Heroes,...in their own right. I embrace them for the inspiration they,...
,...generate in my soul. They are proof that,...humanity can be SOOOO amazing and beautiful and brave.

I salute you "Granny Peace Brigade". Maybe, in ten years or so, I'll be a member of that awesome brigade.

:hug:
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 06:56 PM
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20. Ever notice there are no "conservative grannies"?
Do you ever see any of them out protesting? Say, when Clinton was in power?

Old people have their heads screwed on right.
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KyndCulture Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-20-06 07:05 PM
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21. Wow!!
rock on grannies!!!!
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 01:26 AM
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24. kick
:kick:
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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 03:18 AM
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25. Can't those idiot prosecutors find something better to do with their time?
This will be their lifelong legacy. Damn them all to hell.
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Voltaire99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 06:42 AM
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27. Love those grannies
More guts in one of them than the entire political class.
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genieroze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-22-06 01:08 PM
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28. You tell em granny. Tell them to go (naughty word) themselves.
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