10— Thirteen anti-war demonstrators were arrested while attempting to block Stryker vehicles used for weapons transports. Olympia Port Militarization Resistance aims to end weapons transports through the Port of Olympia. Dozens of protesters, observers and representatives of the media have been brutalized by the Olympia Police Department. According to a spokesperson on Democracy Now on Nov. 19, there were a total of 66 arrests.
10— Eve Tetaz was released from jail after completing her seven-day sentence. On Nov. 2 she pled nolo contendre to three charges resulting from two arrests. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo did not want to imprison the retired schoolteacher, despite the nolo contendre pleas to two charges of failure to obey a lawful order and a charge of unlawful assembly. However, the determined Tetaz kindly explained she would not do any community service, pay any fines or accept probation. So the judge reluctantly sent her to jail.
On June 29, Tetaz, dressed in the ancient mourning symbols of sackcloth and ashes, stood on the sidewalk in front of the White House and begged for an end to war. The Park Police arrested her and charged her with failure to obey a lawful order. After her release, she headed to the Hart Senate Office Building to try to petition Sen. Hillary Clinton. Again she was arrested, but this time held overnight. This second arrest on June 29, however, was not adjudicated on Nov. 2.
On May 14, Tetaz joined the Mother of a March from the White House to Capitol Hill. Outside the Cannon House Office Building, she, peace moms Cindy Sheehan and Tina Richards, and thirty other antiwar protesters sat down at New Jersey and Independence Aves. While most of the arrestees paid a fine, Tetaz, facing three charges, wanted her day in court. One charge was dismissed on Nov. 2. The only other protester from the May 4 action who went to trial was Joan Nicholson. She was found guilty of two charges on Sept. 4 and ordered to pay $200 in fines, do 40 hours of community service and six months of unsupervised probation. Nicholson does not intend to pay the fines or do community service.
9— Eighteen activists were arrested in a campaign to make the Iraq War the main issue during the presidential caucus races. "Seasons Of Discontent--A Presidential Occupation Campaign” targeted the campaigns of Rudolph Giuliani and Hillary Clinton, taking over their offices.
Staffers in the Giuliani campaign office in Clive, IA waited a mere two hours to call the police to arrest 10 activists. The Clinton campaign waited almost eight hours before requesting the arrest of eight activists in the Des Moines office. The arrest honor roll is as follows: Ed Bloomer, Robert Braam, Elton Davis, Mickey Davis, Ron Durham, Renee Espeland, Joy First, Chris Gaunt, David Goodner, Kathy Kelly, Nick Kinkel, Chrissy Kirchoefer, Jeff Leys, Farah Moktareizadeh, Dan Pearson, Mona Shaw, Suzanne Sheridan and Brian Terrell. .
2— Seven peace activists were arrested at East Towne Mall speaking out against the war and occupation of Iraq. The seven were Bonnie Block, Father Jim Murphy, Jamie Haack, Susan Spahn, Conor Murphy, Jean McElhaney and Joy First. They were charged with unlawful trespassing and asked to pay a fine of $424. They intend to go to trial.
1— Gail Vaughn, Anita Zibton, and two girls, Zoe Zibton, 13, and Katie Lamb, 12, were convicted of trespassing in Rep. Ron Kind's office. Only the adults were fined $95, as a result of their May 30 sit-in.
1— Susan Crane appeared for trial facing a charge of failure to obey a lawful order, after an arrest with 15 others in an anti-torture protest on the White House sidewalk on June 23. However, the government was not prepared, and the judge granted Susan’s motion for dismissal. Most of the other protesters paid a citation fee, though one did two days of community service.
OCTOBER
30-- Mike Ferner and Linda Wiener were scheduled for a status hearing after being arrested on Sept. 20 for speaking out from the gallery during a session of the U.S. House of Representatives. They were taken into custody after shouting "Congress! Congress! Funding the war is killing our troops. Please stop."
24— Desiree Fairooz confronted Condoleezza Rice during a House of Representatives hearing, and was arrested. She is facing several charges, including destruction of government property. Also arrested were Medea Benjamin and Lori Perdue. The case against Benjamin was dismissed.
23— Leah Bolger was to go to trial in Superior Court facing a charge of unlawful assembly. She was arrested on Sept. 18 with four others during a pro-war rally. She is a retired Navy commander and member of Veterans For Peace.
20— Seven peace activists, Steve Baggarly, Beth Brockman, Mark Colville, Peter DeMott, Mary Grace, Laura Marks and Bill Streit, were arrested at the headquarters of Blackwater USA. While simulating the shooting of Iraqi civilians, they were taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest, trespassing and destruction of property.
17— Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM, and Fr. Stephen Kelly, SJ were sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to deliver a letter on Nov. 19, 2006 to then-commander Major Gen. Barbara Fast at Fort Huachuca, AZ. The letter denounced torture and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Once the judge denied the priests any possible defense, they pled guilty to a federal count of trespass and a state count of "Failure to Comply with Police Officer.”
16— Responding to Sen. Dick Durbin's Oct. 1 vote to provide another $150 billion in war funding, eight staff members of the 8th Day Center for Justice and a friend were arrested after refusing to leave Durbin’s office. In a simultaneous action, five people were arrested in the lobby of the building.
10— Eve Tetaz was released from jail after completing her seven-day sentence. On Nov. 2 she pled nolo contendre to three charges resulting from two arrests. Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo did not want to imprison the retired schoolteacher, despite the nolo contendre pleas to two charges of failure to obey a lawful order and a charge of unlawful assembly. However, the determined Tetaz kindly explained she would not do any community service, pay any fines or accept probation. So the judge reluctantly sent her to jail.
On June 29, Tetaz, dressed in the ancient mourning symbols of sackcloth and ashes, stood on the sidewalk in front of the White House and begged for an end to war. The Park Police arrested her and charged her with failure to obey a lawful order. After her release, she headed to the Hart Senate Office Building to try to petition Sen. Hillary Clinton. Again she was arrested, but this time held overnight. This second arrest on June 29, however, was not adjudicated on Nov. 2.
On May 14, Tetaz joined the Mother of a March from the White House to Capitol Hill. Outside the Cannon House Office Building, she, peace moms Cindy Sheehan and Tina Richards, and thirty other antiwar protesters sat down at New Jersey and Independence Aves. While most of the arrestees paid a fine, Tetaz, facing three charges, wanted her day in court. One charge was dismissed on Nov. 2. The only other protester from the May 4 action who went to trial was Joan Nicholson. She was found guilty of two charges on Sept. 4 and ordered to pay $200 in fines, do 40 hours of community service and six months of unsupervised probation. Nicholson does not intend to pay the fines or do community service.
Staffers in the Giuliani campaign office in Clive, IA waited a mere two hours to call the police to arrest 10 activists. The Clinton campaign waited almost eight hours before requesting the arrest of eight activists in the Des Moines office. The arrest honor roll is as follows: Ed Bloomer, Robert Braam, Elton Davis, Mickey Davis, Ron Durham, Renee Espeland, Joy First, Chris Gaunt, David Goodner, Kathy Kelly, Nick Kinkel, Chrissy Kirchoefer, Jeff Leys, Farah Moktareizadeh, Dan Pearson, Mona Shaw, Suzanne Sheridan and Brian Terrell. .
2— Seven peace activists were arrested at East Towne Mall speaking out against the war and occupation of Iraq. The seven were Bonnie Block, Father Jim Murphy, Jamie Haack, Susan Spahn, Conor Murphy, Jean McElhaney and Joy First. They were charged with unlawful trespassing and asked to pay a fine of $424. They intend to go to trial.
1— Gail Vaughn, Anita Zibton, and two girls, Zoe Zibton, 13, and Katie Lamb, 12, were convicted of trespassing in Rep. Ron Kind's office. Only the adults were fined $95, as a result of their May 30 sit-in.
1— Susan Crane appeared for trial facing a charge of failure to obey a lawful order, after an arrest with 15 others in an anti-torture protest on the White House sidewalk on June 23. However, the government was not prepared, and the judge granted Susan’s motion for dismissal. Most of the other protesters paid a citation fee, though one did two days of community service.
OCTOBER
30-- Mike Ferner and Linda Wiener were scheduled for a status hearing after being arrested on Sept. 20 for speaking out from the gallery during a session of the U.S. House of Representatives. They were taken into custody after shouting "Congress! Congress! Funding the war is killing our troops. Please stop."
24— Desiree Fairooz confronted Condoleezza Rice during a House of Representatives hearing, and was arrested. She is facing several charges, including destruction of government property. Also arrested were Medea Benjamin and Lori Perdue. The case against Benjamin was dismissed.
23— Leah Bolger was to go to trial in Superior Court facing a charge of unlawful assembly. She was arrested on Sept. 18 with four others during a pro-war rally. She is a retired Navy commander and member of Veterans For Peace.
20— Seven peace activists, Steve Baggarly, Beth Brockman, Mark Colville, Peter DeMott, Mary Grace, Laura Marks and Bill Streit, were arrested at the headquarters of Blackwater USA. While simulating the shooting of Iraqi civilians, they were taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest, trespassing and destruction of property.
17— Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM, and Fr. Stephen Kelly, SJ were sentenced to five months in prison for attempting to deliver a letter on Nov. 19, 2006 to then-commander Major Gen. Barbara Fast at Fort Huachuca, AZ. The letter denounced torture and the Military Commissions Act of 2006. Once the judge denied the priests any possible defense, they pled guilty to a federal count of trespass and a state count of "Failure to Comply with Police Officer.”
16— Responding to Sen. Dick Durbin's Oct. 1 vote to provide another $150 billion in war funding, eight staff members of the 8th Day Center for Justice and a friend were arrested after refusing to leave Durbin’s office. In a simultaneous action, five people were arrested in the lobby of the building.
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