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Following is a day-by-day list of arrests of opponents of the war on Iraq reported from November, 2002, through mid-April, 2003. This chronicle reveals the extent to which, early on, protest incorporated active resistance to an invasion of Iraq. Well before U.S. and U.K troops arrived in Iraq, millions of people were participating in an unprecedented multitude of marches, rallies and protests across the globe. Also widespread were acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in opposition to war. A deeply held conviction against military action in Iraq was shared by many people who had never protested before, and found themselves moved to engage in " extra-legal" activities for which they were arrested and hauled off to jail.
This record of dissent is necessarily limited, and includes only those occasions where opponents of the war were arrested. By " arrested", we mean that when a person is detained by police for any length of time and not free to go or to continue the activity they were engaged in before stopped by police, then they have been arrested. Whether charges are filed is a separate issue, and whether prosecution proceeds after that, yet another issue. As far as we know, and unless otherwise noted, people arrested were released within 24 hours on bond or a promise to appear in court.
Many blockades, graffiti,
sit-ins, unpermitted marches and other actions expected to result in arrests
did not in fact end that
way. In contrast, police in city after city were quick to arrest
people who strayed from the sidewalks or "protest pens," and on
several occasions, simply surrounded large groups of peaceful, legal
marchers and arrested everyone.
NONVIOLENCE, DIRECT ACTION AND PRISONER SUPPORT
The resistance actions that did result in arrest spanned a wide array of tactics, some of which have long been under debate within the broader peace movement and among advocates of direct action as well. Because the aim of the Nuclear Resister is to encourage prisoner support, we attempt to steer clear of the debate on how to resist and how not to. We encourage tolerance and constructive criticism of diverse, conscientious action, an attitude that makes supporting imprisoned activists much easier. A principle of any prisoner support work is to address the needs of the person behind bars, regardless of how they got there.
If you or someone you know is jailed for anti-war actions, please let us know as soon as possible so that the news can be included in the next issue.
We know that despite our best efforts, we have undoubtedly missed many arrests that should be included here. If you are aware of additional arrests related to anti-war protest over the last six months, please help us document this part of anti-war history by sending us information about actions not noted elsewhere on these pages. Thank you!
We will correct, amend, and continue this chronology in the
next issue of the Nuclear Resister, and eventually make it available
online.
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11-1-2002
Louisville, KY
6
Mounted police push war opponents away from Bush supporters at
campaign stop. Charged with failure to disperse.
11-4-2002
Atlanta, GA
5
Long denied a meeting with Sen. Zell Miller to discuss war on Iraq, a
day long sit-in at his office ended with arrests for trespass and no
meeting. State trial date pending.
11-4-2002
Dallas, TX
12
Bush speaking at final mid-term campaign rally at Southern Methodist
University; twelve unfurl banner to match their chant: "No War In
Iraq!" Escorted from hall and detained briefly without charge.
11-4-2002
New York City, NY
11
As U.S. lobbies U.N., No Blood For Oil group, including N.Y. Green
Party gubernatorial candidate Stanley Aronowitz and authors Edward
Herman and Anthony Arnove, delivers letter to U.N. condemning both
sanctions and war.
11-4-2002
St. Louis, MO
2
Refused restrictions and isolation of no-protest zone around
President Bush visit. Jury trial June 24.
11-8-2002
New York City, NY
3
Three members of No Blood For Oil at U.S. Mission to U.N., as
Security Council votes on Resolution #1441.
11-12-2002
Bellingham, WA
3
Honoring veterans, nine people leafletted in front of the military
recruiting office with information for new and potential recruits
about the hazards of depleted uranium (DU) ammunition. Polly Knox,
68, Ellen Murphy, 65, and Margie White, 72, were cited for trespass
and released. Knox and White pled guilty for a community service
sentence. A packed courtroom witnessed Murphy's trial in February.
The judge took expert testimony about DU from one of the Pentagon's
own, retired Major Dr. Doug Rokke, but refused to let the jury hear
it. Murphy was convicted and fined $350.
11-18-2002
San Francisco, CA
22
Lockdown at Chevron-Texaco headquarters, where ten were arrested, and
at Sen. Diane Feinstein's office nearby, twelve more arrests. One
held overnight for felony vandalism (buckets of fake blood) but all
charges later dismissed.
11-20-2002
Albany, NY
8
State University students and activists ejected from live audience
broadcast with Sen. Hillary Clinton, after vocal protest of her
pro-war vote. ID taken, no charges filed.
11-20-2002
New York City, NY
2
As 2,000 students walk out and gather at Union Square, near Ground
Zero, police arrest man urging them into the street, and woman for
chalking slogans on pavement.
11-20-2002
San Francisco, CA
8
On the National Student/Youth Day of Action Against the War, students
marched on the Marine Recruiting Center on the City College campus.
11-29-2002
Minneapolis, MN
10
Police escort peace pickets from Mall of America. No charges.
12-2-2002
Vandenberg AFB, CA
2
Vandenberg Action organizer Bud Boothe and attorney Richard Solomon
cited for trespass while gathering evidence for civil suit to reclaim
disputed protest site near base gate (suit dismissed 2/10/03).
Boothe was previously barred, and probation from earlier conviction
was to expire the next day. Federal trial May 16.
12-3-2002
Vandenberg AFB, CA
1
Bud Boothe cited for trespass again, walking along road adjacent to base.
12-5-2002
Englewood, CO
8
Sit-in at Sen. Wayne Allard's office seeking commitment to town
meeting dedicated to conflict with Iraq. Trespass trial in late
July.
12-6-2002
New York City, NY
3
"
Give the gift of PEACE IN IRAQ. No sanctions, no war" 8'x27' banner
raised above 65,000 attending Rockefeller Plaza Christmas tree
lighting ceremony. NYU students' disorderly conduct case dismissed
by judge as free speech issue.
12-6-2002
San Francisco, CA
9
Two disrupt speech of deputy war secretary Paul Wolfowitz with
anti-war banner and chant "Stop the War on Iraq," while seven others
stand silently in anti-war T-shirts. Arrested, ejected, released
without charges hours later.
12-10-2002
Austin, TX
7
12-10-2002
Chicago, IL
19
12-10-2002
Hartford, CT
14
12-10-2002
Nashua, NH
3
12-10-2002
New York City, NY
120
12-10-2002
Sacramento, CA
9
See separate story.
12-10-2002
Washington, DC
6
Blockade at Armed Forces Recruiting Center.
12-20-2002
Duluth, MN
2
See separate story.
12-21-2002
Ithaca, NY
13
After a procession of 300 people dressed in black was escorted out of
a shopping mall because many wore anti-war signs and photos on their
clothing, a small group staged a die-in at the nearby military
recruiting office. As they lay on the floor, faces painted
blood-red, with photos of Iraqi children all around, some took turns
reading Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 anti-war "Christmas Sermon
on Peace."
Those arrested included four women aged 16 and 17. Anna Ritter, 16,
said "Although I risked arrest and was prepared for it, I did not do
the action to get arrested, I did it because I feel that it is my
duty as an able bodied American citizen to say no to the atrocities
that my government is going to commit... I feel that by taking
direct action my voice will be better heard."
They were charged with trespass. All pleaded not guilty. The
adults' charges were later reduced to a violation, and their trial
separated from the juveniles.
12-21-2002
Richmond, VA
7
60 marched without a permit through the upscale Carytown section of
the city. Police moved with force when trash cans were placed in the
street and small fires started there. The judge hearing the trial
for unlawful assembly March 24 was unpersuaded by police witnesses
who could not identify the defendants as protesters, let alone those
directly responsible for any criminal activity. Drawing a
questionable analogy from felony murder statutes, she quickly
convicted the seven, saying if they were there, they were guilty.
Sentence included community service and a tour of the city jail.
12-28-2002
Offutt AFB, NE
2
12-28-2002
White House
16
12-30-2002
Pentagon
14
See separate story for this and the December 28 actions, above.
1-1-2003
Pasadena, CA
4
L.A. Catholic Workers joined the Rose Bowl Parade with large No War
in Iraq signs and were quickly arrested and held until the parade was
over. No charges have been filed.
1-7-2003
Los Angeles, CA
1
Man taking notes of federal building logistics for upcoming protest
is arrested, interrogated, and notebook seized. Charge later
dismissed.
1-8-2003
Owego, NY
8
Citizen weapons inspectors at Lockheed Martin. One acquitted; 7
guilty and fined $100.
1-13-2003
Stamford, CT
2
Jews Against the Occupation (JATO) disrupt Sen. Joseph Lieberman's
presidential bid announcement, chanting "U.S. Funds Israel's War?
Jewish Voters Say No More!"
1-14-2003
Vieques PR
3
See separate story.
1-15-2003
Chicopee, MA
9
Blockade of Westover AFB main gate by people dressed as Iraqis. Jury
trial set for 5/27.
1-15-2003
Milwaukee, WI
8
Milwaukee Inner City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) blockade
of federal building.
1-15-2003
New Boston, NH
4
Blocked entrance to New Boston Air Station, a key military space
communication link. Trespass trial in May.
1-15-2003
Syracuse, NY
16
200 rallied and sixteen arrested blocking federal building.
Disorderly conduct, awaiting trial.
1-16-2003
Los Angeles, CA
16
75 stage funeral procession to downtown federal building plaza. Two
fined for failure to disperse, others ticketed with no fine.
1-16-2003
New York City, NY
18
Grandparents lead 300-strong funeral procession to the armed forces
recruiting station in Times Square. Fr. Daniel Berrigan and
93-year-old Dr. Aaron Moss among arrestees. They and a few others
were sentenced to time served. 12 are back in court May 14.
1-16-2003
Tucson, AZ
6
"
No War on Iraq - Not in our Name, Not with our Money" banner spans
sit-in at doors to federal building. City trespass trial May 30.
1-18-2003
San Francisco, CA
2
Windows broken and streets trashed during unpermitted break-away
march after 300,000 people rally. Community support leads to
dismissal of charges. Held two days in jail.
1-18-2003
Tucson, AZ
5
Police trail Black Bloc in 5,000 person march, nab some who step
outside closed traffic lane and others who try to witness arrests.
Obstruction and refusing orders charges later dismissed.
1-18-2003
Vieques PR
5
See separete Vieques article.
1-19-2003
Washington, DC
16
Police beat back some of 150 who tried to enter Lafayette Park, to
sit-in at the White House. 16 "Friends of Phil Berrigan" arrested
when they managed to get over police barriers. Dozens more tried to
block H St. next to the park, and were forced back by police,
injuring two, including an 83-year-old woman who was hospitalized for
five days following. Trial set for April 22.
1-20-2003
Bangor, WA
5
Banner blockade of west coast port for Trident nuclear submarine
fleet, quoting Dr. King: "Together we must learn to live as brothers
and sisters or together we will be forced to perish as fools." Cited
by Kitsap County sheriffs and released; no local prosecutions in
three years.
1-20-2003
Valley Forge, PA
19
Annual King Day civil resistance action at headquarters of
Lockheed-Martin. Prosecution for trespass unlikely.
1-22-2003
St. Louis, MO
1
Andrew Wimmer stayed put when police pushed 150 pickets out of sight
of President Bush's speaking venue. Woman with "We Love You Bush"
sign was allowed to remain at same place after his arrest. Charges
later dropped.
1-22-2003
Vieques, PR
7
See separate Vieques story.
1-23-2003
Vieques, PR
3
See separate Vieques story.
1-26-2003
Vandenberg AFB, CA
1
Bud Boothe again cited for trespass at base's edge.
1-27-2003
Chicago, IL
22
On a day Hans Blix reported to the U.N. on weapons inspections in
Iraq, 22 built an altar of sand and oil at federal building, then
staged a die-in at its base. Arrested, cited for trespass, and
released up to 12 hours later. Trials in May and July.
1-27-2003
Denver, CO
20
Blockade of offices of Haliburton, VP Cheney's old firm that stands
to profit from rebuilding post-war Iraq. Arrestee Ken Seaman, a WWII
veteran, has seen enough of meaningless wars since then. "I'm trying
to make a statement. I know it's a small statement, but if enough
people say it, maybe it will make a difference." Three juveniles
placed in diversion program, court won't consolidate other trials,
beginning in May.
1-27-2003
Los Angeles, CA
2
Hundreds walk out of at least four L.A. area high schools. Fairfax
HS students block intersection - one arrested and held two hours,
then released to parents. Police deterred Montbello HS students from
leaving campus and a bull-horn toting activist outside was arrested,
held for five hours and faces three misdemeanors.
1-27-2003
New York City, NY
17
Disorderly conduct charges as hundreds say "Let the Inspectors Work"
and "No to Bush's Oil War" in front of United Nations where chief
arms inspector Hans Blix was addressing the U.N. Security Council.
1-28-2003
Buffalo, NY
3
Sit-in arrests at Air Force recruiting office, trespass trial pending.
1-29-2003
Grand Rapids, MI
13
Failure to obey police and inciting to riot when President Bush came
to town. Pretrial pending.
1-29-2003
New York, NY
3
Thousands march in snow from Times Square to U.N. Police break march
into sections and arrest a few.
2-4-2003
Boston, MA
2
Trespass arrests after overnight occupation of Sen. John Kerry's
office, calling on his support for Senate resolution to delay war.
Awaiting trial.
2-6-2003
Raleigh, NC
8
Trespass with anti-war message at fundraiser for Sen. John Edwards'
presidential campaign. Charges dropped on morning of trial.
2-9-2003
St. Louis, MO
1
American-born Muslim Umar ben-Livan (Bret Darren Lee) taken to police
station for FBI questions about his anti-war activity and planned
attacks on the U.S. government. "I just looked at them," Lee told
the St. Louis Post Dispatch. "I didn't think they'd asked me anything
worth responding to." While in custody, his apartment was searched
and his wife questioned there. No charges reported. Other members
of St. Louis's smaller mosques have also been questioned, apparently
as part of a grand jury investigation, and at least two people have
reported being shown a photo of St. Louis human rights and anti-war
activist Bill Ramsey, and told to not associate with him.
2-11-2003
New York City, NY
6
Ten "Citizens Against War" formed a human chain near Varick and
Broome Streets, blocking traffic from entering the Holland Tunnel to
leave New York City.
2-13-2003
Tucson, AZ
8
United Neighbors Weapons Inspectors try to check Raytheon Missile
Systems for possible evidence of manufacturing weapons of mass
destruction, including guided bombs and missiles, such as the
nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missile. Plea agreement for 3 hours
community service.
2-13-2003
Washington, DC
8
On the White House sidewalk, a shrine is assembled to victims of the
2/13/91 Amariyah shelter bombing and 1 million other Iraqi dead from
economic sanctions and U.S. and British bombings.
2-14-2003
Ann Arbor, MI
6
Federal building blockade.
2-14-2003
New York City, NY
1
Diane Wilson chained to U.N. fence during deliberations.
2-15-2003
Colorado Springs, CO
13
Police used tear gas on demonstrators who moved into the street after
3000 rallied in Palmer Park. Two of the arrested were treated for
injuries at the hospital. One person who threw a tear gas canister
back at police was shot with a rubber bullet - an assault denied by
police until they were confronted with the evidence. Police
justified their aggression by claiming to have had intelligence
information that law breakers would hone their craft at the rally.
Disorderly conduct trials pending.
2-15-2003
Colorado Springs, CO
21
Across town at Peterson AFB, headquarters of the Northern Command
(Mission: Homeland Security), 21 people blocked the entrance, and
were arrested without incident. Most were arrested on a private
parking lot, so charges were dismissed. Other trials pending.
2-15-2003
Eugene, OR
5
Several arrests for failure to disperse during splinter march from
rally of 4,000.
2-15-2003
New York City, NY
348
Hundreds of thousands of people filled three broad avenues for 20-30
blocks. The denial of a march permit and poor police planning for
perhaps the largest crowd ever to assemble on Manhattan streets led
to widespread reports of police abuse and mass arrests.
2-15-2003
Phoenix, AZ
6
2,000 marched through downtown on unpermitted meander past police
lines, corporate media offices and a military recruiting station.
Arrests as police keep protesters off streets around downtown plaza.
2-16-2003
San Francisco, CA
50
Breakaway marches following major demonstration take to streets.
Arrests following blockades and minor property damage; 5 felony
charges; one man held several weeks.
2-18-2003
Houston, TX
2
Obstruction charges for "No War In Our Name" banner drop over
highway, later dismissed.
2-18-2003
Seattle, WA
8
Anti-war banner hanging from major bridge.
2-19-2003
Los Angeles, CA
6
Catholic Workers pray the rosary on the steps of the downtown federal building.
2-20-2003
Portland, ME
7
To "disrupt the normal flow of government business as usual in its
headlong rush to war" seven people sat-in at Sen. Olympia Snowe's
office, with a resolution they wanted her to introduce in Congress to
stop the war drive. Trespass charge dismissed at arraignment.
2-21-2003
San Francisco, CA
9
Lockdown and rechristening of "Peace Recruiting Station" led to
arrests for felony conspiracy and trespass. One juvenile released,
others held overnight. Charges later dismissed.
2-21-2003
Tucson, AZ
5
140 people dressed in black, bearing coffins draped in American and
Iraqi flags, silently processed through downtown Tucson during lunch
hour. Some carried blank, black signs, following this banner:
"
Funeral Procession of Unspeakable Grief for All Victims of War." At
Sen. John McCain's office, the flags were formally folded and given
to his staff. Mass die-in and some trespass arrests. Trial pending.
2-23-2003
Minneapolis, MN
2
Women leafletting against war in Quarry Mall parking lot arrested for trespass.
2-24-2003
Norfolk, VA
3
Naval Station gate blockade, ban and bar letters issued.
2-27-2003
Somerville, MA
10
Peace march prevented from reaching Tufts University and George Bush
Sr.'s speech. Seven charges dismissed, one juvenile deferred, two
have April 15 hearing.
2-27-2003
Tufts Univ., MA
6
Bush Sr. hecklers removed from auditorium.
3-1-2003
Towson, MD
8
Believing "the mall is the town square with a roof over it," anti-war
protesters leafletted but were banned from the Towsontown Mall and
charged with trespass, disorderly conduct, and failure to obey.
Shackled and held 14 hours without food or phone call. "Banned for
life" by mall. Trial on June 10.
3-3-2003
Albany, NY
1
Man arrested for refusing to leave Crossgates Mall after donning
T-shirt he bought there that read "Peace on Earth" and "Give
Peace a
Chance." Charge later dismissed at mall management's request. In
December, 20 people were forced out of the same mall after wearing
t-shirts that read "Peace on Earth" while completing their holiday
shopping.
3-3-2003
Olympia, WA
4
"
By destroying my car, I disarm myself," said Jess Sanders, one of
four arrested for pedestrian interference after stopping their cars
on the Fourth Avenue bridge and then smashing them to protest war on
Iraq. "All of us drivers are not so secret supporters of oil
executives deciding the fate of millions of innocents in countries
they have never visited, taking the lives of people they have never
met."
3-3-2003
Roanoke, VA
3
After a cordial meeting with Congressman Bob Goodlatte in his office,
three people illustrated his and their own complicity with war by
pouring fake blood on their hands and remaining in his office
indefinitely for silent worship and prayer. They were arrested a few
hours later. Charges dismissed at trial.
3-4-2003
Phoenix, AZ
1
See separate article.
3-5-2003
Albany, NY
1
400 Albany High School students walk out, march for an hour, one
arrested for being in street.
3-5-2003
Ashland, OR
3
Police rein in Books not Bombs march and rally of 500 college and
high school students.
3-5-2003
Chicago, IL
3
On Ash Wednesday, Voices in the Wilderness members confront Boeing
Headquarters, with the consequences of their business of weapons and
war: ashes and photos of children killed by a Boeing AGM-130 in Iraq
in 1999.
3-5-2003
Los Angeles, CA
18
Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace and Los Angeles
Catholic Workers blocked downtown intersection. See separate story
page 8 for plea agreement details.
3-5-2003
Oakland, CA
2
At least two journalists arrested covering student anti-war walkout
and rally in black/latino neighborhood, and aggressive police
response.
3-5-2003
Rochester, NY
13
U.S. currency burned and ashes used to mark faces of people
(including local Christian leaders) blocking federal building
entrance.
3-5-2003
San Francisco, CA
20
High school students arrested at sit-in at Market and Fell Sts.
3-5-2003
Santa Rosa, CA
12
Two hundred Santa Rosa high school students joined national student
strike, and marched with adult supporters to the military recruiting
office. People aged 14-60 cited for trespass and released.
3-5-2003
Tucson, AZ
5
Books not Bombs protest of proposed tuition hikes and military
spending. Four lock-down in Univ. of AZ administration building,
charged with trespass and interfering with an educational
institution. Police also charged a newspaper photographer with
trespass. Charges later dismissed or referred to student diversion
program.
3-6-2003
Bangor, WA
2
Two members of anti-Trident Ground Zero Community for Nonviolent
Action issued ban and bar letters for leafletting at traditional
location, in violation of new regulations.
3-6-2003
Spokane, WA
10
"
Support our Troops" and "Oppose the War" banners block gate
to
Fairchild AFB, a major refueling base.
3-7-2003
Ann Arbor, MI
5
Federal building blockade.
3-8-2003
Phoenix, AZ
6
Mounted police push marchers back into park, arresting five
(including two juveniles) in the street and one man plucked from a
circle of friends seated in the park. Some held overnight. Multiple
charges, some later dismissed.
3-8-2003
Washington, DC
26
Code Pink women, including Alice Walker, Amy Goodman, and other noted
writers and activists, refused to leave restricted area at Lafayette
Park, in front of White House. In court May 15.
3-10-2003
Grand Rapids, MI
6
Attempted arrest of Rep. Vern Ehlers for int'l law violations.
Trespass pretrial in June.
3-10-2003
New York City, NY
1
Queens mom Amy Hamilton-Thibbert hopped around her local K-mart in a
bunny suit for an hour before being paw-cuffed, her "Someone's in my
Easter Basket... And it's G.I. Joe!" sign calling attention to
war-themed Easter baskets featured in the retail chain.
3-10-2003
Portland, OR
7
Federal building blockade.
3-11-2003
El Segundo, CA
12
Street theater depicting theft of social services to fund war
illustrates reason for blockade of Raytheon Space and Airborne
Systems war factory.
3-11-2003
Grass Valley, CA
1
K-mart customer, outraged by militaristic Easter baskets, refused to
stop pointing out the war toys to customers.
3-11-2003
Lubbock, TX
1
Retired research biologist and Lubbock native Elsa Sabath followed in
the footsteps of her colonial American ancestors, who likely "joined
the nonviolent civil disobedience actions that preceded 1776."
Sabath refused to leave the local federal building at closing time,
and was cited for trespass. She awaits trial.
3-12-2003
Los Angeles, CA
7
L.A. Catholic Workers exorcise demons from outside downtown federal
building; arrested attempting to enter and complete the ritual
inside. Jeff Dietrich refused release conditions, faces three
charges.
3-12-2003
Santa Fe, NM
4
High school sit-in gets rowdy; two minors released to parents, two
18-year-olds charged with disorderly conduct, unlawful assembly.
3-13-2003
Chicago, IL
11
Activists shackle themselves together and blockade lobby escalators
at Boeing's headquarters to protest war profiteering.
3-13-2003
Seattle, WA
10
Sound Nonviolent Opponents of War charged with failure to obey at
federal building, await federal arraignment.
3-13-2003
Washington, DC
4
Students and relative of 9/11 victim carry large photos of Iraqi
children to Capitol, refused entry.
3-14-2003
Albuquerque NM
4
Four students who refused to return to class were arrested among 45
who walked out of Rio Grande High School to protest suspension of two
teachers who refused to remove anti-war posters from their classrooms.
3-14-2003
Boston, MA
1
Only organizer Cathy Hoffman was arrested after police outwait
lunchtime blockade of federal building.
3-14-2003
Sacramento, CA
22
Federal building blockade. No court dates.
3-14-2003
San Francisco, CA
80
Direct Action to Stop the War launches continuous resistance with
shut-down of Pacific Stock Exchange. Warren Langley, former
president of the Pacific Stock Exchange, among those arrested.
3-14-2003
Vandenberg AFB, CA
1
Dennis Apel of the Guadalupe Catholic Worker House poured blood on
main gate sign. Jailed until sentencing April 18. Pleaded guilty to
trespass and vandalism, fined $50 plus two months in prison, released
pending order to self-surrender.
A probation report, which suggested a six-month jail term, noted
Apel's "conduct is severely aggravated by current affairs and cannot
be tolerated by a civil society." When Apel announced his refusal to
pay, the prosecutor reminded him of a new federal law providing for a
doubled fine or one year in jail for "willful failure to pay a fine."
3-15-2003
Aurora, CO
20
Blockade at Buckley AFB.
3-15-2003
Buffalo, NY
2
Police arrest at least two as rally concludes and people begin departing.
3-15-2003
Lexington, KY
3
Local Pledge of Resistance group was out-waited by police as they
blocked Bluegrass Army Depot truck entrance in January and February.
For March vigil, three women brought a tent and roster of support for
several days of blockade vigil. After an opening rally, strangers
dropped off food and drink, and a heavy metal band brought music.
Police arrested the women the first evening. Trial is May 12.
3-15-2003
Phoenix, AZ
6
At the end of downtown march, police, some on horses, push marchers
onto sidewalks, and pull one young man from group. Four adults and
two juveniles arrested. One man held overnight, and released with
time served.
3-15-2003
San Francisco, CA
175
2,000 people break away from main march, faced aggressive policing as
they took to downtown streets.
3-15-2003
Tucson, AZ
3
Arrests near end of unpermitted march. Held overnight on misc. charges.
3-17-2003
Albany, NY
8
Sit-in at federal building.
3-17-2003
Houston, TX
2
Activists attempted to deliver letter to local British Consul,
requesting he make public his position on invading Iraq.
3-17-2003
Ithaca, NY
4
Following on the December 21 recruiting office die-in, three who
await trial plus another woman entered the same office to pour human
blood upon the walls, door and bay window, on the flag, on the
stand-up cut-outs of smiling military recruits, and over a body bag
representing the American soldiers who might die in Iraq. The
Catholic peace activists' statement began with quotes from St.
Patrick - "Killing cannot be with Christ" - and Fr. Daniel Berrigan
- "Our apologies, dear friends, for the fracture of good order." It
continued, "We mark this recruiting office with our own blood to
remind ourselves and others of the cost in human life of our
government's war making. Killing is wrong. Preparations for killing
are wrong. The work done by the Pentagon with the connivance of this
military recruiting station ends with the shedding of blood, and God
tells us to turn away from it. Blood is the symbol of life. All life
is holy. All people are created in the image and likeness of God. All
people are family, and everyone is loved by God. Dr. Martin Luther
King reminds us that '...we are called to speak for the weak, for the
voiceless, for the victims of our nation, for those it calls "enemy,"
for no document from human hands can make these humans any less our
brothers (and sisters).'"
Peter DeMott, Daniel Burns, Teresa and Clare Grady were jailed until
their arraignment March 20. They pleaded not guilty to trespass and
criminal mischief, and now await trial.
3-17-2003
New York City, NY
44
At the U.S. Mission to the U.N., Nobel Peace
Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire and others arrested following a
"
St. Patrick's Day - No More War on Iraq" prayer service.
Arraignments begin late April.
3-17-2003
Salt Lake City, UT
10
Sit-in at Rep. Jim Matheson's office, demanding he refuse to vote for
funding and sponsor repeal of the authorization of the use of force
Congress granted last fall. Police made first use of plastic
flexcuffs ordered for the Olympics. All cited for trespass and
released.
3-17-2003
San Francisco, CA
40
40 arrested, perhaps more.
3-17-2003
Springfield, MA
7
People cited and released after anti-war sit-in at Congressman
Richard Neal's office.
3-17-2003
Toledo, OH
26
Federal building action.
3-17-2003
Traverse City, MI
8
Army reserve unit blockaded as it leaves local base. Disorderly
conduct trial pending.
3-17-2003
Washington, DC
55
9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows and others march on Capitol to
demand congressional action against impending war. 19 refused to
pay; in court May 6.
3-18-2003
Detroit, MI
27
After funeral procession, attempt to deliver indictment of President
Bush to presiding federal judge is denied, promoting die-in blocking
entrance of federal courthouse.
3-18-2003
Los Angeles, CA
38
March from Westwood federal building takes to the street. Police
push back with clubs and motorcycles, prompting mass sit-in.
3-18-2003
San Diego, CA
1
Die-in at NBC to protest pro-war bias of reporting.
3-18-2003
Washington, DC
5
Women scale Columbus statue to draw attention to history of
oppression and exploitation. $50 forfeiture.
3-19-2003
Athens, OH
39
1,000 people rally, main intersection blocked by sit-in of students,
farmers, veterans, professors and a minister, ages 20-70. Fined for
" recklessly causing inconvenience...which serves no reasonable
purpose..."
3-19-2003
Boston, MA
77
36 arrested at Stock Exchange blockade, and 41 more at the federal
building blockade.
3-19-2003
Chicago, IL
3
Chalking anti-war graffiti on walls of Leo Burnett ad agency
building. Agency developed Army's recruiting campaign.
3-19-2003
Los Angeles, CA
40
Police corral march near Westwood federal building, prompting sit-in
in street. Ten secondary school students arrested.
3-19-2003
Los Angeles, CA
2
Lenten action at downtown federal building.
3-19-2003
Madison, WI
23
Blocking the road in front of Air National Guard Base at Truax Field.
3-19-2003
Nashville, TN
1
Karl Meyer, fasting on liquids in solidarity with Voices in the
Wilderness activists fasting in Baghdad, sits in at Sen. Majority
Leader Bill Frist's office. Cited and released.
3-19-2003
New Haven, CT
16
Federal building blockade leads to disorderly conduct charges. Court
date May 13.
3-19-2003
Olympia, WA
11
Police use pepper spray on demonstrators.
3-19-2003
Portland, ME
20
Sit-in at Sen. Olympia Snowe's office; two refuse bail, released two
days later.
3-19-2003
San Diego, CA
6
Arrests on several occasions as police try to rein in march. One man
charged with assaulting an officer held two days on high bond, then
released when charge is dismissed. Others await arraignment.
3-19-2003
San Francisco, CA
2
3-19-2003
San Jose, CA
2
3-19-2003
Seattle, WA
11
Trespass charges for refusing to quit protest at downtown mall at closing.
3-19-2003
Washington, DC
3
Two people recently returned from Iraq carried to the White House a
large photo of an Iraqi family. Held overnight after crossing the
police barricade. Dave Berrian paid a fine and Ellen Barfield awaits
trial. Wellington Lyons arrested hanging banner in Peace [Lafayette]
Park tree.
3-19-2003
Washington, DC
26
Noon prayer service at White House; 25 scale barricades. Afternoon
march from DuPont Circle to Donald Rumsfeld's house. Juvenile
knocked by motorcycle, then assaulted and arrested by police.
3-20-2003
Albany, NY
21
After police decline to make arrests at downtown intersection
blockade, resisters move to block the Pearl St. exit from I-787.
3-20-2003
Albuquerque, NM
17
Tear gas disperses hundreds who marched up and down Central Ave.,
police rush in to arrest others.
3-20-2003
Ann Arbor, MI
19
Federal building blockade. Initial hearing May 5 for all Ann Arbor
federal building actions.
3-20-2003
Asheville, NC
26
Hundreds block traffic.
3-20-2003
Atlanta, GA
5
Misc. arrests at demonstrations on several dates in March.
3-20-2003
Austin, TX
47
Police pepperspray marchers on the sidewalk, then chase them down with batons.
3-20-2003
Bangor, ME
15
12 arrested at federal building lobby sit-in, demanding Sen. Susan
Collins reply to their concerns about the war. Three others lock
down in Sen. Olympia Snowe's office nearby.
3-20-2003
Berkeley, CA
120
Sit-in at University of California administration building.
3-20-2003
Binghamton, NY
12
Federal building blockade.
3-20-2003
Boston, MA
3
10,000 demonstrate, temporarily shut down Massachusetts Ave. bridge.
3-20-2003
Chicago, IL
900
Thousands marched through downtown and north, taking over Lake Shore
Drive. Hours later, police corral 2,000 returning downtown. Some
sit in the street because they cannot leave, and police move in for
hundreds of arrests. Also snared in the police trap: a mother and
daughter out shopping, two thirteen-year-olds, an 80-year-old Korean
War vet leaving a nearby hospital, a jogger and at least two
attorneys. Those eventually allowed to leave are warned not to
congregate elsewhere. Others arrested in smaller groups throughout
the day. Most held overnight.
3-20-2003
Chico, CA
22
Major intersection blockade; failure to disperse.
3-20-2003
Flagstaff, AZ
21
Lock-down blockade of U.S. Route 66 downtown. 19 plea to $73 fine or
community service.
3-20-2003
Greensboro, NC
2
Main street shut down, police mace and club crowd. Women charged for
" blocking traffic."
3-20-2003
Greenville, SC
3
Ground meat delivered to federal building offices of Rep. Jim Dement
and Sen. Ernest Hollings, to represent shredding of Constitution and
Iraqi people in the current war fever. Die-in at main intersection;
traffic citations paid by local elected officials.
3-20-2003
Indianapolis, IN
14
Arrests at offices of Senators Lugar and Bayh, and on the street.
3-20-2003
Lewiston, ME
15
3-20-2003
Los Angeles, CA
12
Intersection at Westwood federal building closed as 1,000 gather to
protest war.
3-20-2003
Medford, OR
2
Trespass arrests for banner-hanging at Rep. Greg Walden's office.
3-20-2003
Milwaukee, WI
9
federal building blockade
3-20-2003
Natick, MA
18
Sherborn's Peace Abbey leads march from Natick Commons to U.S. Army
Soldier Systems Center.
People hold short pieces of chain between them to block road. Bench
trial for trespassing May 20.
3-20-2003
Nevada City, CA
40
600 march, scores block downtown intersection for four hours. Police
take pre-arrest head-count to assure food enough for arrestees, who
are charged with blocking a roadway, public nuisance and unlawful
assembly, and later released.
3-20-2003
New Orleans, LA
22
3-20-2003
New York City, NY
36
In a downpour, police charge people lying in protest in Times Square
with disorderly conduct.
3-20-2003
Olympia, WA
8
Blockade of 4th Ave. Bridge.
3-20-2003
Pasadena, CA
3
As community college students walk out to protest war, three leaders
peppersprayed and arrested. Two latinos charged for public
disturbance, anglo released without charge.
3-20-2003
Philadelphia, PA
104
Blockade of federal building and Broad St.; federal citation and $250 fine.
3-20-2003
Pittsburgh, PA
122
2,000 join unpermitted march, block city streets. Obstruction,
refusing to disperse, and disorderly conduct charges. Some jailed
overnight.
3-20-2003
Portland, OR
135
Roving march of thousands closed access to two interstates and shut
down bridges and intersections. 135 arrested at foot of Burside
Bridge late Thursday. Disorderly conduct and criminal mischief
charges.
3-20-2003
San Francisco, CA
1300
Protests began Wednesday evening, and continued 24/7 for several
days, with arrests occurring across the city throughout the days.
Bay Bridge and about 40 intersections impassable during morning rush
hour. Most arrested were cited and released within 24 hours, but a
few were held longer, some on felony charges that went unfiled. "We
went from what I would call legal protests to absolute anarchy,"
Assistant Police Chief Alex Fagan Sr. told the AP. At least 800
jailed overnight.
3-20-2003
Santa Barbara, CA
3
Attempted highway blockade.
3-20-2003
Santa Rosa, CA
50
Blocking traffic.
3-20-2003
Tucson, AZ
8
300 rally at federal building; police close nearby streets to all
traffic. Six arrested for die-in on empty street; one photographer
arrested for stepping onto empty street. Later, 7 off-duty marines
marched into group of 100 w/ bullhorn, harassing, bullying, etc.
Marine w/ bullhorn fell into fountain, falsely accused Keith McHenry
of pushing him. Police cited McHenry for simple assault and criminal
damage.
3-20-2003
Washington, DC
3
Code Pink women and friends visit Sen. Tom Daeschle's office and roam
the halls of Hart Senate office building trying to find their way out
as ordered. At the door, a final sit-in and arrests.
3-20-2003
Washington, DC
4
Key Bridge shut down by bicyclists and marchers during morning rush hour.
3-20-2003
Wichita, KS
2
With permission to pray in Rep. Todd Tiahret's office, a Pledge of
Resistance group prayed for deliverance of the U.S. government from
the spirit of militarism and false patriotism. Two remained to pray
and were arrested at closing time.
3-20-2003
Wilmington, DE
4
In "beastly weather" 100 people gathered at the federal building
and
four, ages 60 to 86, knelt at the entrance. After a warning, they
were arrested and paid a $50 fine.
3-21-2003
Allentown, PA
11
Sit-in at office of Rep. Toomey. Trespass trial pending.
3-21-2003
Asheville, NC
5
3-21-2003
Baltimore, MD
40
Activists tried to deliver a letter to Chief Judge Frederick Motz at
the federal building. Four charges each are later dropped.
3-21-2003
Belfast, ME
3
During 2nd day of local protest, downtown street blockaded with banner.
3-21-2003
Capitola, CA
13
A sit-in in the courtyard shared by the four armed forces recruiting
offices ended in 13 arrests. All were cited for trespass and
released.
3-21-2003
Chicago, IL
7
Christian Peacemaker Team members carry four coffins from water
pumping station to federal building, in solidarity with the CPTers
currently staying at Al Wathba water treatment facility in Baghdad.
3-21-2003
Concord, CA
2
3-21-2003
Duluth, MN
10
Federal building shut down for 2-1/2 hours. Arraignment June 4.
3-21-2003
E. Lansing, MI
14
Blockade of Grand River Street near Michigan State University. Nine
accept $731 fine and eventual dismissal; three others may accept
trial. One juvenile charge deferred.
3-21-2003
Helena, MT
9
Blockade of Montana State Capitol Building.
3-21-2003
Los Angeles, CA
27
Members of Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace
(ICUJP) kneel and pray in street in front of downtown federal
building.
3-21-2003
Nashville, TN
3
60 people go to Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist's office. Half are
denied entry. Karl Meyer, Jason Bell, and Andy Smith cited and
released. Bell and Smith face trial for trespass trial June 30.
3-21-2003
Olympia, WA
1
Police provoke march of 1,000, use pepper spray to restrain crowd.
3-21-2003
Prescott, AZ
7
Blockade of downtown intersection until police drag them off and
'cuff them for obstructing a highway. Six await trial May 13, one
pled to 2 days community service.
3-21-2003
Sacramento, CA
37
Federal building blockade. No court dates.
3-21-2003
San Francisco, CA
500
Street protests continue.
3-21-2003
Washington, DC
26
High school students walk out and converge at Peace [Lafayette] Park,
joining Pledge of Resistance and others demonstrating there. $200
forfeiture. Arrests also at morning bridge action.
3-22-2003
Chicopee, MA
55
Blockade of gates at Westover Air Reserve Base, resulting in charges
of disturbing the peace and blocking an intersection. Most cited and
released, some refused cooperation until arraignment Monday, then
released.
3-22-2003
Grand Rapids, MI
2
Received a failure to obey charge while crossing street during
anti-war leafletting at local arena.
3-22-2003
Ithaca, NY
35
Police protect streets from funeral procession of hundreds, arresting
33. At conclusion, two Catholic men lock themselves in church bell
tower, hung banners "Stop the war and killing" and "love your
enemies", then rang bells every 30 seconds for all victims of the
war. Riot police respond, use gas, and men agree to leave because
police presence prevents confession and mass.
3-22-2003
Johnston, IA
16
50 rally at Iowa National Guard headquarters, some seek to enter and
distribute the Refuse to Fight appeal to soldiers. One jailed
overnight had trespass charge dismissed, others seek jury trial.
3-22-2003
Los Angeles, CA
78
20,000 flood Hollywood streets; 40 arrested at Hollywood & Vine
blockade, 38 more as police crack down.
3-22-2003
New York City, NY
91
250,000 take 40 blocks of Broadway on first Saturday after the
invasion. Police action in Washington Square Park at end of march
brings arrests.
3-22-2003
Portland, OR
2
During march, police push stragglers from intersections, pepperspray
some and arrest two.
3-22-2003
San Francisco, CA
40
75,000 marching, breakaway marches late into night. NOTE: Some
reports indicate total number arrested in San Francisco through the
weekend to be as high as 2,600 arrests, much higher than the numbers
we could verify for this list.
3-22-2003
Seattle, WA
14
3-22-2003
Tucson, AZ
1
Food Not bombs co-founder Keith McHenry arrested while tabling w/o
permit against war at major arts & crafts fair. Held overnight.
3-22-2003
Vandenberg AFB, CA
3
Sister Mary Pat White and Sheila Baker of San Luis Obispo, along with
Sanderson Beck of Ojai, arrested at gate. Cited for trespass and
released; court dates pending.
3-23-2003
St. Charles, MO
14
350 midwest resisters marched on Boeing's major bomb factory near St.
Louis, where 100 counter-demonstrators met them at the locked gate.
The shift had been sent home and the highway had been closed half a
mile away, so after a two hour die-in, most people departed.
Remaining affinity group was arrested, cited for trespass and
released.
3-24-2003
Austin, TX
50
The "Unholy Trinity Tour" marches from federal building first to
Fox
News station, where 7 are arrested blocking the news vans' garage.
Marching on to major war contractor Dyncorp, about 30 are arrested at
a die-in while police pick a few more organizers from the crowd and
arrest them as well. One woman hospitalized after police beating.
3-24-2003
Nashville, TN
1
Karl Meyer's third visit to Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist's office.
Arrested and signature bond revoked. Jailed until trial March 28, he
served seven more days to complete sentence for all three arrests.
3-24-2003
St. Paul, MN
28
Arrests at the office of pro-invasion Sen. Norm Coleman.
3-24-2003
Vandenberg AFB, CA
1
Sanderson Beck returns to enter base; cited again and released
pending arraignment 3/26 in L.A.
Although none were arrested during the previous five days of
organized resistance, about half a dozen backcountry affinity groups
challenged and crossed base security perimeters, confirming these
security breaches inside VAFB with banners and signs. One team spent
some 32 hours backcountry, 24 hours of it behind StratCom lines -
leaving a "No Empire" banner in the flood-lit military aerospace
industry zone near the center of the 98,000 acre base.
3-25-2003
Minneapolis, MN
67
Federal building lobby occupied while all entrances blocked by
graphic die-ins and banners, and a vow to stay until the war was
over. Police made no such vow. Trespass charges.
3-25-2003
Olympia, WA
6
Police rein in day of marches and rally.
3-25-2003
The Dalles, OR
2
Seven block military recruiting office 3/24, which shuts down for
day, with no arrests. Two return next day and are arrested after
another day of blocking entrance. One man held overnight. Awaiting
court date.
3-26-2003
Los Angeles, CA
3
Sanderson Beck joins two others in Lenten protest at federal
building, is cited and released. Goes to arraignment at federal court
on two Vandenberg trespass charges. Refused to sign release
agreement in solidarity with jailed anti-war protesters in San
Francisco, and remains jailed until April 24 arraignment on three
consolidated trespass charges. Pleads not guilty, ordered released
pending trial May 1.
3-26-2003
Madison, WI
18
Veterans for Peace block the road in front of Air National Guard Base
at Truax Field.
3-26-2003
Olympia, WA
10
Federal building lock-down; disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.
3-26-2003
Washington, DC
68
This War is a Crime Against Peace! was the message as leaders from
religious, human rights and peace organizations gathered to pray for
peace in the no-protest zone in front of the White House. Nobel
Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Detroit Catholic
Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, School of the Americas Watch founder Fr.
Roy Bourgeois, MM, Fellowship of Reconciliation Director Pat Clark,
Pax Christi USA National Coordinator Dave Robinson were among those
arrested. Charges later dismissed.
3-27-2003
Madison, WI
2
Police pepperspray demonstrators at UW campus recruiting center, make
one arrest, then another of a witness to the first arrest. In court
April 24 on resisting/obstructing arrest charges.
3-27-2003
New York City, NY
214
Fifth Ave. die-in at Carlyle Group to expose corporate profit from
war on Iraq. Without warning, police dressed for riot also surround
and arrest over 100 people participating in legal sidewalk support
protest.
3-27-2003
Portland, OR
2
Military recruiting center chained shut, one arrest. Unitarian
minister arrested at march later in day.
3-28-2003
Asheville, NC
8
Women in Black step over barricade blocking view of their vigil from
traffic. No charge filed.
3-28-2003
Charlottesville, VA
7
Rubble of war and some humans block entrance to Northrup Grumman plant.
3-28-2003
Portland, OR
15
Anti-war themed Critical Mass bike ride trailed by police, some peppersprayed.
3-28-2003
San Francisco, CA
83
Interfaith religious service at the federal building, charges later dropped.
3-28-2003
Syracuse, NY
4
Indictments against illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq delivered to office
of Senators Schumer and Clinton. Indictment was read to Rep. James
Walsh, and four arrested when they refused to leave. Trial pending.
3-28-2003
Tucson, AZ
4
Four lock-down in intersection during morning rush hour downtown.
Cited for obstruction and failure to obey.
3-28-2003
Washington, DC
3
" $75 Billion Wasted For Killing People/Instead of Education, Health
Care and Housing. Are You Safe Yet?" huge banner suspended across
Arlington Memorial Bridge during morning commute.
3-28-2003
Washington, DC
13
Morning blockade of 14th & Pennsylvania Sts., accompanied by "Cirque
de Deceit, The Greatest Sham on Earth." The street was filled with
clowns, jugglers, roller skaters, and a few people with hula hoops.
3-29-2003
Northampton, MA
23
Downtown traffic blocked. Those arrested given citations for
disturbing the peace, then released.
3-29-2003
Portland, OR
3
Anti-war pickets ("Consume Consume, Bomb, Bomb, Consume Consume")
at
Pioneer Courthouse Square ignored, then arrested when they refuse to
show ID while otherwise cooperating.
3-29-2003
Seattle, WA
22
3-30-2003
Madison, WI
12
Mayoral candidate and others block the road in front of Air National
Guard Base at Truax Field.
4-1-2003
Madison, WI
20
Blocking the sidewalk in front of Sen. Herb Kohl's office featuring
local clergy and religious leaders.
4-1-2003
Saratoga Springs, NY
1
Michael Bedoian charged with felony assault, resisting arrest and
trespass when police forcibly prevent him from leafletting traffic
entering a Naval housing area. Out on $2,500 bail, next hearing
April 29.
4-2-2003
Austin, TX
3
As the Texas Legislature considered (and later passed) a resolution
of support for Bush, the war, and homeland security, two tried to
hang banner from gallery and another shouted out for peace.
4-2-2003
Edina, MN
28
Following rally at Alliant Tech, citizen inspectors attempt to
examine its production records for depleted uranium munitions.
Arrested include sister of Gulf War Marine vet who died of leukemia
after post-war clean-up job.
"They choose to make
weapons that continue to kill long after battles
are over," said Tom Bottolene, a rally organizer. "Alliant Tech knows
the effects of depleted uranium. And yet they choose to make money
off the suffering of those that it affects. It's total disregard. Who
profits and who dies?"
4-2-2003
Los Angeles, CA
11
Women of Conscience and the Global Women's Strike carried a
clothesline full of children's bloodstained clothes out into Los
Angeles St. in front of federal building.
4-3-2003
Austin, TX
8
Banner hang across avenue from two tripods. Police arrest ground
support, then pull first tripod down, dropping young woman 8' onto
the pavement, seriously injuring her. Other tripod sitter comes down
on her own, and both are arrested.
4-4-2003
San Francisco, CA
19
Interfaith service at the federal building.
4-5-2003
Fayetteville, AR
1
Univ. of Arkansas students prohibited from entering Northwest
Arkansas Mall because of "offensive" anti-war slogans on their
T-shirts. "We were trying to be good consumers," protested Daniel
Vaught after his arrest. "...We were stopped at the door. We didn't
even get inside!"
4-7-2003
Concord, CA
13
Blockade of Concord Naval Weapons Station.
4-7-2003
New York City, NY
100
Police arrest about 20 blocking entrance to corporate war profiteer
The Carlyle Group, then surround supporters across the street for
more arrests.
4-7-2003
Oakland, CA
31
Over two hour period, police use rubber bullets against demonstrators
protesting major military shipping contractor at Port of Oakland.
4-7-2003
Sacramento, CA
9
Federal building blockade. No court dates.
4-7-2003
San Diego, CA
5
"
San Diegans Opposed to Bush's 1st Illegal War" die-in at federal
building entrance. Charged with creating a disturbance and failing to
comply with federal authorities.
4-7-2003
San Francisco, CA
19
Blockades of federal building and Sen. Feinstein's office.
4-7-2003
San Francisco, CA
9
City College and SF State students drop "No War" banner over I-280
and block northbound with lock-boxes. Legal observer among those
arrested.
4-8-2003
Madison, WI
5
SPIT (Stop Propaganda, Insist on Truth) attempts inspection of local
NBC station for "weapons of mass deception." Citations for remaining
in lobby.
4-9-2003
Nashville, TN
1
Karl Meyer returned to Sen. Frist's office and was arrested outside.
Served another seven days before release on Tax Day, April 15, and
conclusion of the fast he started before the invasion began.
4-12-2003
Washington, DC
3
As 30,000 people marched between two permitted rallies, police
forcefully intervened at three locations simultaneously to divide the
march into parts. Complaint filed and one officer assigned to desk
duty after TV video shows his unprovoked baton assault on
demonstrator Marc Frucht.
4-14-2003
Englewood, CO
6
Sit-in at Sen. Wayne Allard's, refused to leave. Arraignment May 14.
4-14-2003
Lexington, MA
3
Activists working with the Massachusetts Anti-Corporate Clearinghouse
(MACC) charged with criminal trespass at Raytheon's Lexington, MA
headquarters while attempting a citizens' arrest of C.E.O. Daniel
Burnham for conspiring to provide the U.S. government with the tools
to commit war crimes and crimes against peace.
4-14-2003
Richmond, CA
40
Beginning before dawn, affinity groups blockaded Chevron-Texaco headquarters.
4-15-2003
Madison, WI
8
Blockade of UW campus ROTC.
4-15-2003
Milwaukee, WI
3
Activists dressed as a victim of war, a boy scout and a student to
represent different groups that are affected by the war and war
spending picketed outside the federal building and tax office before
entering to perform a skit about military spending and speak about
tax resistance. Building closed down and arrests made.
