The cop didn't have a choice, I don't think. You break the law and someone files a complaint, there isn't a lot of discretion, I believe. The people who gave the cops their instructions, though, they had some choices. I mean, this had to involve the White House security team at some level.
Dana On 9/27/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sounds like you've gone through the coverage pretty thoroughly. So let's > > say > > you are right. Cindy Sheehan is outside the White House sitting on the > > sidewalk. This violates her permit. You arrest her and provide her with > > the > > opportunity to look like a martyr. Or you do nothing and the story goes > > away. Which is smarter? > > I am assuming here that she wasn't actually climbing the fence or doing > > anything else that could be construed as a threat. As it is, she gets > even > > *more* coverage when this thing goes to trial. Unless the feds get smart > > and > > refuse to prosecute. > > > > If i'm the cop on duty, i arrest her. > > It doesn't matter what's "smarter" politically. If you break a law, and a > cop sees you, you should get arrested. Period. If it was your intention to > get arrested, hey...that's the definition of civil disobedience. Now you > have to hope and pray that people out there start feeling sorry for you > and > your cause, start to think your arrest was wrong...yada yada yada...... > > Instead of getting arrested opposing what she saw as an unjust law > (something MLK did), she pulled a stunt to get arrested by a very sensible > law, in the hopes that people would see the government who arrested her as > unjust. It's a stupid stunt because the two are completely > unrelated.....but > alas, it's working. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175215 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
