:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 9.20.2005 ::
:: "NY police cut short speech by Sheehan" ::
From Independent Online
New York - Police cut short a speech by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, arresting a rally organiser accused of failing to obtain audio permits for the event, according to published reports.
Sheehan, the grieving mother whose 26-day vigil near President George Bush's Texas ranch sparked anti-war protests around the country, had nearly finished her speech on Monday when police intervened, The New York Times reported.
She was ushered away from the Union Square rally by supporters as onlookers yelled at police and chanted "let her speak".
The organiser, Paul Zulkowitz, was released after being given a court summons for charges of unauthorised use of a sound device and disorderly conduct, Detective Kevin Czartoryski told the Times, calling the arrest an "appropriate action".
But many onlookers were upset, with some saying the incident recalled the arrests of more than 1 800 protesters last year during the Republican National Convention.
"This is what's been happening for the last couple of years," said the co-chairperson of the Green Party's Manhattan chapter, Daniel Starling, who attended the rally.
"Every time we try to hold a demonstration, they arrest us."
Sheehan, whose son died in the Iraq war, is calling for the immediate return of troops from the region in a 25-state tour that is to culminate in an anti-war march in Washington on September 24. -Sapa-AP
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