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On the 17th of October, Code Pink showed up in front of the White House to protest the brutal US and Saudi bombing of Yemen and US weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. With an Italian indignitary due to arrive, Secret Service almost immediately closed the street. Code Pink set up on the sidewalk, as as they began speaking a pro-war right-winger began yelling "bla bla bla." Secret Service then close Lafayette Park until the motorcade had arrived.

Video showing the timeline of closures and right-wing harassment of Code Pink's protest against the US fighting for Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

In a chilling development, prosecutors have filed major felony charges whose maxiumums total 45 years in prison against journalist Deia Schlosberg for filming the direct action that shut down all five pipelines bringing tars sands "oil" into the US on October 11. This is an extreme provocation by prosecutors, who seem to be begging the global movement against extreme extraction to escalate even further.

http://www.ecowatch.com/josh-fox-deia-schlosberg-arrest-2044387167.html