Anti-War/Peace

Secret Service, right-winger interfere as Code Pink protests US/Saudi bombing of Yemen

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.

Code Pink setting up, just before that first closure

Code Pink protests US fight for Saudis in Yemen, gets park and street closures

21 arrests at Pentagon war protest

On September 26, 2016, antiwar activists activists associated with the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) went to the Pentagon today seeking a meeting with decision-makers in the Pentagon chain of command including Secretary Ashton Carter. They told Pentagon police they wouldn’t leave until they spoke to an official in a position of authority about war crimes committed by the US and that they were following their obligations under Nuremberg to draw attention to these crimes of US government elected and appointed officials. Although the activists were nonviolent the Pentagon police placed 21 activists under arrest and charged them with “Violation of a Lawful Order”.

Code Pink's Youtube video from the Pentagon civil disobedience.

NCNR photo

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