Desperate For Attention, Cindy Finally Succeeds In Getting Arrested

Iraq war protester Sheehan arrested
Protest near White House aimed at refocusing attention on conflict

Updated: 5:47 p.m. ET Sept. 26, 2005
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son’s death in Iraq to spur the antiwar movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.

Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk after marching along the pedestrian walkway on Pennsylvania Avenue. Police warned them three times that they were breaking the law by failing to move along, then began making arrests.

Sheehan, 48, was the first taken into custody. She stood up and was handcuffed, then led to a police vehicle while protesters chanted, “The whole world is watching.”

Others who were arrested also cooperated with police. Sgt. Scott Fear, spokesman for the U.S. Park Police, said they would be charged with demonstrating without a permit, which is a misdemeanor.

Park Police Sgt. L.J. McNally said Sheehan and the others would be taken to a processing center where they would be fingerprinted and photographed, then given a ticket and released. The process would take several hours, he said.

Sheehan’s 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed in an ambush in Sadr City, Iraq, last year. She attracted worldwide attention last month with her 26-day vigil outside President Bush’s Texas ranch.

Cindy finally manages to get arrested. You can see the shock on her face as she is carted off by the police. She has been desperate for attention since she left Crawford, Texas last month. Darn those storms, poor Cindy has hardly been able to get her face on television since Katrina devastated New Orleans. It's just not fair, all of those annoying storm victims have just been getting all of the press coverage when we know that Cindy's suffering is much more important than their petty problems.

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