Does anyone know anything about who got escorted out of the RNC while Palin was speaking?

[aikoaiko]

I didn't see anything about it yet.

[Delphinus]

1. Wasn't it Code Pink?

[Common Sense Party]

4. Evans and Benjamin from Code Pink.

I saw it in Yahoo photos.

[hisownpetard]

2. It was a Code Pink woman. Have you seen the photos where a security guy has his HAND OVER HER MOUTH

???!!?

Unbelievable.

[rurallib]

3. link?

[EFerrari]

6. Do you remember where you saw that? n/t

[aikoaiko]

7. Do you think you can find them again?

All I saw, briefly CNN, was 2 or 3 guys rushing a woman up the stairs of the convention.

[hisownpetard]

9. I'll try to find them. There were 2 or three photos of that, but I've been all over the place

on the board today so I'll have to look for it. Will post a link when I find it.

[poverlay]

5. I don't know, but my money is on Medea Benjamin(Code Pink)... Kudos to Medea! n/t

[aikoaiko]

8. I don't think it was her -- the protester at the RNC looked a little bigger and had longer hair.

IIRC. It was just a brief image.

[bananas]

10. There's an article on the Code Pink website

http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=4381

CODEPINK activists interrrupt Sarah Palin's RNC speech at side of the stage
September 3rd, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT
Jodie Evans, co-founder, 310-913-4821

ST. PAUL -- Two activists of the women's peace group CODEPINK disrupted Sarah Palin's speech tonight at the Republican National Convention when they approached the stage where Palin was speaking, adjusted their clothes to reveal pink slips that read "Palin is not a woman's choice," stood there at the side of the stage for about a minute and yelled "Women say no to war!" and "Women need a vice-president for peace!" They also removed banners that read "Women need a peace vice-president."

Co-founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, who were given their tickets to the speech by a Republican delegate who was frustrated with the Republican party and Sarah Palin, caught the attention of Palin with their banners and shouting about 15 minutes into her speech. Palin stopped talking for a moment to turn to look at them. (Read a Washington Post description of the incident here: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/03/inside_the_convention_hall.html ).

After another moment, security then grabbed Benjamin and Evans and escorted them one at a time out of the St. Paul Xcel Center, where they were held until the end of the Palin's speech and told they would be arrested if they tried to reenter. They were told they'd committed an arrestable offense but they were not charged.

"Sarah Palin is not a woman's choice," said Jodie Evans, co-founder, moments after being released. "That's it."


CODEPINK is a nonpartisan women's peace group. They vehemently oppose Palin's pro-war, anti-environment, anti-choice positions. More details to come. For questions, please call Jodie Evans at 310-913-4821.

[aikoaiko]

11. thank you!