Colbert King: Where are the arrests over the World War II Memorial protest? [View all]

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Not confining their protest to the World War II Memorial, some of the protesters then picked up the government’s metal barricades and carried them blocks away to the White House, where the barricades were deposited outside the gates.

Television recorded police struggling to keep the protesters away from the White House fence. No arrests were made.

Now, let’s see if I have this straight: If a group of people decide they don’t like the closing of facilities under the federal government shutdown, they are now empowered to take wire cutters to the locks, push aside barriers and go in and about on their merry way without fear of arrest?

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What’s a federal shutdown order between the politically privileged and the pliant protectors of public facilities?

Apparently nothing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2013/10/14/where-are-the-arrests-over-the-world-war-ii-memorial-protest/