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niyad

(132,205 posts) Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:06 PM Oct 2015

Doctor Margaret Flowers Arrested at Senate Hearing on Kunduz [View all]

Doctor Margaret Flowers Arrested at Senate Hearing on Kunduz

Ahead of Tuesday’s Senate hearing, Dr. Margaret Flowers was arrested for denouncing the bombing, holding a sign which read "Bombing Hospitals=War Crime." She joined other members of CodePink who wore doctor’s garbs covered in fake blood.

http://www.democracynow.org/2015/10/7/headlines#1072

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Doctor Margaret Flowers Arrested at Senate Hearing on Kunduz [View all] niyad Oct 2015 OP

So unseemly gratuitous Oct 2015 #1

yes, goddess forfend it should be in our faces. niyad Oct 2015 #2

Good for Dr. Flowers. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2015 #3

I hope she sues the the arresting authority. Octafish Oct 2015 #4

Not really a 1st Amendment issue; interrupt a Senate hearing muriel_volestrangler Oct 2015 #7

^ exactly this Action_Patrol Oct 2015 #8

Thanks for the heads-up. Octafish Oct 2015 #9

It won't go to court. Action_Patrol Oct 2015 #10

The First Amendment only applies to Citizens United money now. nt valerief Oct 2015 #5

How dare she call a war crime malaise Oct 2015 #6

Way to go, Doctor Flowers! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #11