Mounted police charged in to break up an outdoor press conference and demonstration against the Iraq war in Washington on Thursday, arresting three people, organizers and an AFP reporter said.
Sounds like the powers that be are a little squeemish about the 9/15 protest on the same day as the White House Report to Congress.
I'm linking to a Raw Story article which links to AFP, but I've been unable to find the story on AFP (any help appreciated).
Raw Story
"Then, mounted police charged the media present to disperse them," Becker said.
So, they're sending in the Charge of the Light Brigade to chase away" some 20 journalists and four or five protestors."
Guess you've got to send in the big guns to deal with a hoard like that, eh?
The police managed to arrest 3 of the 4-5 protesters, quite the victory!
Tina Richards, the mother of a marine who did two tours of duty in Iraq; Adam Kokesh, a leader of the Iraq Veterans Against the War group; and lawyer Ian Thompson, who is an organizer for ANSWER in Los Angeles -- were arrested, Becker said.
The ANSWER coalition, trying to rally support for the 15 September rally of anti-war protestors, has already been threatened with a $10,000 fine for using the wrong kind of glue on their demonstration posters.
"At our demonstration today we were showing the media that the paste we use conforms to the rules," Becker said.
"One of our activists was making a speech when the police barged in and grabbed the podium. At that point, Tina Richards started to put up a poster, so they arrested her and two others."
I, for one, am damn glad the mounted police were on hand to end this evil display of Democracy.