Posts Tagged ‘Karl Rove’

Protester attempts to actually arrest Karl Rove!

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

From the SFgate:

An anti-war protester confronted former Bush administration aide Karl Rove while he spoke at a San Francisco mortgage bankers’ meeting, attempting to handcuff him in what she called a citizen’s arrest for “treason.”

A statement by the group Code Pink identified the woman as 58-year-old Janine Boneparth. As Boneparth confronted him, another Code Pink member told the audience that Rove was involved in lying about the Iraq war.

The whole seminar was marred by several outbusrts from protesters but the highlight of the night was the exchange between Mr. Rove and George Mitchell (at the end of the video). I was rolling on the floor in laughter. What a great night of comedy courtesy of the GOP. Keep it up guys! Great material…

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4 people jailed for attempting to arrest Karl Rove

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

When will the Bush administration be held accountable? If the government doesn’t do it, it looks like the citizens will (or at least try…)

From Iowapolitics.com:

“Four Iowans were arrested today while attempting to make a Citizens’ Arrest of Karl Rove in Des Moines, Iowa. Citing Iowa Code provisions for making Citizen’s Arrests as well as citing Federal Statute violations they claimed Rove had violated, the four were stopped at the gate of the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines where Rove was scheduled to speak at a Republican Fundraiser.

The four arrested were retired Methodist minister and Peace and Justice Advocate, Rev. Chet Guinn, 80, as well as three Des Moines Catholic Workers, Edward Bloomer, 61, Kirk Brown, 25, and Mona Shaw, 57. All four were cited for trespassing and released.

The four maintained that they were acting within the guidelines of Iowa Code that obligate private citizens to make such an arrest if they believe a felony has been committed and turn Rove over to police officials to bring Rove before a judge for formal indictment. By law, a federal judge should consider the charges and determine if an indictment should be made.”

You can read the whole article here.

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