Wednesday, August 20, 2008

War Protesters Finally Get Their Due

I guess I should be happy they covered it at all; however, is it a surprise that the BG gives the ANTIWAR cause a BRIEF?

Not here it isn't!


"Settlement reached with war protesters

NEW YORK - New York City has agreed to pay $2 million to protesters arrested at a 2003 rally against the Iraq war who said their civil rights were violated, lawyers for both sides said yesterday. The 52 plaintiffs were among 94 arrested at the midtown Manhattan offices of the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm with holdings in the defense sector.

Poppy Bush and bin Laden group.

Two protesters, Eva Hageman and Sarah Kunstler, went to trial on charges of disorderly conduct and were acquitted, said a lawyer for the Center for Constitutional Rights, which brought the case (Reuters)."

They should have gotten way more: no amount of money can ever replace the carnage of these lying wars!