Cindy Sheehan arrested in White House protest
Posted on: Monday, 26 September 2005, 13:57 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military mother Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch focused attention on the anti-war movement, was arrested on Monday in a sit-in at the White House after refusing to obey police orders to leave.
Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in combat in Iraq, was among some 200 protesters who sat in circles on the sidewalk along the White House compound's northern edge, purposely courting arrest. Hundreds more rallied in Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the executive mansion.
Source: REUTERS
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