|
|
Translate:
              Police arrest 80 year old anti-war protester
Monday, March 31st, 2008 An 80-year-old church deacon was removed from the Smith Haven Mall yesterday in a wheelchair and arrested by police for refusing to remove a T-shirt protesting the Iraq War. Police said that Don Zirkel, of Bethpage, was disturbing shoppers at the Lake Grove mall with his T-shirt, which had what they described as “graphic anti-war images.” Zirkel, a deacon at Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch, said his shirt had the death tolls of American military personnel and Iraqis - 4,000 and 1 million - and the words “Dead” and “Enough.” The shirt also has three blotches resembling blood splatters. Police said in a release last night that Zirkel was handing out anti-war pamphlets to mallgoers and that mall security told him to stop and turn his shirt inside out. Zirkel refused to turn his shirt inside out and wouldn’t leave, police said. Security placed him on “civilian arrest” and called police. When police arrived, Zirkel passively resisted attempts to bring him to a police car, the release said. But Zirkel said he was sitting in the food court drinking coffee with his wife Marie, 77, and several others when police and mall security officers approached and demanded they remove their anti-war T-shirts. The others complied, but Zirkel said he refused, and when he wouldn’t stand up to be removed and arrested, authorities brought over a wheelchair. “They forcibly picked me up and put me in the wheelchair,” said Zirkel, a deacon at one of the poorest Catholic parishes on Long Island, where a devastating fire recently destroyed the rectory and storage areas. Zirkel was charged with criminal trespassing and resisting arrest. He was released on bail. A spokeswoman for mall owner Simon Property Group did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Generally speaking, a mall has the right to control what happens on its property, said John McEntee, a Uniondale commercial litigation lawyer. Activists with dueling opinions had gathered to support and oppose America’s five-year campaign. As Zirkel was being wheeled to the police car, the crowd chanted “We shall not be moved!” Moments later, they moved; police and mall security had ordered them off the property. Many joined a larger anti-war crowd assembled by the mall’s entrance, off mall property, on Veterans Memorial Highway. They were complemented nearby by protesters saying the Iraq war is vital for security. ANASTASIA ECONOMIDES AND MATTHEW CHAYES Have Your Say: Police arrest 80 year old anti-war protester Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
|
Just The Facts Please Last post by jamiedb @ 08:09 PM Go to Forum
| Latest Topics
4,000 'dead people' found on voter rolls in Houston Last post by jamiedb @ 07:58 PM Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets Last post by jamiedb @ 07:53 PM I Hate To Say I Told You So; But I told You So! Last post by jamiedb @ 07:43 PM Tributes paid to Che Last post by Unregistered @ 02:15 PM Labour's political gain will turn to sand. Last post by Unregistered @ 02:03 PM Crash of Western Capitalist Civilization?-“The New World Order.” Last post by Unregistered @ 01:51 PM Community Outcast Last post by Cleef @ 01:07 PM ‘assassins,plots And Regicides’ Last post by Thinking Man's Idiot @ 12:07 PM Where did it all go wrong? Last post by Thinking Man's Idiot @ 11:57 AM  Email This Page To A Friend Latest Headlines
More Breaking News  Archive |
TOP NEWS DISCUSSIONS |
LATEST NEWS DISCUSSIONS |
|
|
Spooks in the classroom Govt. Uses Contractors to Probe Iraq Contractors The establishment that destroyed America's first republic Seven Years After 9/11, Spies Finally Forced to Share |
Mick Meaney commented on: Spooks in the classroom I’ve removed your misinformation spam links. Please keep things on topic. Cheers. Continue Reading & Reply mark smith commented on: The EU’s control structure, inside and outside Britain Its all connected to the bilderberg and new world order Continue Reading & Reply Mad Boffin commented on: Jon Snow: “Editors sold their souls” to MoD Would you put your valuables in your garden for someone to steel? So, do you suppose the... Continue Reading & Reply Maximus V commented on: The establishment that destroyed America’s first republic America is currently under administrative “Martial Law” and... Continue Reading & Reply |
|
The views expressed in the RINF news wire and newsletter are the sole responsibility of the author (s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the webmaster. RINF.COM: Breaking News & Alternative Media is Copyleft - Copy & Distribute Freely. News Forum |
Loading ...
