DADT Protest Chased Away From White House

[lame54]

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April 21st, 2010 4:13 PM
Most transparent White House ever...



From left to right, Petty Officer Autumn Sandeen, Lt. Dan Choi, Cpl. Evelyn Thomas, Capt. Jim Pietrangelo II, Cadet Mara Boyd and Petty Officer Larry Whitt, handcuffed themselves to the fence outside the White House during a protest for gay-rights in Washington, Tuesday, April, 2010. The group demand that President Obama keep his promise to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' (DADT) this year.

By Ben Smith / Politico
Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
People who have covered the White House for years tell me that's an extremely unusual thing to do in an area that regularly features protests.
A reporter can be seen in the YouTube video above calling the move "outrageous" and "ridiculous."

UPDATE: U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser tells POLITICO his service erred in pushing the reporters back, and stressed that the White House played no role in the move.
"That was strictly the U.S. Parks Police that screwed up – that has nothing to do with the Secret Service of the White House or the Administration," said Sergeant Schlosser. "We had some young officers who, when they were told to move the people back -- which we typically do when we're going to make arrests - they moved the people back a lot further than we typically do. That was a rookie, amateur error and they screwed up on that."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0410/Spokesman_Parks_Police_screwed_up.html?showall

[Mari333]

1. knr and whats worse is the WH hiding and lying about it

I can see Rahm screaming about bad PR...

the little weasel...

[Shining Jack]

2. K&R n/t

[happygoluckytoyou]

3. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE...address in message...TO ASK THE NPS ANY QUESTIONS---:>

http://www.nps.gov/ IF YOU GO TO THIS SITE YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS LIKE I DID.... IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO GET INVOLVED IN ASKING




IF i get a job like this with the National Parks, do i get to chase people away from the parK too? IT seems like an interesting job as i see it here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x457997

By Ben Smith / Politico
Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
People who have covered the White House for years tell me that's an extremely unusual thing to do in an area that regularly features protests.
A reporter can be seen in the YouTube video above calling the move "outrageous" and "ridiculous."

UPDATE: U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser tells POLITICO his service erred in pushing the reporters back, and stressed that the White House played no role in the move.
"That was strictly the U.S. Parks Police that screwed up – that has nothing to do with the Secret Service of the White House or the Administration," said Sergeant Schlosser. "We had some young officers who, when they were told to move the people back -- which we typically do when we're going to make arrests - they moved the people back a lot further than we typically do. That was a rookie, amateur error and they screwed up on that."