State troopers remove pro-labor protesters from Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville -pics

[Kadie]

State troopers work to remove pro-labor protesters who had disrupted a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn. , on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Seven protesters were later charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.


State troopers work to remove pro-labor protesters who had disrupted a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn. , on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Seven protesters were later charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.


A state trooper pulls a pro-labor protesters who had disrupted a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn. , on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Seven protesters were later charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.


Protesters lock arms to try to avoid being dragged out of a Senate Commerce Committee meeting in Nashville, Tenn. , on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Seven protesters were later charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.



Iron worker Kenneth Brown of Chattanooga waves a flag at a labor rally outside the Capitol in Nashville, Tenn. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Hundreds of protesters joined the rally to speak out against a Republican bill seeking to strip teachers of their collective bargaining rights.

[leftstreet]

1. K&R

[socialist_n_TN]

2. DAMN I missed this! I was over at Haslem's office trying ........

to get in. I would have been arrested if I would have been there. :banghead:

[Snoutport]

3. We owe those kids a favor

Good Job Arrestees! Not everyone has the guts to go that far.

[Boswell]

4. so Tenn. has a Palace Guard

how special for them...

[Shagbark Hickory]

5. Caption : "This ain't Wisconsin, boy"

[socialist_n_TN]

7. Hey this is TENNESSEE my friend..........

I've lived here for 30+ years and I KNOW this area. When people are willing to get arrested for a cause in TENNESSEE, you've got the makings of a national movement! This is actually VERY encouraging.

[butterfly77]

10. Next,Kentucky,Oklahoma,Iowa..

and right in front of McCOnnell,Inhofe,Coburn,King's doors..

[stjohndoe]

6. Here's a bit of video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6whIuwa8s

The lady being dragged out is a FB friend.

[October]

8. Tennessee? That's an anti-union, right-to-work state

Interesting.

[socialist_n_TN]

9. Yes it is. And some people here are willing......

to be arrested for this. That's a budding national movement with that level of committment.

[socialist_n_TN]

11. Kick for awareness.

:)