September 15th 2007 Anti-War Protest in Washington DC

On Saturday September 15th 2007 thousands of people went to Washington DC to bring a message to Congress that they are against the war in Iraq, and want the United States to pull out immediately and completely.

This demonstration was scheduled to coincide with General David Petraeus appearing before a joint session of the House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committees, to deliver his long-awaited report on the progress of the military buildup in Iraq.

The planned action for this event was a bit different then some of the past large protests. The plan for this rally was to march from the White House to the Capitol, and go straight into a mass civil-disobedience die-in. The die-in was led by an Honor Guard of Iraq Veterans against the War who simulated a 21-Gun Salute before taps was played to initiate the die-in.

Many thought the arrest would come as the thousands of protesters laid on the ground. The arrest didn't start however until protesters, mostly lead by Iraq veterans tried to cross the line of U.S. Capitol police. Most of the arrests were very peaceful as all protesters filed in to be arrested. Three men were gassed by police for some unknown reason though. These three men didn't do anything differently then the others being arrested, so it is questionable as to why this single police officer gassed them. All other police officers were extremely professional from what I witnessed.

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items are from 15 Sep 2007.