VIDEO: Members of IVAW read Bush & Cheney citizens arrest warrant at Nat'l Archives on Mar. 19, 2008
Written by Abe DeJamminen
Friday, 11 April 2008
This six-minute video shows members of Iraq Veterans Against the War reading a citizens arrest warrant for U.S. President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney at the National Archives, where the original copy of the Untied States Constitution is preserved, on Mar. 19, 2008, the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, as a crowd chants "Arrest George Bush!"[1] -- A brief account of what transpired: "IVAW members seize[d] National Archives Building in front of hundreds of surprised museum visitors. Response from visitors including teachers, students, vacationers was highly positive, though there were a few horrified faces in the crowd. IVAW read the terms of our Citizens Arrest Warrant and stood their ground for 90 minutes. They were allowed to leave without being arrested in one of the most spectacular CD events I've ever witnessed." ...
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CITIZENS ARREST WARRANT FOR BUSH AND CHENEY IN D.C. By Gordon Sturrock
A citizens arrest warrant for Bush and Cheney is read for the first time in D.C. in front of a very enthusiastic crowd of museum visitors at the National Archives Museum on March 19, 2008.