Peace Activist Sheehan Hurt at Rally

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Peace Activist Sheehan Hurt at Rally

 

 

> Peace Activist Sheehan Hurt at Rally

 

 

> Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Says She Was Roughed Up

> at New York Rally Scuffle

> //The Associated Press

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> NEW YORK Sep 20, 2005 — Anti-war activist Cindy

> Sheehan said Tuesday she was hurt slightly in a

> scuffle that erupted when police broke up a rally as

> she was at the microphone.

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> An organizer was arrested and charged with using a

> loudspeaker without a permit.

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> " I was speaking and someone grabbed my backpack and

> pulled me back pretty roughly, " Sheehan said,

> describing the scene at Manhattan's Union Square on

> Monday. " I was shoved around. "

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> Sheehan, the grieving mother whose vigil near

> President Bush's Texas ranch sparked anti-war

> protests around the country, said wasn't roughed up

> by police, but was jostled when officers broke up

> the rally and arrested organizer Paul Zulkowitz.

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> " I think their use of force was pretty excessive for

> someone that didn't have a permit, " Sheehan said.

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> Paul Browne, spokesman for the New York Police

> Department, said Sheehan had finished speaking when

> officers arrested Zulkowitz, who had been repeatedly

> warned that he didn't have a permit.

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> Zulkowitz was charged with unauthorized use of a

> sound device and disorderly conduct. He was given a

> court summons and released.

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> Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq last year, is

> calling for the immediate return of troops from the

> region. Her 25-state tour is set to culminate

> Saturday with an anti-war march in Washington.

>

> She gained prominence when she staged a 26-day

> protest near Bush's ranch outside Crawford, Texas.

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> http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1142911

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