"McGovern held by police after Darfur demonstration
WASHINGTON - Representative James McGovern was locked up briefly on misdemeanor charges yesterday after demonstrating against "crimes against humanity" that Darfur activists blame on the Sudanese government.
After a brief series of speeches in front of the Sudanese Embassy, the Massachusetts Democrat and four other members of Congress stood quietly and refused to move to the other side of yellow police tape.
After giving the small group of demonstrators three chances to move, police approached the lawmakers and activists and bound their wrists loosely behind their backs with plastic restraints.
The protestors were taken to a police station in northwest Washington, where they were fined $100 and released within a few hours.
--more--"Of course, if it had been a protest as my title suggested, it would not have made the Zionist-controlled newspaper, and these Congresscritters would be out a job.
