September 01, 2004
Protesters Disrupt Youth Convention
Posted by The Editors | 03:09 PM
Six protesters sprang to their feet, plastic whistles blaring in their mouths, amidst of a cluster of Youth Conventioneers during White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card's address Wednesday in Madison Square Garden. One woman and five men removed sweatshirts and blazers to reveal t-shirts reading, "Bush Global AIDS Liar," as they stood on their chairs and shouted over Card's speech.
Secret Service and convention security personnel immediately swarmed the group. The woman went limp and fell to the floor, making it difficult for officers to handcuff her.
She and the rest of the protesters were forcibly hauled down nearby exit stairs; some were carried out by the elbows and ankles. One of the men repeated, "Bush lies, Bush lies" as he was removed.
For his part, Card struggled through the rest of his introduction over the commotion, but the room's attention was far from the podium. -- From Meg Kinnard and Gwen Glazer, NationalJournal.com
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