Code Pink Anti-Torture Protesters Arrested Outside Dick Cheney’s House
Two protesters from the anti-war group Code Pink were arrested outside former Vice President Dick Cheney‘s McLean, Virginia home on Saturday morning for walking onto his property. They were protesting the 14th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison, which was officially opened in January 2002.
A Fairfax County police spokesman told Reuters that the two demonstrators refused police orders to leave the property and were promptly taken into custody. Tighe Barry, 57, and Eve Tetaz, 83, will both face trespassing and disorderly conduct misdemeanor charges.
The protests are part of Code Pink’s “Guantanamo Anniversary Weekend Torturers Tour.”
Here are a few of Code Pink’s tweets from during the protests:
En route to Dick Cheney's house to protest war profiteering, torture, drones, war crimes. 1126 chain hill road, McClain, VA
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Got onto Dick Cheney's property to protest war profiteering, torture, and war crimes! #torturetour #codepink pic.twitter.com/EPLTtyu4iB
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Tighe Barry of @codepink arrested outside of Dick Cheneys house! Police won't say why! 83 y/o woman arrested too!! pic.twitter.com/y22QZmaCTC
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Cheney: Wanted for torture! Scuffles with police ensue during protest at dick Cheney's house, 2 activists arrested pic.twitter.com/cvkj3wczMD
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
The group also marched outside of CIA Director John Brennan‘s home, but reportedly without incident:
On our way to Frying Pan National Park in Herdon VA to convene before going to CIA director John Brennan's house to say Stop Torture!!!
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Outside of John Brennan's house, director of the CIA. #StopTorture #ArrestTheWarCriminals pic.twitter.com/KXEK7Iuy4n
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
CODEPINK and Witness against torture gather at home of John Brennan in VA to protest torture and drones. pic.twitter.com/IIfE7K6nbW
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
We're gonna build a nation that doesn't torture anyone. activists gathering at home of CIA director, John Brennan. pic.twitter.com/ASd30ajsrE
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
'We are a community of resistance!" Activists gathering at home of John Brennan. pic.twitter.com/Jm2UHVClpV
— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 10, 2015
Ever since the Senate Intelligence Committee released the CIA “torture report,” Cheney and other former Bush Administration officials have defended the enhanced interrogation tactics used to extract intelligence from prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere around the world.
President Barack Obama pledged to close the prison during his 2008 presidential campaign, and has said he still hopes it can be done before he leaves office in January 2017.
[Image via screengrab / Code Pink]
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