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Rev. Yearwood Attacked and Beaten in Halls of Congress by Police.

Sheehan, Nine Other Protesters Are Arrested.

Antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and nine other protesters were arrested in a House office building yesterday outside the room where Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker were testifying before Congress.

Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, was among the first to be arrested. She was taken into custody shortly after noon and charged with disorderly conduct, Capitol Police said, because she shouted during the hearing.

Christy Anne Miller, Sheehan's sister, was also charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly shouting in the hallway.

Others arrested included Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink, who was charged with unlawful conduct after allegedly shouting during the hearing, and the Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., of the D.C.-based Hip Hop Caucus, who allegedly refused to move back after jumping in front of a line of people waiting to get inside the room.

Rev. Yearwood said as he was being released from the hospital to be taken to central booking, “The officers decided I was not going to get in Gen. Petreaus’ hearing when they saw my button, which says ‘I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.’”

------Breaks my heart - this whole scenario looks staged by Yearwood, Sheehan, and the Code Pinkers. I saw no beating. I saw no police brutality here. Where the Yearwood video begins it's impossible to tell if he had been in line all morning or not. A couple of accomplices, not in line, appeared to have walked up and entered the room.

From the video I'm not sure the police even noticed his button. It appears the ladies with the pink T-shirts that said "Troops Home Now" and "Generals Lie and Children Die" were allowed in the room as they were brought out later, so why would Yearwood's lapel pin bother the cops?

This bunch seems to be more interested in their 15 minutes than building a movement for serious change in American politics.

And if you think Medea Benjamin is the real thing ya need critical thinking skills; she's been riding high on foundation funds for years (Ford, Soros, MacArthur, Barbra Streisand Foundation, Rubin Foundation, and others).

They're not activists, they're actors; apparently it pays well.