*Police in Tampa kept a dozen anti-war protesters from bum-rushing an event attended by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the group said it intended to arrest her for war crimes.
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Toting handcuffs, protesters from Code Pink tried to enter a performing arts center on Tuesday, where Rice was attending an event in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. They said they intended to make a citizen’s arrest of Rice, who was George W. Bush’s National Security Adviser when the Iraq War started in 2003.
Officers told protesters to leave because they were on private property. They went back to the sidewalk and several lay down under sheets made to look like they were blood-splattered.
The group says it will try to arrest other members of the George W. Bush administration, reports Politico.
I get the they are trying to make a statement but this (along with glitter bombs) comes across as silly