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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 200 people were arrested across the United States on Wednesday as protesters marking the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq obstructed downtown traffic and tried to block access to government offices.

There were 32 arrests in Washington after demonstrators attempted to block entrances to the Internal Revenue Service, while 30 others were arrested outside a congressional office building, police said.

Protesters had hoped to shut down the IRS, the U.S. tax collection agency, to highlight the cost of the war. Police cleared the building's entrances within an hour.

In San Francisco, long a center of anti-Iraq war sentiment, police arrested more than 100 people who protested through the day along Market Street in the central business district, a spokesman said.

Sgt. Steve Maninna said officers had arrested 143 people on charges including trespassing, resisting arrest and obstructing traffic.

Four women were also detained for hanging a large banner off the city's famous Golden Gate Bridge and then released, said bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie.

On Washington's National Mall, about 100 protesters carried signs that read: "The Endlessness Justifies the Meaninglessness" and waved upside-down U.S. flags, a traditional sign of distress.
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At least 200 arrested in U.S. antiwar protests | Reuters

Thoughts?
 
#3
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Must have been global warming induced...


I'm all for protesting. When you violate the law with that protest, expect to be arrested.
 
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#5
200 people? Wow, massive. I have that many people protest every time I use a public restroom.
 
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How many protests have we had now. Has it helped their cause at all? No. You think they would admit they are failures and find a new line of work. And throwing red paint on a police officer who's job is to protect and serve, very classy!
 
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#7
Maybe the grammar police should haul off these two...err to...no maybe it's too:

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Protests and Rallies annoy me. Mindless gatherings of people accomplishing nothing, but who are so hung up on "Change" that they assemble in mobs and annoy anyone who crosses their path.
 
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volinbham said:
Must have been global warming induced...


I'm all for protesting. When you violate the law with that protest, expect to be arrested.
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Why did you retract, I totally agree! A peaceful protest is fine but once you start keeping people from their jobs and stopping traffic (God forbid there be an emergency trying to get through the idiots), forget them, they should expect to get arrested and get the :censored: out of the way!

People are so dramatic!
 
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volinbham said:
Lighten up T-squared...it's a joke! :) I was going to say it's Bush's fault but it really is Bush's fault so I had to go with the second most frequently cited blame for bad things...
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I read you, VinBham....thus just the :no: and not a more elaborate rant :) ......
 
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What's the problem, we need a good rock throwing, car flipping and building burning protest. This didn't live up to the hype, they need to take lessons from the Middle East on how to throw a good protest.
 
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