Excite News: "Police Remove Sheehan From Bush Speech | Feb 1, 7:44 AM (ET) | By LAURIE KELLMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cindy Sheehan finally got her invitation to see President Bush again, but before she set eyes on him at the State of the Union address, Capitol Police removed her from the gallery overlooking the House chamber.
The offense: her shirt, bearing an anti-war message and other 'unlawful conduct,' police said.
Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was handcuffed and charged with unlawful conduct, according to Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. The charge was a misdemeanor and Sheehan was being released on her own recognizance, Schneider said.
Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to Tuesday night's speech and covered it up until she took her seat. Police warned her that such displays were not allowed in the House chamber, but she did not respond, the spokeswoman said.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., gave Sheehan her only ticket earlier in the day - Gallery 5, seat 7, row A - while Sheehan was attending an 'alternative state of the union' news conference by CODEPINK, a group pushing for an end to the Iraq war.
'I'm proud that Cindy's my guest tonight,' Woolsey said in an interview before the speech. 'She has made a difference in the debate to bring our troops home from Iraq.' ...
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