Saturday, March 3, 2012

Virginia protesters arrested

  • RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 30 activists have been arrested for refusing to leave the Virginia Capitol steps during a protest of anti-abortion legislation. Virginia Capitol Police Capt. Raymond Goodloe says 31 protesters were arrested Saturday.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Thirty-one womens-rights demonstrators were arrested this afternoon in a protest at the state Capitol that drew hundreds of protesters and Virginia State Police in riot gear. Capt.
  • (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  • Virginia State Police with plastic shields held womens-rights demonstrators at bay this afternoon while armed officers began to arrest about 40 protesters who refused to leave the south steps of the state Capitol.
  • (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  • RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Capitol Police arrested more than 30 women's rights activists Saturday when they refused to leave the Capitol steps during a protest of anti-abortion legislation. Virginia Capitol Police Capt.
  • (Washington Post)
  • State Capitol Saturday to protest after the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates passed the so-called ultrasound-abortion bill earlier this week.
  • (WTVR-TV)
  • Fogel, who represented members of the Occupy Charlottesville movement arrested when police cleared Lee They back their assertion with a 2006 opinion from Virginia's attorney general.
  • (Charlottesville Daily Progress)
  • Protesters are upset with comments Petersburg Mayor Brian Moore made following the arrest of Petersburg City Manager William For far too many women in Virginia, domestic violence is happening and it is a very big deal.
  • (WTVR-TV)
  • which connects Virginia with central Washingtons National Mall, to hang the banner, police said on Monday.
  • (Big Pond)
  • A grassroots protest of a controversial womens health care bill passed by the state Senate this week brought hundreds to Richmond to the state Capitol grounds March 3, and ended with the arrest of 31 building that houses Virginias General Assembly.
  • (The Hook)
  • Also, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports, Thirty womens-rights demonstrators were arrested this afternoon in a protest at the state Capitol that drew hundreds of protesters and Virginia State Police in riot gear. Why? Capt.
  • (DAILY KOS)

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