VIDEO: Days After Being Arrested, Anti-War Group Code Pink Holds Second ‘Dance Protest’ at Jefferson Memorial
by MRC TVLast week, Medea Benjamin, head of the radical anti-war group Code Pink, was arrested along with Adam Kokesh for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial. On June 4, 2011, she returned to hold a ‘free speech dancing demonstration’, so we sent Joe Schoffstall to check it out.
During the protest, the group claimed they were trying to ‘praise’ Thomas Jefferson. However, it was clear given the group’s history- and the events that happened just days before- they wanted to draw attention to their organization.
While the scene played perfectly into the script they were going for- minus arrests- it did leave some tourists unable to view the monument and the participants very happy with themselves. A documentary film crew there captured the whole thing, including our interviews with police on why tourists weren’t allowed re-entry after leaving the memorial.
Medea was not arrested this time and it was better organized than their first go-around. Police ended up blocking off the memorial and not allowing re-entry for about an hour until the group cleared out.
Here’s what we saw during the protest:
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This is not code pink. This is Iraq war vets and libertarians protesting stupid laws. Please get a clue. Ron Paul 2012.
Sorry but these people are low lifes and should be lynched as they hate not only the country that got them the freedoms but also hate all people in general
This happens when for last 30 years yo allowed commies to be teachers and believing you made people into slaves and "hope and change" was just buzz words of lazy bums taking over this country with not one shot fired.
So dancing should be out lawed. I bet you support the fatherland er um I mean the MotherLand oops I mean the Homeland. Can't you people see that this is an attack on civil liberties? Please try to get a clue.
Yes it is an attack on civil liberties but is also a distraction topic.
Another meaningless symbolic gesture …. from a meaningless cadre of clueless fools.
I guess dancing is much easier for them than trying to come up with a reasonable arguement.
Do you even have a clue who Medea Benjamin is, and what her group stands for?
Obviously not by your comment.
This malarkey is obviously the result of a bunch of imbeciles with peyote and a VHS copy of Footloose.
If we were still in the 1960's these CodePinko freaks would be Manson followers. (Squeeky Fromme, anyone?)
That's how far their moral compass has disintegrated…
All of this nonsense started with giving a pass to Hanoi Jane Fonda, and here we are with a likewise traitor in Medea Benjamin, and her Code Pink hate America crap. I say hang the rotten bitch[s]!
Water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas, a bucket of rocks, should clear them out of The Jefferson Memorial, for God’s sake.
Radical anti-American group Code Pink.
Fixed it.
While these guys may be moronic, despicable A$$holes – they have the right to assemble.
And denying that RIGHT is NO DIFFERENT than you denying your OWN RIGHT.
Our Government is out of control. They are stomping on our Constitutional Rights …be the
Bigger Mouthful – call them what you will but NEVER denounce the Freedom to Assemble.
Would it be ANY different if it were the Tea Party ??? Think about it.
Between them and the Gaza flotilla, I think I'm going to puke knowing that this country is infiltrated with such vile morons. Maybe Bill Gates who is a proponent of reducing the population through vaccines can start with this assanine anti-American group.
BrianL …please read my comment below on this thread. Medea Benjamin IS, without a doubt a Commie Pinko Radical A$$hole …BUT …
I always respect your comments but we also have the right to assemble in a place of worship. Does that mean because we have the right we can behave anyway we want? There is something called decorum and IMHO I don't think the behavior of these a$$wipes is suitable for a memorial.
JRvette …read my post below. Yes, these guys are Anti-American, despicable people.
And if this is OK "This Time" because they are "low lifes" – what happens next time when it is the
Tea Party, or your family who for whatever reason are moved and elated and decide to sing or dance ???
OFF TOPIC! HEADS UP… Alpha Andy is going to be on Bill O'Reilly's show!
First time I'm watching Mr Bill in months..
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Rome is burning. The libs dance.
That about sums it up.
I agree with you 100%. I think the fundamental right to dance is a little sketchy. Especially if that was dancing.
I, too have much respect and "agreed" as to your earlier. I saw the 1st video – was truly nothing as compared to this one and was appalled at the comments on the forum. I also believe their demonstrating is a ruse to actually get people like you and me to say how wrong and outrageous it is for people to be allowed to do this sort of thing …which is how it starts.
CP the Bender Patrol vz NeoNazi Park Police….pretty pathetic waste of oxygen….
wow, gotta love all these neocons hanging out here. No wonder bush got elected twice. I have a couple libertarian friends who hate code pink, but went to protest the stifling of the first amendment. You can dance if you want to, you can leave your friends behind…
Oh yes, Ron Paul 2012. Legalize the constitution.
I believe their demonstrating is a ruse to actually get people like you and me to say how wrong and outrageous it is for people to be allowed to do this sort of thing …which is how it starts in losing our freedoms and being controlled.
self interest is the best motivator, and the basis of why capitalism works. altruism is evil.
speech you hate is the only thing worth protecting. you have the right to be offended, and they still have the right to offend. People who claim we shouldn't allow this are asking for their rights to be taken away. You wouldn't know constitutional government if it threw you in jail for dancing.
you know, shariah law bans dancing too
While I may disagree with Code Punk, entirely, they have the right to assemble.
This is a bold statement Whats_Up, I commend you for it and I stand by your entire post.
Hey, I believe very strongly in the right to assemble and ergo: the Tea Parties. Maybe it's just a personal thing but what would you say if these loons danced on your family's graves or the Veteran's graves? It's NOT the assembling per se but where and what they were doing that really pisses me off.
Who is this Benjamin Medina? God whatta ugly dude.
I blame obama for everything, especially the morons that crawled out of their sewers as soon as he was elected and now are rampaging everywhere in this country.
These old girls remind me of my hippy 60 year old sister. I think she has been lost since about 83.
So we should let the commies riot, make death threats, slander people because maybe the tea party might want to dance later on ?
Lots of excuses but it has been their way for at least 40 years I know of and the end result is this country is super F*cked up and now time to clean the crap out of this country as they belong living in Iran, mexico or best back to africa.
They are not dancing, they are being Aholes and cry babies who want 100 percent of the pie and death to everyone else.
Hitler had a Reichstag Fire that led to More Tyranny. Could these dancing Socialists be helping Obama and getting you to accept more Police powers?
Remember John Adams was the defense attorney for the British Soldiers accused in the "Boston Massacre", and he got them all acquitted!
Freedom is for everyone,even those you disagree with as long as the Constitution is extant.
Who is furthering more freedom at the Jefferson Memorial? Police or Benjamin? Choose your revolutionaries carefully,read what Jefferson had to say. Jefferson would be dancing too.
This may all be a set up, and if you favor suppression of speech and "dancing" as "inappropriate" ; Obama may find our next Tea Party too disruptive.
An Ill Wind this Way Blows.
100% agreed.
They are lucky that the Constitution doesn't allow us to dance these pinko commie bastards off to Gitmo for treason.
Bunch of idiots.
These are attention wh0res with maladjusted priorities. You have the "freedom" to raise your kids like savages and let them run around in public places being obnoxious – that doesn't mean you should. That is what I'm reminded of when I see this cringe-worthy exercise. Ron Paul 2008….Ramzpaul 2012
you people are ignorant of the constitution. These people are fighting for your rights. Maybe you should read the founding fathers.
Actually, they don't have that right there, I believe. What meetings are allowed in the Jefferson Memorial? Call them up and say you want to schedule the rotunda for a powerpoint presentation. Come on – use some common sense.
These people are just tiresome.
The minute they started protesting at US soldiers funerals they should have lost all rights. Read up on Code Pink's leadership and you will find that our rights is the last thing they are fighting for.
I couldn't think of a MORE LAME PLACE to go "dancing" than where they were "dancing".
IT'S A MEMORIAL…where people come from ALL OVER THE WORLD to REFLECT on all of the great things our country was founded on.
There are MILLIONS of better places to dance where TALENTED MUSICIANS are playing really loud music and drinking beers and having FUN.
Did any of those people look like they were having FUN?
Bunch of cry-babies who lived at home all their lives…pampered to death by their Libera parents…and never had to OBEY their parents EVER.
I applaud your truth, and conviction, and fortitude no matter who responds to you negatively. Kudos', Is this not what the TEA PARTY is about as well? The answer is YES!
Oh really?
Odd, Medea Benjamin, one of the founders of Code Pink, is not representative of Code Pink.
What an odd and disheveled world you live in.
Bingo!
Eh hemm…
By what twisted means of logic does their right to assemble override the public's right to view public property?
They have a right to assemble. They most certainly do not have a right to block or deny access to other's to public held property. You're rights end where my nose begins. These Code Pinko modern day hippies do not have the right to be a willful nuisance and deny others access to public memorials.
I know this sucks Whats Up, but this is what separates us from the Pinkers. They are right here on this point and we will stand with them because they are right on this point. That they are Pinkers has zero to do with whether they are right or wrong regarding their right to assemble in this way. It is foolish to arrest them as they did last time. All it was, all it is when it is any of us, is government overstepping its authority.
The "footloose" aspect here is clearly insane. If they want to dance around, they have the free right to do so – up to the point that they knock other people over or some such direct harm to another.
The cops are wrong here. 100%
I've searched that video over and over. I have yet to find a functional brain cell.
Perhaps, I wasn't looking in the right place.
pepper spray
just saying…
Two words, jerks dancing.
Like the idiot who keeps sticking his hand in the fire only to discover it's actually hot.
Prolly lots of college grads in that mess, too.
Uhh ….yeaaaahh.
It is not uncommon for folk arrested to be taken in for mental health evaluations.
Time to expand that envelope, that gal at the start of the vid would reason enough…
Duh, me no like dem. Day r weird looking and different den me. I tink day shud be arrested an put in gitmo. Me sure am glad day got da patriot act to keep me safe and coozie and warm. It scary out dair!
Obama/Romney 2012
Same old same old.
You are correct, of course. Many are reacting because they hate Code Pink and because the reason for their protesting is just stupid – they are just looking to "make a statement", get arrested, etc. They are just plain old lame.
Also, most leftie protests interrupt pleasant places and work traffic, etc.
However, as we all know quite well – there is no right to not be annoyed. Certainly there is "time, place and manner", but other than that, nothing.
So we have to at least acknowledge they have a right to do this stupid thing no matter how annoying.
Neocons and Osama bin Obomb'em, fulfilling the UN's agenda hand and hand!
Disarm Americo, destroy the boarders, ship our job to Communist China, a police state for anyone left with a spine to say "NO!"
Well said. It's hard to swallow to be sure, given who's doing it. But we either stand up for the 1st Amendment, or we don't.
There is no right to not be annoyed.
You like to smell your own farts don't you?
Weird. That sounds like something a chicom statist in training would say. Better dead then red buddy.
Such a communist position to take…I wonder if he realizes just how much he sounds like a socialist pig to the rest of us…
Neocons and Osama bin Obomb'em Hand and hand in irony…
The Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that Protesting Military Funerals falls in under Freedom of Speech.
The United States Military is taking notes and keeping score.
If Protesting Military Funerals is Legal under Freedom of Speech and Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial is not Legal under Freedom of Speech there may come a time when the United States Military rucks up to give classes on Constitutional Law.
Ann Coulter has this group nailed. A DEMONIC Mob. They are possessed by Satan. There is no logical explanation for their actions. Demon possession is a reality. These people are proof.
And, if Satan exists, so does God. So in effect these people are proving that there is a God.
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
George Washington
Thank you for speaking up, as part of a tea party gathering near the white house, we were forced to leave the park by the park police. Evidently someone had thrown a box of tea bags onto the white house lawn and gave the police a reason to shut us down. The police state, supported by our government is out of control.
I.E.D. –works for Bill Ayers, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.
time to return the favor
You are exactly why I would NEVER support Ron Paul!!!
Like this is the problem of our country. Look the other way, ppl are dancing while we are burning. Nice distraction.
We have rights and we also have laws. Law states you can not hold protests or demonstrations at National Monuments. Which is a good law, because some people travel great distances to see the monuments. You also have to have a permits for protest or assembly. Beck went threw hoops to get all the permits for his rally. People have rights, but not at the expense of ignoring the law. Code Pink is using our laws and rights against us just like her muzzie buddies.
This is not the right fight for freedom of speech rights.
The POSTED Code of Conduct at all National Memorials and the Park Service are there to ensure everyone has a repsectful and enjoyable experience. The Code Pink marxist provocateurs purposely go INTO the Jefferson Memorial to disrupt the atmosphere and defy authority. They can display their egos OUTSIDE the Memorial and the only thing they would get are weird looks from normal people.
Try to realize that the majority of visitors to the DC Memorials do not live in DC. Some travel long distances and spend A LOT of hard-earned money to vacation in one of the most fantastic places in the U.S. Most times it is a once in a lifetime trip for families and foreign visitors. I can guarantee you Code Pink left a nasty impression – and you should care about that! I'm sad to think of those that left that Memorial because of the close down – never to get the opportunity again. Because of these narcissistic creeps.
I wish the Code Pink people and their sycophants respected solemn places and other people. Sadly, many Americans today have a bloated sense of entitlement and a serious lack of maturity and self-censorship.
This is not the right fight for freedom of speech rights.
These people disrupt the normal purpose of this Memorial. The Park Service failed the legitimate visitors.
The Code Pink marxist provocateurs purposely go INTO the Jefferson Memorial to disrupt the atmosphere and defy authority. They can display their egos OUTSIDE the Memorial and the only thing they would get are weird looks from normal people.
Try to realize that the majority of visitors to the DC Memorials do not live in DC. Some travel long distances and spend A LOT of hard-earned money to vacation in one of the most fantastic places in the U.S. Most times it is a once in a lifetime trip for families and foreign visitors. I can guarantee you Code Pink left a nasty impression – and you should care about that! I'm sad to think of those that left that Memorial because of the close down – never to get the opportunity again. Because of these narcissistic creeps.
I wish the Code Pink people and their sycophants respected solemn places and other people. Sadly, many Americans today have a bloated sense of entitlement and a serious lack of maturity and self-censorship.
Again, this is not the right fight for freedom of speech rights.
NO IT IS NOT!! If you can't see the difference between these narcissistic, self-indulgent creeps and the law abiding respectful Tea Party members – you are not as smart as you think you are.
This is not the right fight for freedom of speech rights.
They are tromping on other peoples rights and therefore it is not the right exercise of their so-called 'dancing' rights. These people disrupt the normal use and purpose of this Memorial. The Park Service failed the legitimate visitors.
The Code Pink marxist provocateurs go INTO the Jefferson Memorial to disrupt the atmosphere and defy authority. They can display their egos OUTSIDE the Memorial and the only thing they would get are weird looks from normal people.
Try to realize that the majority of visitors to the DC Memorials do not live in DC. Some travel long distances and spend A LOT of hard-earned money to vacation in one of the most fantastic places in the U.S. Most times it is a once in a lifetime trip for families and foreign visitors. I can guarantee you Code Pink left a nasty impression – and you should care about that! I'm sad to think of those that left that Memorial because of the close down – never to get the opportunity again. Because of these narcissistic creeps.
Sadly, many Americans today have a bloated sense of entitlement and a serious lack of maturity and self-censorship.
This is not the right fight – They are disrupting the rights of others for their own narcissistic reasons. GET A CLUE!!
You have got to be kidding me!!!! Our military has fought for our rights. To include this rancid people in with our military heros is a great insult. Excercise them with care and consideration!!!
It has been over 50 years of these Socialists "getting their way", JR. I understand you are angry, as am I. But, we have to out-smart their Alinsky tactics and be better "Community Organizers". This is how they did it. To think these schmucks did this as their "Constitutional Right" is absurd. They NEVER do ANYTHING with the intent to support, uphold or even believe in the Constitution. I can guarantee you they would have preferred to be burning the American Flag. This was a "ruse" – and many bought it, – hook, line and sinker.
Don't let them Pi$$ you off – is what they want. Be refreshed – read a post made by General Early (about 11 posts down).
You miss the point, I think. They do this on purpose to disrupt.
The Code Pink marxist provocateurs purposely go INTO the Jefferson Memorial to disrupt the atmosphere and defy authority. They can display their egos OUTSIDE the Memorial and the only thing they would get are weird looks from normal people.
You are right. Some travel long distances and spend A LOT of hard-earned money to vacation in one of the most fantastic places in the U.S. Most times it is a once in a lifetime trip for families and foreign visitors. I can guarantee you Code Pink left a nasty impression – and we should care about that! I'm sad to think of those that left that Memorial because of the close down – never to get the opportunity again. Because of these narcissistic creeps.
I wish the Code Pink people and their sycophants respected solemn places and other people. Sadly, many Americans today have a bloated sense of entitlement and a serious lack of maturity and self-censorship.
This is not the right fight for freedom of speech rights.
And that includes the Park Service. They failed the legitimate visitors.
Idiot
These are Ron Paul supporters, I think.
I get what you are saying. That is why there are time, place and manner restrictions, which I did mention.
Perhaps my point was more about content rather than location – we can't fight this based on the content or WHO it is, although I do understand points made about WHERE and those relating to time, place and manner.
Thank you, Petro. Means a lot.
We just need to do what these Socialist Commie Pinkos have done for the past 50 + years:
Community Organize and KNOW COLD "Rules for Radical" and 'Cloward and Piven'.
So much to do, so little time.
Go ahead, keep defending the same people that invented the gulag and some day you may get to live in one.
Thank you for bringing up the LAW.
I could care less whether Code Poop dances naked down Constitution Ave. However, I DO care about our national monuments.
Look at their azzes and perhaps you'll find one or two.
I was in DC over the weekend. If I'd seen that going on while at the memorial, I'd probably be in jail now for punching out a few of those dim bulbs.
Spray deodorant, perhaps…!
FROM: http://blogs.forbes.com/benkerschberg/2011/05/18/...
In Oberwetter v. Hillard (D.C. Cir. May 17, 2011), the court of appeals thus held that “silent expressive dancing” is impermissible inside the Jefferson Memorial.
The court agreed with the district court’s finding that “Oberwetter’s expressive dancing falls within the spectrum of prohibited activies. The court added that “the conduct is prohibited because it stands out as a type of performance, creating its own attention and distracting from the atmosphere of solemn commemoration that the Regulations are designed to preserve.”
Altruism isn't evil. Coercion is evil.
It has been far more then "Community Organizers", it has been selling drugs to get the money to rig the elections, it is "we are slaves and you did it" to "you made us illegal aliens" to "you turn a cheek while we steal the whole country" to over 10,000 negro and mexican gangs that are armed while ubama is doing everything to prevent others to also get armed
If there is no civil or world war by this time next year it would be a surprise but as long as we play this game that we are to be polite and PC while they are killing us and brainwashing our kids, stealing their jobs and hooking them on drugs, their game plan is winning while whites are blogging saying how they are sorry for making the obama gang banger voters suffer, what a crock .. . . . .
You got a little bit right – but whole lot more wrong. No you cannot sing, dance in of OUR memorials! We should have consideration for those that go to the Memorials for the use and purpose they were created. These wierdos are narcissistic attention seekers and or Marxist sympathizers. Some rules for protest and demonstration permits are very valid.
Your comment is so lame!!! Why don't you get that their rights end when yours or mine are infringed. People were kept out of the Memorial because of their narcissistic indulgence. The Park Service failed when they didn't remove these weirdos. There are time and place issues. They could have done the same thing OUTSIDE the Memorial and all they would have gotten would be wierd looks from normal people. My rights will not be infringed if the Park Service nabs them, they will be enforced!
Then they can "assemble' OUTSIDE the Memorial!
Actually they don't have the 'right'. There are posted Codes of Conduct at all National Memorials, and the Park Service is supposed to enforce them so the general public can visit them for the cause and purpose they were created. Don't give these loons ANY cover for their lack of maturity and self-censorship.
I attend Tea Party events, gatherings etc. The person that threw the tea bags violated a major tenet of our self-imposed charter. DO NOT TREAT ANYTHING/ANYONE WITH DISRESPECT! We are to set the best possible example of how we want to see our country go. While it does seem like a minor manner – what if it had been a hand grenade? I give the Park Service slack on that one.
I see what you're saying, but this isn't about the right to assemble or the right to dance. They didn't go there to defend the right to dance or to protest a law against dancing. That's all pretense. They're asserting a right to be obnoxious, and they went there in hopes of being obnoxious enough to provoke their own arrest. They're encroaching on the rights of others to enjoy the monument. Dancing is just how they decided to do it. They could have played cards, did an aerobics workout, tossed a beach ball, played hopscotch, did yoga or whatever else… and when they were told to leave they would have claimed the authorities were trying to outlaw cards, aerobics, beach balls, hopscotch or yoga.
Wrong fight buddy. Their rights end when they infringe on yours or mine. Rightly, the Memorial was closed down because of those narcissistic self-indulgent immature Marxists. The legitimate visitors to the site were denied their right.
Pithy! Well done.
The very best reason I've seen to NOT support Ron Paul – his supporters are near anarchists.
I beg to differ. It is this type of mentality that has led to our current problems. Self-indulgent people with a huge sense of entitlement and immature reasoning find no problem with defying codes of conduct, rule of law, and consideration for others. These people VOTE for the current democraps that at the core of our national demise. There type needs to be reigned in.
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