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| Code Pink Clashes with Cops in KC |
| 2006-08-05 |
| Source is some alternative(?) local newspaper(?). Author seems kind of a goob, but he didn't approve of the stunt Code Pink pulled in KC a couple weeks ago. The operation: Bike up to pumps, wrap a pink trash bag around the handle and prevent customers from filling up — for a minute or two. Sarah Finken would lead chants with her megaphone while others would wave banners. The first target was the QuikTrip at Westport Road and Mercier, already a cauldron of circling cars and surly customers. Seven bicycles rolled to the pumps at 5:16, inciting a couple of anti-war honks. Out came the trash bags. To stunned motorists, the activists said things such as "no gas today," "keep driving" and "we're taking over." At ["cheerleader" Sarah] Finken's pump, a Dick Cheney look-alike in shorts, sandals and an apoplectic rage, leapt from his red Dodge van and pushed her aside. "I'm sorry, we're taking over right now," she said. "Move the fuck out of my way!" He dragged her bike from the pump. Cheney finally lost it completely when he spotted Code Pinker Andrew Badgerow snapping away with a digital camera. Cheney upended a bike and seized Badgerow's camera, which he threw to the pavement, shattering it. Law student Badgerow chose not to confront the rampaging Cheney... More at the link, including a pic. Read the rest. There's a happy ending. Via the The Indepundit via Tim Blair |
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