The Village Voice reports that police shut down a protest and speech by Cindy Sheehan at Union Square in NYC. (Thanks to reader Mary for pointing us to this.) Cops insist a camped out group of protestors advocating for Cindy have been troublemakers and when Cindy showed up to speak to a crowd of 150+, the cops moved in, grabbed the mike away from her and arrested the local leader of the encampment. The kicker?
Inspector Michael McEnroy, commander of the 13th Precinct, insisted the shutdown order had nothing to do with the content of Sheehan'?s speech, but was instead about the "provocation" caused by Zulkowitz. "This has been going on for much longer than today,"? McEnroy said, adding of Sheehan, "I don't even know the woman."? That last part prompted one pissed-off onlooker to shoot back: "Haven't you watched the news or read a paper in the last three months?"
