DjTj Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Falun Gong practitioner shouted at Chinese president from media area WASHINGTON - A woman accused of heckling Chinese President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance was charged Friday in federal court with willfully intimidating, coercing, threatening and harassing a foreign official. Dr. Wang Wenyi, 47, had obtained temporary press credentials for Hu's visit Thursday as a reporter for a Falun Gong newspaper and positioned herself on a camera stand. After Hu began speaking, she shouted in Chinese and in English: "President Bush, stop him from killing" and "President Bush, stop him from persecuting the Falun Gong." She was waving a banner with the red and yellow colors used by Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in China. She kept shouting for several minutes before Secret Service agents led her from the stand. If convicted, she could receive up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. She is a medical doctor and a practitioner of Falun Gong. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12426832/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Falun Gong protests throughout NYC. Their protests are bizarre and borderline obsence in the degree of violence that they depict to be their course of treatment in China. They often have one of their followers in a cage with painted on soars and blood. It's macabre on the order of a bad horror movie--and for that reason, I've never taken their pamphlets seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelms Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Falun Gong practitioner shouted at Chinese president from media areaWASHINGTON - A woman accused of heckling Chinese President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance was charged Friday in federal court with willfully intimidating, coercing, threatening and harassing a foreign official. Dr. Wang Wenyi, 47, had obtained temporary press credentials for Hu's visit Thursday as a reporter for a Falun Gong newspaper and positioned herself on a camera stand. After Hu began speaking, she shouted in Chinese and in English: "President Bush, stop him from killing" and "President Bush, stop him from persecuting the Falun Gong." She was waving a banner with the red and yellow colors used by Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in China. She kept shouting for several minutes before Secret Service agents led her from the stand. If convicted, she could receive up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. She is a medical doctor and a practitioner of Falun Gong. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12426832/ So, why hasn't Cindy Sheehan been arrested numerous times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 So, why hasn't Cindy Sheehan been arrested numerous times? maybe it is the foreign official part ==== Why isn't this protected under free speech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsBry Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 It's good to know that freedom of speach does not apply to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjTj Posted April 24, 2006 Author Share Posted April 24, 2006 So, why hasn't Cindy Sheehan been arrested numerous times? Um ... she HAS been arrested numerous times: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/26/AR2005092600143.html http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html ...but it's a good point - it does seem like the threshhold for protest against foreign officials is lower than that for our own leaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 maybe it is the foreign official part==== Why isn't this protected under free speech? Time for a Predicto prediction. 1) She was arrested as a political/diplomatic thing. The Chinese are very attuned to protocal, and her outburst was very embarassing to Hu. 2) Charges will be dropped down the road when thing quiet down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Time for a Predicto prediction.1) She was arrested as a political/diplomatic thing. The Chinese are very attuned to protocal, and her outburst was very embarassing to Hu. 2) Charges will be dropped down the road when thing quiet down. #1 isn't a prediction still though, it is kind of disturbing that the justice system is used for that, but nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HailYeah Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Falun Gong protests throughout NYC. Their protests are bizarre and borderline obsence in the degree of violence that they depict to be their course of treatment in China. They often have one of their followers in a cage with painted on soars and blood. It's macabre on the order of a bad horror movie--and for that reason, I've never taken their pamphlets seriously. I 've seen them all over too. It weird, but that doesnt stop me from taking them seriously. I think they could come up with some fresh ideas though. My questions is, how did the secret service not see this coming? I mean, once in a lifetime stage for a political outburst (Bush-Hu White House lawn ceremony), reporter for Falun Gong newspaper. And yet they still gave her the press pass? My guess is someone in the Sercret Service is getting reamed for this by higher-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz1972 Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 this is cencorship,plain and simple,that agent covered her mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelms Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 Um ... she HAS been arrested numerous times:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/26/AR2005092600143.html http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/sheehan.arrest/index.html ...but it's a good point - it does seem like the threshhold for protest against foreign officials is lower than that for our own leaders. I'm sorry, I meant to say why hasn't Cindy Sheehan been EXECUTED yet. My bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCRunner Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 .......intimidating, coercing, threatening and harassing a foreign official.... several minutes before Secret Service agents led her from the stand. Oh, please. Ridiculous. I think they meant to cite to the section of the code that forbids willfully embarrassing or shaming foreign officials or the President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimReefa Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 So now we're arresting people for peaceably protesting human rights abuses in China. Nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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