Four
Iowans were
arrested
today while
attempting
to make a
Citizens'
Arrest of
Karl Rove in
Des Moines,
Iowa. Citing
Iowa Code
provisions
for making
Citizen's
Arrests as
well as
citing
Federal
Statute
violations
they claimed
Rove had
violated,
the four
were stopped
at the gate
of the
Wakonda
Country Club
in Des
Moines where
Rove was
scheduled to
speak at a
Republican
Fundraiser.
The four
arrested
were retired
Methodist
minister and
Peace and
Justice
Advocate,
Rev. Chet
Guinn, 80,
as well as
three Des
Moines
Catholic
Workers,
Edward
Bloomer, 61,
Kirk Brown,
25, and Mona
Shaw, 57.
All four
were cited
for
trespassing
and
released.
The four
maintained
that they
were acting
within the
guidelines
of Iowa Code
that
obligate
private
citizens to
make such an
arrest if
they believe
a felony has
been
committed
and turn
Rove over to
police
officials to
bring Rove
before a
judge for
formal
indictment.
By law, a
federal
judge should
consider the
charges and
determine if
an
indictment
should be
made.
Brown and
Shaw made a
similar
attempt last
March when
Rove spoke
at the
University
of Iowa,
Iowa City.
Brown and
Shaw were
arrested and
released
without
charges
following
that
attempt.
Deaths in
the Middle
East since
the March
attempt
number in
the
thousands
including,
151 more US
troops have
been killed
in Iraq, and
284 killed
in
Afghanistan
as well as
far more
citizens of
those two
nations.
Rove remains
unindicted
and recently
refused to
cooperate
with a
Congressional
subpoena in
the Valerie
Plame leak
investigation.
Despite
mounting
evidence of
Rove's
wrongdoing
concerning
leading the
U.S. to war
as well as
other
actions,
Congress and
the U.S.
judicial
system
remain
reluctant to
bring
charges
against
either Rove
or the Bush
administration.
Recent
evidence
includes
Articles of
Impeachment
that will
again be
presented by
Ohio
Congressman
Dennis
Kucinich
tomorrow.
Vincent
Bugliosi's
new book
"The
Prosecution
of George W.
Bush for
Murder"
carefully
lays out a
case against
Bush and his
administration
for war
crimes and
felony
murder.
Bugliosi was
prosecutor
for the
Charles
Manson
Family
murders and
author of
the book
"Helter
Skelter,"
which dealt
with that
crime.
To date
there have
been 4125 US
Military
deaths in
Iraq, 896 in
Afghanistan,
66,775
casualties
(wounded as
well as
those
removed for
other
injuries and
illnesses),
and more
than 200,000
Iraqi and
Afghani
citizens
killed and
many, many
more
wounded.
Contacts:
Mona Shaw
MonaShaw@aol.com
Kirk
Brown
kbmw36@yahoo.com
Chet
Guinn
CLGuinn@mchsi.com
Frank
Cordaro
frank.cordaro@gmail.com
Phillip
Berrigan
Catholic
Worker House
713 Indiana
Avenue, Des
Moines, IA
50314
515-282-4781
www.DesMoinesCatholicWorker.org
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