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The Sedition Report

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Incident Detail Report

Date of Offense: February 15, 2008
Location: DC - Washington DC
Protesters invade and trash a recruiting station in Washington DC
At the peak of the second"Funk the War" dance party/protest, the entire group swarmed the military recruiter at 14th st, with about half the group getting inside and the rest securing the entry and plastering windows with stickers.
AUDIO 3 min:
dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/4/sds_storms_recruiter_f15.mp3

Funk the War takes Connecticut Ave in Rush hour

Prior to ripping up all their shit-but inside at 14th and L recruiter.Look closely-half the people are BEHIND the window!
After many previous protests had found the 14th st recruiter "closed" at 5PM, Funk the War found them open, and the door unlocked at nearer to 6Pm and promptly exploited the situation by demonstrating to them first hand how an occupying force behaves.

After a loud commotion inside while outnumbered cops watched, recruiters finally managed to get protesters to leave-but not before literature and full-body length cardboard displays in the street window area were destroyed. In addition, hundreds more "Funk the War" stickers were plastered all over just about everything that would take them. By the time everyone was out it looked like a tornado had swept through the lobby.

One recruiter tried to grab an activist but found himself overpowered by SDS's superior strength and numbers and had no choice but to give up!

This came on the heels of the whole group marching in K st and Connecticut Ave at the height of rush hour, closing War Profiteer's Row to cars fro quite a while. The group closed out by going after DC GOP headquarters, but that door was locked and there were too many cops around to break it down.

http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/142455/index.php