Cindy Sheehan arrested at President's speech

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom, formerly known as Operation Shock and Awe, but better known as The War In Iraq, was arrested and removed from the House gallery shortly before President Bush's State of the Union address Tuesday, according to The Capitol Police.

Sheehan, invited to the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D- Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. Schneider said Sheehan had worn a T-shirt with an anti-war slogan to the speech and covered it up until she took her seat.

Sheehan was hauled away in cuffs from the Capitol to police headquarters a few blocks away. Sheehan would be released on her own recognizance, according to the heat.

The photo of Cindy Sheehan on this page is not from her protest last night, but is an All This Is That file photo from 2005.
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