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Charges filed on 26 protesters near Lewis
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Oct 27, 2008 12:08:22 EDT
Posted : Monday Oct 27, 2008 12:08:22 EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Thurston County prosecutors have filed misdemeanor charges against 26 of the 42 anti-war demonstrators who were arrested at the Port of Olympia protesting Fort Lewis-Iraq war shipments.
Each of the 26 was charged Friday with one count of attempted disorderly conduct and one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer. Most of those charged were women.
For one week in November, protesters blocked shipments of Stryker vehicles and other military cargo from the Port of Olympia to Fort Lewis. The military equipment was used in the Iraq war.
Larry Hildes, a lawyer, said he was angry the charges were filed so close to the one-year statute of limitations running out.
Hildes said some of the women who were arrested Nov. 13 were forced to disrobe in plain view of policemen at the Olympia City Jail.
Thurston County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jon Tunheim said the charges were brought against the 26 protesters after a review of video and photographic evidence and the police reports his officer had received.
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