St. Louis County police arrested six people, including a Post-Dispatch reporter, during a demonstration Thursday evening outside a forum on aging called by U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-St. Louis.
Two of the people were arrested on suspicion of assault, one of resisting arrest and three on suspicion of committing peace disturbances, police say.
The forum drew an overflow crowd of several hundred to Bernard Middle School gym in south St. Louis County. Dozens of people, many carrying signs about the health care debate, were kept out because of the turnout. The back and forth between factions within the crowd created a carnival-like atmosphere inside and out between members of the movement opposing President Barack Obama's policies and groups who came to show support for the president's proposals.
The six people were arrested after confrontations outside the school, said county police spokesman Rick Eckhard. Carnahan was gone when the ruckus started, Eckhard said.
Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman, who was covering the event and shooting video for stltoday.com, was arrested for interference.
Post-Dispatch photographer Dawn Majors was at the scene and photographed the arrests. She said she heard Wagman yell her name and say that he was being taken into custody.
Kenneth Gladney, 38, a conservative activist from St. Louis, said he was attacked by some of those arrested as he handed out yellow flags with "Don't tread on me" printed on them. He spoke to the Post-Dispatch from the emergency room at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, where he said he was awaiting treatment for injuries to his knee, back, elbow, shoulder and face. Gladney, who is black, said one of his attackers, also a black man, used a racial slur against him before the attack.
It is the Obama administration doing this. NO ex dems are for this and are fighting against it too. I wish some of the wording on a few of these videos was a little different. This happend to US too in the primaries. It's an Obamacrat thuggery in charge of this b.s. Independents, dems and conservatives who care about rights are fighting against it. Not "just" consservatives. Selling that meme like a lot of these titles do is under cutting the power of this blow back against the Obama machine thuggery.
There are a LOT of these videos out today and they are scary!! I will be posting some later on too. They are really going whole hog trying to shut people up now. They are bringing in ACORN and the unions. This is going to get really, really nasty.
It is the Obama administration doing this. NO ex dems are for this and are fighting against it too. I wish some of the wording on a few of these videos was a little different. This happend to US too in the primaries. It's an Obamacrat thuggery in charge of this b.s. Independents, dems and conservatives who care about rights are fighting against it. Not "just" consservatives. Selling that meme like a lot of these titles do is under cutting the power of this blow back against the Obama machine thuggery.
There are a LOT of these videos out today and they are scary!! I will be posting some later on too. They are really going whole hog trying to shut people up now. They are bringing in ACORN and the unions. This is going to get really, really nasty.
Its classic Chicago politics.
And, you're right, its not just "conservatives". 60% of Indpependents can't stand obama and this healthcare debacle, either.
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