Keeping the rabble in their place
Iowa City woman, others arrested for attempting citizen’s arrest of Rove
DES MOINES – Police here arrested four Iowans Friday after they attempted a citizen’s arrest of former White House adviser Karl Rove, who was in Des Moines to speak at a fundraiser.
Retired Methodist minister Rev. Chet Guinn, 80, and three Des Moines Catholic Workers, Edward Bloomer, 61, Kirk Brown, 25 and Mona Shaw, 57, who lives in Iowa City, were cited for trespassing and released, according to a news release.
Citing the Iowa Code, which allows citizen’s arrests, the four accused Rove of election fraud; conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States in the time before the Iraq war; and treason, sedition and subversive activities for fraudulent acts leading to the deaths of 300,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,000 U.S. Military personnel, according to their arrest complaint.
Brown and Shaw attempted a similar arrest last March when Rove spoke at the University of Iowa. They were arrested and released without charges. </em>
Quick question. If you are able to arrest Rove, do you have to actually touch him?
Shudder.
Have you ever felt warm Jello, that’s been covered in soft downy hair like a new born duck? I imagine Rove feels much the same, but nastier.
