We brought you Adam Kokesh’s incredible speech from last Saturday’s Iraq protests in Washington D.C., and unfortunately, there was an incident that occurred that day that was so disgusting it defies description.
Via After Downing Street:
Here are photos of members of “Gathering of Eagles” who assaulted gold star father Carlos Arredondo in broad daylight in Washington, D.C., on September 15, 2007, throwing him to the ground and kicking him.
Account of what happened from Arredondo’s wife By Mélida Arredondo:
Carlos Arredondo, 47 year old father of two sons, arrived in the nation’s capitol on Monday, 09/10/07 to share a memorial he has made to honor for his eldest son, Alex. Carlos has visited thirty of the United States with the traveling memorial to his son Alexander. Lcpl. Alexander S. Arredondo, USMC was killed on 08/25/04. He was 20 years and 20 days old. The memorial consists of a casket, poster- size photographs of Alex when he graduated from boot camp, before his second tour in Iraq, lying in state at his wake, and a photo of Alex with his younger brother Brian.
Saturday, September 15, 2007 consisted of first a rally, a march towards the capitol and then a die-in. Carlos pulled the memorial along the march route approaching the rotunda near the capitol building. Several of the marchers requested for him to speak about the memorial where a crowd gathered around him. After finishing, several people walked with Carlos as he pulled the memorial. Several pictures of Alex dressed in his blues were attached to the display.
As Carlos passed counter protesters, one man ripped a picture of Alex from the memorial. Carlos leaped on the man to retrieve the picture. It was at that point that approximately five others all began to attack Carlos by kicking him in the head, legs, stomach and back.
This hateful group has a website, and while I have reservations about linking to them I feel that the depths of their hatred and ignorance must be seen to be believed and it must be beaten back. Please take the time to go look at the comments being made about Carlos at their site. No matter how enraging it may be, they must be exposed for who and what they really are.
The Capitol police bicycle patrol then appeared to break up the fight. Several officers including a female officer were engaged in breaking up the fight and were able to stop any further injuries from occurring. Hannah Jones who was walking with Carlos was also assaulted.
A bystander named Ramesh witnessed the whole encounter and also retrieved the picture of Alex for Carlos. He was quite distressed at how he watched the men follow Carlos as he pulled the memorial, purposefully yelling epiphets and eventually taking Alex’s photograph. Soon, an ambulance showed up as well as many concerned activists. The paramedics provided first aid to Carlos but he did not seek further medical attention. Carlos sustained bloody cuts on his shins. He also reported bruises all over his torso and head where he was kicked.
Filed Under: Iraq, Military, Protests, Republican Hypocrisy, Right Wing Stupidity, Supporting our Troops
8 Trackbacks To “Gold Star Father Who Lost Son In Iraq Allegedly Beaten By Members Of Pro-War Group“
See we love peace and democracy, and we want to spread this misery around the world.
Anyone who is pro war needs to be handed a gun and put on the front lines.
Go get ‘em stupid.
And good riddance.
Where does the Senate stand on condemning this group?
Maybe Cornyn can write up another resolution since it seems he has so much time on his hands.
Sieg Hal!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcNkMIwolKc
‘A Shitting of Pigeons’
Sadly, No! has been all over this group for years. They need to post about this….
Elderta @ 3:
Maybe John should visit Larry in the john.
This would make a great story on Keith Olberman’s Countdown. He’s the one vehicle for getting this out to the rest of the country.
Where there any arrests?
they didn’t have their guns so they panicked.
The reason impaired right gets violent once again. Their pathetic lives need perpetual war to make them feel they have a purpose. Facts and statistics make their caveman blood boil. If you get them off their index card talking points, watch out
This story coming after the Naomi Wolf piece below is quite fitting. Sounds like these goons are candidates for the coming GOP’s equivalent of the brown shirts.
Personally I’ve always believed there are far more Americans who are fascist at heart than one would think. Goosestep, anyone?
I didn’t know what angry was until I saw this article. I hope the guy sues their asses off.
I am so fucking tired of this thirst for war. By pricks who don’t wish to do the actual fighting.
I agree with Elderta. Where’s the condemnation about this on the Senate floor? I saw the spokesman for this group on Washington Journal before the demonstrations began. He was a guest along with the lady from ANSWER. A caller asked the guy about his own military record. The guy said due to a medical condition he was unable to serve.
He also said his group was there to see that the protesters (anti war folks) didn’t deface any of the war memorials as they had all around the country. He didn’t back up that accusation with any facts. I don’t recall any protesters defacing any memorials anywhere.
I hope whomever did this to the gentleman will be charged with assault and battery at the very least.
So a young man goes to war with the belief he is helping maintain the freedoms of our constitution which includes freedom of speech. Sadly he dies.
So his father who gets a bigger picture of the reality of the occupation chooses to use the freedom of speech his son died for to protest his feelings.
So some fat, redneck guys who are “true patriots” feel freedom of speech isn’t for everyone and five of them beat the snot out of a grieving father.
So are these the end times of humanity or what?
People like these don’t give a damn about the USA. The people who are dying in Iraq are just pawns to pursue Israeli’s interests in the middle easts and the grieving families of the soldiers who are dying for Israel are just cockroaches who are getting in their way.
They are keeping us safe from the Al Kidas who come from India to steel our freedumbs!
That’s how the GOP supports the troops. By assaulting their family members.
Brownshirts.
Welcome to Nazi America.
Nazerikkka?
Meanwhile, the cemetery at the home of the 1st infantry runs out of space. Granted, it was nearly full before we invaded, but this is fittingly symbolic.
http://www.reuters.com/article.....me=topNews
Their web site crashed, just as well
MargeAggedon @ 2:
How about we not give them a gun and still send them over to Iraq?
Bunch of a*sholes! They deserve far worse treatment.
Didn’t the Brownshirts attack their own people?
I clicked on the link “go look at the comments” and after waiting like forever for the link to load I got an error message. Maybe their site has crashed or something. Maybe Lady Karma decided to pay them a visit.
Lcpl. Arredondo dies in service to his country and its freedoms, including freedom of speech, and when his father speaks out, he is attacked and his son’s memory disprespected.
This incident perfectly illustrates the fascist tactics of the extreme right. Why does the extreme right hate our freedoms?
What a bunch of cowardly, small-penised, knuckle-dragging, mofos!
Where’s the video? They are saying nothing happened. But, they also say there were video cameras everywhere.
Five white guys jumping on a lone man…so…are THEY going to get attempted murder and assault charges, too?
/holding breath and turning blue
Fucking blobs of shit defile a photo of this guy’s dead son who died for THEIR pasty asses??? I’m willing to show these fat fucks the liberal in me.
How can it be that the people who attacked Carlos were not arrested and charged with attempted 2nd degree murder? They could easily have killed him.
pissed off patricia @ 13:
How about we assault them WITH a battery?
(Sorry S/M).
Link is busted. Karma police in action again! Hoo-ah!
pissed off patricia @ 24:
No doubt just a glut of traffic that the server couldn’t handle but they’ll be calling it an “attack”. It sounds so much better than ‘We couldn’t afford the bandwidth’.
I didn’t see anybody coming to his aid in those pictures. what kind of charges are being pressed aginst the thugs?
Could this be Move-On’s next ad? This is truly awful and needs to get widespread attention.
Charles @ 23:
Possibly, but the SA (Sturm Abteilung) were slaughtered by the SS once Hitler officially approved them (Schutstaffel).
Gathering of Eagles == brown shirts
… they’re here.
Anais @ 25:
Because they want to control you.
Well hell they can do that, they’re pro Bush . . . but don’t you sare say anything against Patraeus
Help me, my country is making me sick
To manin the van,
I get your point but saddly…he didn’t die for our freedome…or even for our safety. He died for oil money that you and I will never see.
MargeAggedon, you’re probably right and they will say they are the victims of the left or some such foolishness.
So where is the media uproar on this? That’s right, they’re too focused on the Move On ad.
The Gathering of Eagles…what a bunch of pathetic lap-dog idiots. They don’t care about anything but violence and being real tough guys. Good friggin thing I wasn’t there. Most tuffy biker types are pussies, you just gotta know how to blind them and bust their knees. Then they end up where they belong, crying in the dirt.
You can bet none of those punks are signing up to go to Iraq. They’re real tough ganging up on one man on the ground, typical of men with no self esteem and no sense of what it means to be a real men. Phonies, wimps, and chumps.
There site is crashed….call the wahbulance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJkOyc_phy4
P Fretheim @ 28:
I have to agree. The man was jumped by five people in front of witnesses. Does the victim need signed confessions of their intent to do him harm before law enforcement gets involved? Am I missing something?
this is truly a frightening time in this country. when ignorance of this magnitude (the GOE group and their supporters) isn’t immediately and forcefully condemned by EVERYONE, we’re in serious trouble.
I just read the comments from some of the postings. Are they all so blinded by their deeply entrenched, misguided beliefs??!! It seems they can only be skeptical and fling personal attacks. What is WRONG with them, it’s like their intellect and maturity never got out of middle school.
Really disgusting when the Brown Shirts show up to make people believe the right things.
these are the same losers that think we should have won in nam,
WON WHAT????
MargeAggedon @ 43:
I believe we’re all thinking along the same lines (JenaJenaJena), see my remark at 27. But maybe the real truth is that Carlos got jumped for the ‘right’ reasons, as far as the fascist warmongers in charge are concerned. Heck, he’s lucky he didn’t get tased for scuffing these cowards’ shoes with his rib cage.
I am so effin’ ready….
And you won’t see this in the news because. . OJ just made bail. . and Britney has to go take random drug tests to see if she can keep her kids. . sigh.
Looks like linking to this nazi group’s web site killed the gerbil running their dinky server.
Keep on clickin’.