SOA Watch's Vigil Leads to Only One Arrest

         According to the Ledger-Enquirer the number of people arrested for civil disobedience at the Vigil this weekend was a shocking low of only one. In the past this number has reached as high as 85 for trespassing and other acts of disobedience. However, the number has been in decline with only four arrests last year and one this year. The reason for this is speculated to be a result of all of the occupy protests that are currently taking place across the nation. The total number of participants was estimated to be around 5,000. According to Hendrik Voss, the movement's national organizer "The numbers is not the main thing...

You get 70,000 people out for a football game and that doesn’t do anything. Overall it was a great atmosphere and a good event."

            The person arrested was a woman from Denver, Colorado, Theresa M. Cusimano. Theresa is an activist that previously served time for crossing over onto the base three years ago, and is currently facing up to 6 months of prison after posting $1,000 bond.
            In addition to this, actor Martin Sheen was among the 5,000 attendants and deliverd an impassioned address quoting Robert F. Kennedy and reciting a Rabindranath Tagore poem.

To read more on this weekends events visit:
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/11/21/1828170/soa-watch-smaller-protest-leads.html
http://www.soaw.org/

To view more photos from this weekend visit:
http://www.soaw.org/component/content/article/3823
http://www.soaw.org/news/news-alerts/3820-high-resolution-photos-from-the-satirday-rally