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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Pepper-Sprayed for Peace | Dissident Voice

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Pepper-Sprayed for Peace

I’ve been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray. I’ll post videos and photos of why atthis link.

We intended to hold signs and sing inside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, protesting its promotion of unmanned drones, missiles, and bombs, including its sponsorship by and promotion of weapons corporations. We don’t have any museums promoting health coverage or education or retirement security.

We had marched from the Freedom Plaza and McPherson Square occupations, taking over the streets of DC. The museum knew we were coming. Some of our group got in and dropped a banner. Hundreds of us did not. Instead, we were greeted at the door with cans of pepper spray.

There were three sets of entrance doors. I was among the first to open the third set of doors. A guard shook a