Anti-War Grandmothers attempt to enlist
at Times Square Recruiting Station
and are locked out and arrested.
October 17, 2005

Pictures in chronological order. Widen screen so pictures are four across. Click on any picture for full size view.

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First Grandmothers arrive

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"We're a bunch of Raging Grannies, telling you, get off your fannies!"

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"God Help America, we need you bad, cause our leaders are cheaters, and they're making the world really mad!"

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Getting ready to march to the recruiting station

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The march to the recruiting station door begins

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"Shalom, Peace, Peace on Earth!"

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"We Insist! We Enlist!" Turned back from the door. "They locked the door on us!"

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Grandmothers begin reading from their official statement

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More Grandmothers read from their official statement

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As crowd cheers, Grandmothers chant and sit down

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Grandmothers and crowd sing together: "There's No Business Like War Business!"

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Grandmothers ignore police warnings, continue singing and chanting.

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Police establish perimeter and begin cuffing and leading away Grandmothers.

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As crowd chants, "Arrest Bush!" grandmothers are cuffed and led away.

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Carol Husten of Peace Action New York and Joan Wile of Grandmohers for Peace are cuffed and led away


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18 grandmothers arrested at Iraq war protest
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--warprotest1017oct17,0,4353278.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

Photo NEW YORK (AP) _ Eighteen grandmothers were arrested and face charges of disorderly conduct after they showed up at a military recruiting center and said they wanted to enlist, a protest group said.

Police arrested the women, ranging in age from 49 to 90, Monday afternoon after they sat down in front of the Times Square recruiting station to protest the war in Iraq, police said.

When the 18 women, including Marie Runyon, who is 90 and blind, tried to enter the station, they found it locked, said Joan Wile, 74, director of Grandmothers against the War.

"We tried to ring the bell at the booth, but no one answered," Wile said. "I saw a head poke up from behind the counter every once in a while and then duck back down. I don't know what they were afraid of. Maybe they don't know how to deal with a bunch of grannies."

The women were taken into custody after they sat down in front of the recruiting station and began to chant, "We insist, we want to enlist."

Photo Grandmothers against the War joined the New York City Raging Grannies and the Gray Panthers to form a coalition called the Anti-War Grandmothers, which organized the protest in Times Square. The group said that about 100 people attended.

"The police were extremely nice," Wile said. "They helped us up from our sitting position and helped us get in and out of the van, which was difficult with our handcuffs on."

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AP - Mon Oct 17, 2:33 PM ET Members of Grandmothers For Peace stage a sit-in at the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station before their arrest, during an anti-Iraq war rally in Times Square, New York, Monday Oct. 17, 2005. 17 grandmothers from the New York area were arrested when they attempted to enter the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and enlist in place of soldiers currently deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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AP - Mon Oct 17, 2:24 PM ET
Police arrest members of Grandmothers For Peace as they stage a sit-in at the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station, during an anti-Iraq war rally in Times Square, New York, Monday Oct. 17, 2005. 17 grandmothers from the New York area were arrested when they attempted to enter the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and enlist in place of soldiers currently deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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AP - Mon Oct 17, 2:26 PM ET
Batty Brassell, 75, in a police wagon after her arrest during an anti-Iraq war rally in Times Square, New York, Monday Oct. 17, 2005. Brassell was among 17 members of Grandmothers For Peace arrested when they attempted to enter the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and enlist in place of soldiers currently deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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AP - Mon Oct 17, 2:20 PM ET
Members of Grandmothers For Peace, including Batty Brassell, 75, center, using a walking aide, hold an anti-Iraq war rally in Times Square, New York, Monday Oct. 17, 2005. Brassell was among 17 grandmothers from the New York area arrested when they attempted to enter the U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station and enlist in place of soldiers currently deployed in Iraq. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)