Anti-war protesters arrested at recruiting station

Anti-war protesters arrested at recruiting station

Clockwise from top left, Bonnie Tinker, Harry Kershner, Crystal Elinski and Sara Graham were all arrested in connection with a protest at a Portland military recruiting center.

By Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Three women and a man accused of leaving hand prints in red paint at a Portland military recruiting center have been arrested on criminal mischief charges.

Some are apparently members of a group that styles itself the "Seriously P.O.'d Grannies."

Members were arrested last year at the station for using finger paint to leave their hand prints, along with a number representing U.S. war dead in Iraq.

The four arrested Friday afternoon are women ages 67, 59 and 35, and a 62-year-old man.

In December, after a three-day trial in which a prosecutor compared them to suicide bombers, five people aged 56 to 76 were acquitted of criminal mischief. Jurors said the trial was a waste of time and money.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

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