Thread: Info on Arrests and UNC Tonight ???

I just received second hand news that there were at least six arrests at Congressman Virgil Goode's visit to UNC.

Can anyone locate any info for us?

W

This is all I see!

http://www.charlottesvillepeace.org/node/74

Can't find anything posted yet but found this website:
http://vcnv.org/occupation-project-nation-wide-arrests
I would call the local paper and TV stations and ask if they have heard any of this.

Fewer problems at UNC's 2nd immigration talk
Published: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 7:06 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at 7:06 a.m.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — A second speech at the University of North Carolina which featured a vocal opponent of illegal immigration was completed with less disruption than a similar effort one week ago.

Former Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode appeared at the student union Wednesday night. There was some jeering and sarcastic cheering as he began to speak. A school official then told the audience that any student attempting to disrupt the speech would be removed from the auditorium.

Police did remove some sort of noise-making device that went off during Goode's remarks.

Last week, protesters disrupted Tom Tancredo's speech by shouting profanities and unfurling banners as the former Colorado congressman tried to address the audience in Brigham Hall. Police eventually halted his speech and had to use pepper spray after demonstrators broke a window.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/200 ... ation-talk

Several protesters arrested for disorderly conduct

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A protester is handcuffed ouside the Student Union Auditorium.

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Arrested protesters are being held in a P2P van in the service parking lot near the Union.
7 p.m., WEDNESDAY., April 22 --- Several protesters are being handcuffed and led through the Union. Fire alarms went off at Davis Library and Lenoir Dining Hall around 6:45 p.m. at the same time. Police confirmed that the alarm was actually pulled at Lenoir. It has not been confirmed yet, but several people are suspecting that the alarms were in conjunction with the protest of former U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode who is speaking at the Student Union Auditorium. Follow The Daily Tar Heel's live coverage of the speech and protest on Twitter.

Follow The Daily Tar Heel's live coverage of the speech and protest on Twitter.

The Daily Tar Heel will continue to update this story throughout the day.


http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/univer ... -1.1728573

University officials: Six people arrested in protest
Chancellor Holden Thorp said protesters "gave us no choice"
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Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2009

OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Goode delivers remarks; University police arrest 6 protesters for disorderly conduct

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill police arrested six people tonight (April 22) on charges of disorderly conduct during an appearance by Virgil Goode, a former Virginia Congressman, sponsored by an officially recognized student group, Youth for Western Civilization.

Goode spoke to a Frank Porter Graham Student Union audience of about 150 people and took questions from audience members for about 90 minutes. Some audience members jeered and heckled when the speech started. One small group walked out shortly after it began. Some set off personal body alarms that had to be located and turned off by police. Two others unfurled a banner with a profane statement. Goode continued speaking throughout.

Winston Crisp, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs, warned the audience a few minutes into the speech that disruptive behavior would not be tolerated. Officers began taking protesters out one or two at a time during the course of the event as the behavior escalated. Police reported no violence or vandalism.

Chancellor Holden Thorp issued the following statement:

“The speaker tonight was able to express his views and have a give-and-take with his audience. I regret that six protesters had to be arrested, but they gave us no choice. They ignored our warnings, and their disruptive behavior was completely at odds with what we expect at Carolina. I want everyone to know that these six people do not represent what Carolina stands for when it comes to freedom of expression.â€

Looks like AP rushed to sanitize this story and lie to everyone by excluding all of the arrests. Typical big brother bullshit from the Associated Press

W

Hmmmm.....here is what was planned by protestors:


At UNC, a different sort of protest planned tonight


Submitted by eferreri on 04/22/2009 - 10:51


A week after the Tom Tancredo fiasco at UNC Chapel Hill, a conservative student organization is bringing another former legislator to campus to speak.

Youth for Western Civilization, the small UNC-CH student group that last week brought the former Colorado congressman to campus for what turned out to be an aborted speaking engagement, will tonight present Virgil Goode, a former Virginia congressman.

Goode will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the student union on campus.

Meanwhile, student groups bothered by the western youth student group — which has been assailed by some and labeled racist — are organizing a "Speak-out for Diversity" at the same time.

That event will be at The Pit on campus, and is intended, according to a press release, to "allow students from a variety of different groups and backgrounds to explain why they are opposed to the goals of Youth for Western Civilization and why they believe in fostering an educational environment that allows all people to thrive."




What is happening, or may have, is still a mystery.

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Looks like AP rushed to sanitize this story and lie to everyone by excluding all of the arrests. Typical big brother V******V from the Associated Press

W

Maybe I missed something at those links, but the dates on the stories I saw at the links provided were far in the past:


CONSTITUENTS OCCUPY REPRESENTATIVE VIRGIL GOODE'S CHARLOTTESVILLE VA OFFICE IN PROTEST OF HIS REFUSAL TO OPPOSE WAR
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Video here (Protesters arrested at Goode speech):

http://www.dailytarheel.com/multimedia/ ... -1.1728685

From what I watched this doesn't show too much; just the arrests afterwards.