Rove Arrest II

Four Iowans were arrested Friday, July 25, 2008, while attempting to make a Citizens' Arrest of Karl Rove in Des Moines, Iowa. Citing Iowa Code provisions for making Citizen's Arrests as well as citing Federal Statute violations they claimed Rove had violated, the four were stopped at the gate of the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines where Rove was scheduled to speak at a Republican Fundraiser.

The four arrested are retired Methodist minister and Peace and Justice Advocate, Rev. Chet Guinn, 80, as well as three Des Moines Catholic Workers, Edward Bloomer, 61, Kirk Brown, 25, and Mona Shaw, 57. All four were cited for trespassing and released.

The four maintained that they were acting within the guidelines of Iowa Code that obligate private citizens to make such an arrest if they believe a felony has been committed and turn Rove over to police officials to bring Rove before a judge for formal indictment. By law, a federal judge should consider the charges and determine if an indictment should be made. A copy of their Arrest Statement is below.

Brown and Shaw made a similar attempt last March when Rove spoke at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Brown and Shaw were arrested and released without charges following that attempt. Deaths in the Middle East since the March attempt number in the thousands including, 151 more US troops have been killed in Iraq, and 284 killed in Afghanistan as well as far more citizens of those two nations.

Rove remains unindicted and recently refused to cooperate with a Congressional subpoena in the Valerie Plame leak investigation. Despite mounting evidence of Rove's wrongdoing concerning leading the U.S. to war as well as other actions, Congress and the U.S. judicial system remain reluctant to bring charges against either Rove or the Bush administration. Recent evidence includes Articles of Impeachment presented by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich. Vincent Bugliosi's new book "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder" carefully lays out a case against Bush and his administration for war crimes and felony murder. Bugliosi was prosecutor for the Charles Manson Family murders and author of the book "Helter Skelter," which dealt with that crime.

To date there have been 4,125 US Military deaths in Iraq, 896 in Afghanistan, 66,775 casualties (wounded as well as those removed for other injuries and illnesses), and more than 200,000 Iraqi and Afghani citizens killed and many, many more wounded.

Protesters stand at the gate to the Wakonda Country Club in Des Moines.

Videos

Video of arrest attempt produced by Rodger Routh.

Cenk Uygur host of the Young Turks, the first nation-wide liberal talk show. www.theyoungturks.com

The Iowa Citizen’s Arrest Complaint

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Des Moines Police take the four attempting to make the arrest into custody.

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Slide Show of Arrest

Click the center of each photo for information about it. These photos may be freely as long as credit is given.

First attempt to arrest Rove in March, 2008

Trial for the four arrested has been continued until late fall.

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Sample Press Coverage

Coverage of the arrest attempt by now has appeared in every major news media outlet in the US as well as other nations. Thousands of mentions appear in the blogosphere. Below are some examples.

Photo by Michael Gillespie