Sedition in Olympia Washington

Sedition:

Conduct which is directed against a government and which tends toward insurrection but does not amount to treason. Treasonous conduct consists of levying war against the United States or of adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort.

Protestors in Olympia, Washington, have crossed the line from merely nonviolent protests against the war to openly engaging in sedition by not only blocking the transport of military equipment but by seeking to sabotage rail lines to the Port of Olympia.

You are more than free to be a complete jackass and protest against the government. You are not free to interfere in the transport of material for the war effort, even if you disagree with it.

Here's the video. And throw in some child endangerment or abuse charges against one woman, who thought it was more important to protest than to make sure that she didn't faceplant her baby on the pavement (which the baby did).

Michelle Malkin has been all over the story. Curiously, the big national media outlets haven't exactly been rushing to cover this. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that these protestors aren't just engaging in nonviolent demonstration, but are actively engaging in activities that the anti-American propagandists can use in their videos and undermines the war effort.

The anti-war left loves to claim that they hate the war but support the troops. Once again, by their actions, they show that they not only hate the war, but actively seek to help the enemies of the US win it.

Some arrests have been made, but they have been the proverbial slap on the wrist. These individuals are threatening to damage or destroy federal property.

Sixty-three people have been arrested since the protests began Nov. 6, the day after the USNS Brittin docked to unload vehicles and equipment the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division used during a 15-month deployment to Iraq. The brigade’s soldiers returned home last month.

OlyPMR organized the protests because it doesn’t want the equipment to be used again in what its members say is an illegal and immoral war.

The protests have been raucous at times. On Tuesday night, for example, a small group of protesters threw rocks at military vehicles and police cars. Some protesters rolled trash bins or threw debris on the road to stop the vehicles.

Police used batons and pepper spray to remove the protesters. In one case, they deployed “string balls,” softball-sized devices that explode in a shower of hard rubber pellets, as protesters threw rocks and attempted to block an intersection.