Sunday, March 16, 2008

California: Two Arrested in Protest at Marine Recruiting Center

Two women were arrested at the Marine Corps recruiting center in Downtown Berkeley today after allegedly sitting down inside the center and refusing to leave.

A 46-year-old El Cerrito woman and a 52-year-old San Francisco woman with anti-war group Code Pink were arrested on suspicion of trespassing, said Berkeley police Lt. Craig Guster.

Guster said that police responded at about 3:30 p.m. after the two women sat down inside the entry to the Marine Recruiting center on Shattuck Avenue and refused to leave.

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