By Sharon Tipton
On April 6, 2012, at a luncheon hosted by The Federalist Society of Orange
County, John Yoo spoke to a room of about twenty people at Gulliver's
Restaurant in Irvine, CA, about his new book on globalization. Outside
protesters from World Can't Wait, War Criminals Watch, Code Pink, Military
Families Speak Out, Occupy Orange County, Orange County Peace Coalition and
Friends of KPFK wore orange jumpsuits and held large signs educating
passersby about the crimes of Yoo. Inside, the crowd included two Code Pink
protesters who, while blending in, were getting ready to issue an arrest
warrant to Yoo. The protesters' chants outside were heard inside: "Arrest
John Yoo!" and "John Yoo is a War Criminal!"
Then J. stood up and read the arrest warrant to Yoo who mocked her and made
condescending remarks to an obviously nervous J. (It was her first time
doing this.) While she was being led away by Yoo's security, Yoo continued
his remarks, stating these were "Rent-A-Thugs". M. was the other
protester inside and was filming this and continued to do so after J. was
led away.
But when Yoo pontificated about the death penalty being a reasonable
punishment for murder, M. had the opportunity she was waiting
for, and said, "You're a murderer and you should be arrested for you war crimes. How do you answer to that?" She soon joined us outside.
Moving to the parking lot, we chanted and drew the attention of some of the
luncheon's attendees. After engaging in conversation, one of them was amazed
that we also protest the war crimes of Obama! The tentacles of torture and war crimes are extensive. And more people are learning about Yoo and his crimes. This was the largest anti-war criminal protest in Orange County recently!
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