Activists Arrested for Posting Pictures of Iraqis in NYC

Two Arrested for Posting Pictures of Iraqis
Artist Emilie Clark and writer Lytle Shaw were arrested for posting pictures of people from Baghdad in Soho last Thursday night. Both have been released. A court date has been set to prosecute the two for showing New York City the people who may die in the potential war with Iraq. “If there wasn't a march on Saturday we wouldn't have been arrested.,” Shaw said. While in custody, police harassed Clark and Shaw with talk about how dangerous the rally would be. “They kept saying how mace was going to be used on all the protesters,” Clark said. “And then they said they had heard suicide bombers might attack the rally.” Clark and Shaw were members of the Baghdad Snapshot Action Crew. Based in New York City, the crew of 75 artists and activists began posting simple flyers with pictures of ordinary Iraqi citizens around New York City, in anticipation of and solidarity with the February 15th anti-war rally in New York City.