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Dear Family and Friends,
I want you to know that I am back home and doing well after my stint in the D.C. Jail system.
On July 23 I joined 400 others in a peaceful protest in the hallways of the Rayburn Office Building, office of Representative John Conyers Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Our purpose was to urge him to move forward with Impeachment proceedings against the Bush Administration. Although Conyers has been a friend and inspiration to the Impeachment Movement, his negative response led to our sit-in and refusal to leave the building. I was among the 45 arrested and one of 5 who went to jail for refusing to pay the $50 fine.
The jail experience was deplorable and frightening. We were confined behind bars in shackles hand and foot for over 24 hours for this non-violent action. We were subjected to food, water, and sleep deprivation in freezing temperatures wearing only t shirts & slacks. All other possessions had been confiscated. The places we were taken were crowded, filthy, cold and barren...no blankets, matresses, pillows.
It is not an experience I would recommend, and yet, Civil Disobedience is an important way for citizens to express outrage at a government and an administration that thinks it is above the law.
I leave you with a quote from Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution: The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on Impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
May each one of us act according to the dictates of our conscience.
Dorothy
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Editor's Note: The full story of Dorothy Greet's act of civil disobedience and jail experience was published in Delaware's Cape Gazette.
Dorothy Greet is a retired UCC minister and former CPSP Diplomate Supervisor living in Lewes, DE where she is founder of CITIZENS FOR IMPEACHMENT.
Posted by Perry Miller, Editor at August 30, 2007 6:06 PM
