Three anti-war protesters arrested at Port of Tacoma
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
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Monday, March 5, 2007

Three anti-war protesters arrested at Port of Tacoma
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TACOMA, Wash. -- Anti-war protesters plan to demonstrate on an I-Five overpass 
in Tacoma during the afternoon commute to draw attention to the shipment of Fort 
Lewis equipment through the Port of Tacoma.

A protest leader, Olympia City Councilman T-J Johnson, says the Army has been 
"sneaking under cover of darkness" since Friday night.

Three anti-war protesters were arrested overnight at the Port of Tacoma.
They were protesting the loading of Stryker vehicles and other equipment that 
will be shipped to Iraq for the deployment of a Fort Lewis Stryker brigade. The 
three were accused of assault and led away in handcuffs. Protesters say one of 
them also was shot with a rubber bullet.

Fort Lewis said in a news release the vehicles are being moved in groups of 
about 25 vehicles in non-peak hours, under escort of military and local police.

Last May protesters clashed with police at a similar shipment from the Port of 
Olympia.

Johnson says plans for more protests in Olympia forced the Army to move to 
Tacoma.

Today's protest is planned between four and six on the Pacific Avenue overpass 
on I-Five at Tacoma.