Free Press in the US
November 22nd, 2010 § Leave a Comment
An RT crew was detained in the US as they filmed a peace-advocating rally near the ‘School of Assassins,’ aka the School of the Americas, which continues to be funded by American tax dollars.
From Pinochet’s soldiers in Chile, D’Aubuisson’s death squads in El Salvador, Banzer’s minions in Bolivia, Galtieri’s operatives in Argentina and Rios Montt’s soldiers in Guatemala to the present-day generals responsible for the coup in Honduras and the drug war killings in Colombia, the School of the Americas has a dark legacy. Renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, the school has graduated 65,000 soldiers from 18 countries.
A cameraman and a correspondent were taken into custody along with a number of activists. The RT crew has now been released. Learn more about the SOA (renamed to the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) and the reasons for the rally here. More background info after the jump.
Kaelyn Forde speaks about her experience:
