Cities across the country made sanctuary for AWOL servicemen
Berkeley, Calif.: Last year reaffirmed its Gulf War-era support of conscientious objectors by declaring itself a sanctuary, directing police and other city employees not to help the military arrest or find people who have gone AWOL.
Ithaca, N.Y.: In October passed a resolution making the town a sanctuary that protects war protesters, even those in uniform, from arrest by local law enforcement. The measure doesn’t specifically protect AWOL soldiers.
And now Activists want to make Portland a sanctuary for AWOL servicemen
Activists from several peace groups will go before the Portland City Council today seeking support for making Portland a sanctuary for military resisters — service members who have gone AWOL to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They hope the City Council will instruct police officers to ignore federal arrest warrants if they make a traffic stop of a soldier absent without leave.
The activists say such a stance is backed by the city’s formal opposition to the Iraq war. And, they say, it’s in line with the city’s withdrawal from the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force as well as its policy prohibiting Portland officers from assisting U.S. immigration agents unless they need emergency backup.
SOURCE: oregonlive
These cities are not very American are they? Bunch of anti-war Jane Fondas and John Kerrys!! These are the same people that support Obama even after he has lied to them! Now they have a president that would not join the military and was also against the war! I keep seeing CARTER, CARTER, CARTER!
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Why are these cities receiving any federal funds at all, I wonder.
Maybe its because most of the people in them are socialist couch potatoes that live on wel-fare!