Two little old ladies from Oregon got arrested for refusing to leave their Senator’s office.
For a 61 year old woman, I had a terrifically interesting day. On Wednesday, February 20, 2007 I got arrested - along with a 73 year old woman named Dot. We entered Sen. Gordon Smith’s office and asked the receptionist if we couldn’t speak to Senator Smith or one of his aides. We were informed that Senator Smith was in Salem today - and no aide except one involved with immigration issues was present in the office today…
The receptionist asked us to leave, Dot and I refused - and 3 regular police officers came to arrest us - soon joined by 3 bicycle officers. Dot and I must appear awfully dangerous to require 6 police officers - even though I am only about 5′4″ tall and Dot’s head barely came to the height of my shoulder. (I’d guess Dot is slightly less than 5′ tall.)
Awww!












