Howie Hawkins arrested for protesting at Wellpoint's offices

Sat, 11/07/2009 - 12:53pm — DCblogger

Shackled Howie Hawkins appears in Syracuse City Court

Hawkins was arrested around 1 p.m. Wednesday by Syracuse police outside the office of National Government Services at 400 S. Salina St., which houses the care claims office of Wellpoint Inc., a large health insurer. Hawkins said he was trying to enter the building to deliver a letter to the CEO of Wellpoint Inc. demanding that the CEO’s salary be cut and put into healthcare. ...

...Hawkins said he was trying to deliver the letter on behalf of the healthcare reform group, Mobilization for Healthcare for All. He said he remained on the premises after Syracuse police warned that they would arrest him.

“It was to make the point,” Hawkins said. “What brought me to this point is that I’ve fought for public health care three times before, under the administrations of Nixon, Clinton, and now Obama.”

Do we have anyone from Syracuse? Know anything about this guy?

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These Mobilization for Healthcare for All folks seem like great

By jumpjet on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 10:14pm

people to approach to start a National Healthcare Party...

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