D.C. Protests: Cornel West Arrested During Supreme Court Demonstration

WASHINGTON -- Author, commentator, civil rights activist and Princeton University professor Cornel West has been arrested while protesting on the steps of the Supreme Court about corporate influence in politics.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman says 19 people were arrested Sunday afternoon after they refused to leave the grounds of the court.

Ann Wilcox, an attorney and legal adviser to the protesters, says West was among those arrested. West attended the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall before joining the October 2011 Stop the Machine protest in Washington's Freedom Plaza.

The protest is marking 10 years since the start of the war in Afghanistan and has an anti-war and anti-corporate greed message.

West is a well-known left-leaning academic whose books include "Race Matters" and "Democracy Matters."

 

 

Comments

[RTF372]

02:12 AM on 10/20/2011

Cornel West = patriot.

[ALPHAKITA]

12:06 AM on 10/19/2011

FROM A PUBLIC FORUM -


Moreover, Princeton has managed to get itself caught, if not in the middle, at least on the margins of a demeaning public squabble between a respected university president and a sulking diva of political correctness. Princeton is in the unseemly position of appearing to revel in the humiliation of Lawrence Summers, who is apparently being made to grovel for being insufficiently politically correct. He may have wounded Cornel West's tender sensibilities with the unfair weapon of truth. My advice is to go and have a consultation with Larry Summers, who seems to have it right where West is concerned.

West is a racist rabble-rouser of the worst kind. He's a fraud, not a scholar. He's a megalomaniac with a radical agenda (a phrase I've almost never used), and a petty whiner with the remarkable capacity to spout socio-babble for sixty minutes non-stop without saying a single thing of substance. Hasn't anyone there ever watched him on television? What are you going to pay him: $200,000 a year? For what?

[DanBest]

05:06 PM on 10/21/2011

like most cons you can't argue cogently, so you impugn the character of the person you hate. You are a sad sad human. I feel sorry for you.

[ALPHAKITA]

06:29 PM on 10/21/2011

I did not write it. It was written by a Princeton grad.
Go back & read the beginning of the posts.

Now that you are at least informed, let me say for the record, I most certainly DO NOT CARE for the Nutty (JEALOUS OF OBAMA) Professor.

I'm sure if I knew the writer of the letter, I'd shake his hand.

[ALPHAKITA]

12:04 AM on 10/19/2011

FROM A PUBLIC FORUM -

April 15, 2002

What follows is a letter to President Tilghman and sent also to PAW aND several administrators at Princeton:

Dear President Tilghman,

You are the unlucky recipient of this message because, as the one ultimately in charge, you also seem the logical one to whom I should voice my heartfelt complaint. I have sent copies to Provost Amy Gutmann; Alumni Council Head, Margaret Moore Miller; and the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

I'm a member of the class of 1954, and, unlike many, perhaps a majority, of my contemporaries, I have supported the university in virtually everything it has advocated and undertaken, from coeducation to the college system, since my graduation. Princeton is surely one of the great universities in the world, brilliantly staffed-both academically and administratively-and guided over the years. I am proud of my association with it. Never in the past have I lifted pen or activated electronic keyboard to criticize. I have given consistently, if not mightily, since I departed its precincts.

But I am outraged that Cornel West has once again been hired by the university. What are you people thinking? I was one of the happier people in the world when West left Princeton for Harvard some years ago. Harvard's loss, it seemed to me, was Princeton's gain. And now, like a bad penny-or, more accurately, like a bad dream-he's back again.

[radixmalorum67]

03:35 PM on 10/20/2011

Apparently the curriculum didn't include English Composition I back in the fifties.

[ALPHAKITA]

07:13 PM on 10/20/2011

Regardless .... he made his point.

[bg3]

02:18 PM on 10/18/2011

Its Blackula

[Sanity Inspector]

10:24 AM on 10/18/2011

Getting arrested at a protest is manufactured martyrdom--a tired, tired, TIRED stunt.

[radixmalorum67]

03:36 PM on 10/20/2011

Maybe they should stop arresting peaceful protesters.

[StevieTheK]

07:03 AM on 10/18/2011

"Look at me! I AM relevant!" --C.W.

[Gaaltero]

11:30 PM on 10/17/2011

Dr. Cornel West is an intellectual heayweight. I respect the man. Brilliant mind. Deep.

[ALPHAKITA]

04:12 AM on 10/18/2011

Sad.

Now black people are falling for the "okie-doke."

JUST SAD.

You might be one of the folks Herman Cain talks about (UNABLE TO THINK FOR YOURSELF).

[bluecatb]

06:58 AM on 10/18/2011

WE do think for ourselves and what we think is that some of Ya'll people are greedy nuts to the tenth power.

[bluecatb]

06:59 AM on 10/18/2011

21st century slave holders?
YOU betcha!!

[KOOLGUY]

05:49 PM on 10/17/2011

I'm encouraged by Dr West energy and his determination to push his agenda to the forefront. I personlly do not agree with some of his rhetoric but it's imparative for us to respect his fundamental human right as well as his first ammendment.

[ALPHAKITA]

04:14 AM on 10/18/2011

We don't respect BECKY-LOVERS around here.

Start with "THAT" hypocrisy.

[KOOLGUY]

11:16 AM on 10/18/2011

ALPHATIKA, obviously you dont like Dr. West and and his political views and I'm certain Dr West may OR may not like you and your political views. However, I would like to know what you dont like about Dr. West. Let's respectfully disagree with each other without name calling.

[cnrventures]

05:05 PM on 10/17/2011

How can a Black man in Amercia become a professor, Doctor and speaker that makes over 200,000 a year (that is more than me ) in this "hyper racist" country? Hmmm? How did Obama become president after attending 3 colleges and becoming a Congressman after coming from a mixed race home, in such a racist country?

[adivanai]

06:57 PM on 10/17/2011

Hard work and not giving up may get anyone there!!

[psatm]

07:08 PM on 10/17/2011

Clearly you've never had to deal with racism, otherwise you'd know the answer to your sarcastic question. They succeeded by extraordinary hard work, being relentless and developing a thick skin. The thick skin is for dealing with morons like yourself.

[buc]

07:59 PM on 10/17/2011

Well said...

[Trish Walker]

08:06 PM on 10/17/2011

AMEN!!! I'm so sick of backward thinkers telling me that racism doesn't exist. PUULLLEEEZZZZ!!! Then they come up with 3 examples of black people who have excelled despite people like them. I'd laugh if it weren't so pathetic.

[cromag]

04:20 PM on 10/17/2011

There is a fine line between activist and agitator. He seems to cross it from time to time.

[Trish Walker]

08:07 PM on 10/17/2011

I find him nauseating at times too but only when he says something I don't like...

[ALPHAKITA]

04:18 PM on 10/17/2011

Oooooh, he makes me nauseous.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Can’t stand:
• THE WAY HE LOOKS
• THE WAY HE TALKS
• WHAT HE SAYS
• HIS GIRLFRIEND, “Frowny” Smiley.

Bill “O” basically ignored his rants the other day & spoke mostly to Frowny.
* (Shout out to Bill!!!) *
The “unkempt” one SHOULD BE IGNORED BY ALL MEDIA.

Bye all.

LOVELY DAY to all of you, even those of you who support Prof. Wackadoodle.

[Trish Walker]

08:09 PM on 10/17/2011

Why do you call him unkempt? Because he wears a fro? Just because his standard of 'kemptness' isn't yours doesn't mean you get to judge. Oh lawd

[ZenSufi]

09:59 PM on 10/17/2011

Obviously, he's a fan of Jack Kemp.

[ALPHAKITA]

04:04 AM on 10/18/2011

Do NOT insult Afros.
DO NOT.

Afros were a thing of beauty (The Jackson 5, Cleopatra Jones, Pam Grier, The Sylvers).

Who knows what that thing is that Prof. Wack-Wack is sporting.

[icon22]

03:46 PM on 10/17/2011

Dr. Cornell West....(doctor, what a joke) has made himself a multi millionaire by using slavery, which was abolished almost 150 years ago, as his ally in his fight against the average wage of a college proffessor. If there is any racism left in this nation, it's directly because of him and the people like him, and we know who they are, without having to mention any names. Cough cough, Al Sharpton!!

[ALPHAKITA]

03:54 PM on 10/17/2011

Please don't put Sharpton in the same group w/the Nutty Professor.


*******************************************************

Sharpton (even if you dislike him) IS "AT LEAST" >>>> SANE.

[m2et6n]

04:05 PM on 10/17/2011

Saying that any racism in this country is only due to the rhetoric of a black man is about as naive as you can get. You must have not spent much time in the south. Many (or most) of my relatives, some of who have some fairly racist views of all brown people, not just African Americans, have no idea who Cornell West is and couldn't pick him out of a lineup, so I'm pretty sure that's not where their racism is coming from.

[ALPHAKITA]

03:11 PM on 10/17/2011

A total mental patient.

Take him off to the LOON division.

[alterego55]

03:15 PM on 10/17/2011

Cornell West is a very smart guy. BTW, I hope you're dog doesn't kill you in your sleep.

[ALPHAKITA]

03:33 PM on 10/17/2011

("BTW, I hope you're (YOU ARE) dog doesn't kill you in your sleep.")

I hope "you are" (YOU ARE) dog doesn't kill you in your sleep either.

[kacklelackle]

01:52 PM on 10/18/2011

Yes- it'd be preferable if his dog got him while he was awake.

[pepperoniprince]

03:29 PM on 10/17/2011

You've got to love America though. Here is a guy that gets between $0 and $15,000 for speaking fees(depending on his love for you), I'm guessing his salary for tenure and education is the $130,000-$170,000 range. Bottom line, he is making bank, and is no doubt wealthy.

I very much doubt that he cares what short term trouble he is or causes; he's still living large.

[Scott F Bailey]

03:33 PM on 10/17/2011

what does that have to do with protesting for people who do not make that type of money??

[ALPHAKITA]

03:52 PM on 10/17/2011

America is a country full of people who love the Trashdashian family.
As a result, they made $65 million last year.

Nothing surprises me about this country.
NOTHING.

[Pablo175]

02:56 PM on 10/17/2011

Boy does he need a haircut and shave.

[gnorrfa]

02:50 PM on 10/17/2011

Funny how Right-Wing Conservatives never get arrested demonstrating for the rights of others or for help for the hungry and the oppressed. Oh. Right. They never demonstrate. unless it's a new dance step or a really nice, comfy car or something.

[Pablo175]

02:55 PM on 10/17/2011

To busy working and paying taxes.

[gnorrfa]

02:58 PM on 10/17/2011

Oh, look! The only one! The rest of us are just watching. Have an "o", you missed one.

[Aboomer]

03:11 PM on 10/17/2011

Sure, because ALL the jobs and ALL the tax money comes from ALL the RED states. LOL, you people kill me! Stop accepting welfare provided to you thanks to us Blue States, then we'll talk.

[connorlarkin]

03:45 PM on 10/17/2011

Or toe-tapping in the men's room at the Airport!

[ZenSufi]

10:05 PM on 10/17/2011

He was testing the acoustics. Perfectly normal.