A reporter stands in front of the white house as protesters are arrested in the background on Pennsylvania Ave right in front of the White House. This was just last night at about 8 p.m. It was hard to tell how many people were participating, but it looked like 20-30. I heard the police give the final warning for the protesters to move and a few people got up and left, apparently deciding at the last minute that they didn't want to get arrested. The shot at right (click to enlarge) shows the people laying on the sidewalk in front of the White House; as soon as I took this shot I was forced by police to move across the street to the park.

Cindy Sheehan was one of the people arrested, although it's interesting that I can only find actual news coverage of this via the non-U.S. press. According to this pre-protest story in the WaPo, Sheehan is going to go back and do this again tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday. Maybe I should go join her....