DC Biker 9/11
Organizer Threatened with Arrest by Parks Service Police
by Kerry Picket 11 Sep 2014
An annual motorcycle rally intended to honor the victims of 9/11 and military veterans almost did
not happen on Thursday when U.S. Park Services threatened
to yank their permits and tow the motorcycles parked on the mall.
“The way the parks people talked to us and took my picture
like I’m some sort of criminal was disgusting. We were basically
threatened several times with pulling the permits at the last minute,” Belinda
Bee, a national organizer for the 2 Million Bikers to DC told Breitbart News.
“And everything they said that wasn’t on the permit, I pulled the permit out
and showed them where it was.”
Bee added, “They tried to deny the 9/11 still memorial,
which is on the permit. They tried to deny all of the stage and the truck.
That’s on the permit.”
As bikers rolled up on to DC’s mall and parked on the grassy
perimeter, Bee took to the stage and told attendees she was being threatened
with arrest by U.S. Park Service Officers, because riders parked on the gravel
and the grass.
“Luckily, the police that do the Madison and Jefferson
streets ended up helping us out, because bikes were getting tickets even though
we asked for permits for parking all the way around,” Bee said. “All other
first amendment activities are given parking space. We were not. She told us we
had to talk to Officer Johnson. Officer Johnson said he doesn’t issue the
permits,” noting the Parks Service only wanted to know why DC did not issue the
organization first amendment parking this year.
U.S. Park Services Public Information Officer Lelane Woods
could not confirm to Breitbart News the actions claimed by the biker
organization.
“We have tried for [first amendment parking], but I think
they tried to flip it on us by trying to tell us that another department was
over it.”
According to Bee the event, which is in its 13th
year, was denied permits last year, but 800,000 to 1.2 million individuals
showed up on bikes anyway. The attendance this year, however, was substantially
lower and Bee attributes that to individuals who were concerned about the
current terror threat.
“This year a lot of people were afraid. All of a sudden the Department of
Homeland Security starts issuing
warnings the day after we get a permit about be care for 9/11 attacks. A lit of
our followers said they were scared, so unfortunately their quote – unquote
protection for America—all of a sudden this department is concerned for
America’s well being—please.”
Breitbart News rode with the group leaving from Coleman
Power Sports in Arlington, Virginia and spoke with 2 Million Bikers To DC
Pennsylvania coordinator Mark Carroll.
“It’s a lot of behind the scenes—a lot of organizing on the
national level as well as the state level. Our national team works as soon as
this event is over they get ready for next year,” Carrol said. “There’s no
resting in between. It’s a very long process, but it’s well worth it. This is
definitely something that is going to continue for a very long time.”
The mission of the ride according to Carroll “is to honor
those who have fought and 9/11 victims. We’re all about the Constitution. Our
mission is very straight and to the point. It’s a great group. We have a lot of
great members and our national staff is amazing.
Bikers have been honoring 9/11 victims and the military for
13 years. In previous years, some bikers have gotten hurt riding from their
home states to the DC area. Carroll stressed their organization’s priority is
always safety.
“We take safety very seriously. We work with state and local
authorities to try and make sure everybody makes it to the location accident
free. Safety is a very big thing. We have people at the national level
coordinate with DC Metro as well as DC Emergency Management.”
The band Madison Rising played at the gathering and various
speakers criticized the administration for its national security policy.
Speakers at the event included: Author Dinesh D’Souza, Fox News
Contributor Bill Cowan, and Wayne Dupree.
U.S. Park Services
National
Park Service is a division of the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
Note: Mary A. Bomar was a
director at the National Park Service,
and the secretary for the National Park
Foundation.
Jonathan B.
Jarvis is a director at the National
Park Service, and a director at the National
Park Foundation.
Ken
Salazar was the secretary at the U.S.
Department of the Interior for the Barack
Obama administration, and the chairman for the National Park Foundation.
Bryan Traubert
is a director at the National Park
Foundation, and married to Penny S.
Pritzker.
Penny S. Pritzker
is married to Bryan Traubert, a
member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, was the national finance chair, fundraiser
for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential
campaign, a co-chair for the 2009
Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, and Craig M. Robinson’s basketball coach for the children's team.
Michelle
Obama is Craig M. Robinson’s sister,
and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Mark
A. Angelson was a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a director at Human
Rights First.
James D. Zirin is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and was a director at Human Rights First.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for Human Rights First.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society,
Kenneth R.
Feinberg is a director at Human
Rights First, and was the special master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Kathleen
Brown is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and was an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
Alejandro N.
Mayorkas was an attorney at O'Melveny
& Myers LLP, and is the deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Janet A.
Napolitano was the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security for the Barack Obama administration, and is the president of the University of California.
Richard C. Blum
is a regent at the University of
California, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Lee H. Hamilton is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and was the vice chair for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks
Upon the United States.
National
Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States investigated the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Harlem Children's Zone.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's
Zone.
John C. Whitehead is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and a director at the National September 11
Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
Judith Rodin was an
honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), and is a director at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and the chairman for the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
Maurice R.
Greenberg was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and is a director at the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center.
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