Officer Wesley Cheeks Jr. Does Not Like Anti BO Poster

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Town-hall clash! Arrest threat over Obama 'Joker' poster
Officer to protester: This ain't America no more

Posted: August 28, 2009
10:57 pm Eastern



By Drew Zahn
© 2009 WND

This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a security officer threatened him with arrest for holding up a sign with a picture critical of Barack Obama.

Officer Wesley Cheeks Jr. then told the protester that even though others were holding signs, his sign was unacceptable because of the depiction of Obama.

"But you got this with a picture," Cheeks said, explaining why the protester was being singled out from the others. "That's the difference. This has got a picture on it. That don't have a picture on it.

"Sir, leave the picture down," the officer said. "If you put the picture back up, you'll be charged with trespassing."

The protester continued the argument, wondering how his presence among hundreds of others at the town hall meeting could be deemed trespassing.

The officer answered, "If I told you once to take it down and you put it back up, I can charge you with whatever I want to charge you with."

The argument continued until the officer walked away.

"This used to be America," said the protester.

"It ain't no more, OK?" answered Cheeks.


Officer Cheeks is a member of the Fairfax County Public Schools' trained School Security Officer team. The school's security force, however, refused to comment on the story until its communications offices reopen on Monday.