Female War Veteran Violently Arrested For Playing Banjo In The Wrong Place At Syria War Protest

Iraq war veteran Emily Yates was arrested on Friday after a dispute with police about where she could stand while playing her banjo during a protest against U.S. military action in Syria. Yates was asking the Federal Parks Police why they were demanding she move from a shady area at Independence Mall in Philadelphia. After repeatedly asking them as well as talking to those around her, the cops over a park bench and handcuffed her, with her screaming “We live in a police state.“ We live in a f*