By Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive, 10 April 2010
Here’s a new one.
A 12-year-old anti-war protester, Frankie Hughes, refused to leave Sen. Tom Harkin’s office in Des Moines on April 7, so not only was she charged with trespassing, but her mother was charged with “contributing to the delinquency of a minor.”
Frankie and her mother, Renee Lynn Espeland, are members of the Catholic Worker community in Des Moines.