Grieving mother lashes back
PETE DALY, Staff Writer 09/18/2004
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HAMILTON -- The trespassing charges against a Pennington woman who was arrested after interrupting a speech by first lady Laura Bush were dropped yesterday, but the controversy has ignited a political firestorm.
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to prosecute Sue C. Sapir-Niederer, the mother of 24-year-old Army Lt. Seth Dvorin, who was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq Feb. 3.
Niederer was arrested outside the Colonial Fire Co. hall on Kuser Road after she yelled questions at Laura Bush as the first lady was delivering a speech during the Republican rally.
As Bush began speaking on U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, Niederer, wearing a T-shirt with a picture of her son that read, "President Bush You Killed My Son," yelled toward the podium.
She said later she was asking Bush why her daughters and the children of congressmen and senators were not serving in the military to fight the war on terror.
Niederer was escorted from the hall by Hamilton police, and reportedly also by Secret Service agents, and was subsequently arrested when she refused their requests to leave the area outside the hall.
Niederer had a ticket to attend the rally, but claimed it was taken by Hamilton police after her arrest.
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