On September 6, 2007 at a press conference, at Lafayette Park, in Washington, D.C., Adam Kokesh, co- chair elect of Iraq Veterans Against the War, spoke out in defense of the ANSWER coalition's right to promote the scheduled Sept. 15, 2007 antiwar rally. He was later arrested by the Park Police. See, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EAfPgX7gs0 for more details and background on this event.