Congress isn't back in session until January 22nd.

There were other protesters arrested (including Cindy Sheehan), all charged with disorderly conduct after shouting outside the meeting room"

Cindy Sheehan was charged with disorderly conduct for interrupting the hearing while inside the hearing room during the hearing. Regardless of your views on Iraq, that is highly inappropriate in any venue.

"The officers decided I was not going to get in Gen. Petreaus' hearing when they saw my button, which says 'I LOVE THE PEOPLE OF IRAQ.'"

I highly doubt this was the case considering Code Pink members attended all 3 hearings wearing their pink shirts, pink crowns and all. If Cap Police were singling people out I'm sure Code Pink would have been the first to be denied entry considering their past actions around the Hill.

Not to defend the police officers actions - they very well could out have been out of line and I don't have the expertise to judge if that was excessive force - but the video doesn't make it clear why the officers approached the Reverend in the first place.

We are often too quick to judge.