PR personnel claimed that in past years the press had 'interfered' with the MPs, making coverage of most of the arrests impossible. Three local teens were isolated from activists and picked up by Columbus police. They are stalled by MPs outside the main gate. Massacre - Occurs immediately inside main gate, on outbound lane. Actions - At least two affinity groups stage actions at other locations.
Entrance is barricaded with a costumed die-in by one group.
Another enters the base surreptitiously via S. Lumpkin Park. An estimated 3400 cross the line in a solemn funeral procession carrying crosses and coffins in this, the eleventh year of the vigil to close down the School of the Americas. They walk one half mile into the base and are stopped by MPs. Those at the front of the procession then stage a die-in . Online newswires and college newspapers are not 'legitimate news sources', says press representative.