By Mitchell Kline /
The Tennessean
FRANKLIN, TN — A group of protesters crashed a Karl Rove book-signing event at the Borders in Cool Springs on Thursday.
Rove, a Fox News contributor, served as senior adviser to former president George W. Bush. He was signing copies of his new book Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight when a woman in a flowered blouse who stood in the autograph line pulled handcuffs out of a bag, placed them on a podium beside Rove and declared that she was placing him "under arrest for war crimes."
Another woman popped up from behind a bookshelf holding a pink sign that read "jail Karl Rove," and a pair of men unrolled a banner that said "jail Karl Rove for war crimes."
Rove handled the situation calmly, stepping out of the way while a security guard and a Franklin Police officer escorted the protesters out of the store. One of the protesters was placed in handcuffs and put in the back of a police car after sitting down in front of Borders. The woman was eventually released and received a warning against trespassing, Franklin Police spokesman Eric Johnson said.
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