Trans Empowerment Coalition director among those arrested at anti-war protest
Stacey Monroe, director of the Trans Empowerment Coalition and a member of the Dallas Anti-War Coalition, is arrested by Garland Police officers outside General Dynamics on March 7.
Dallas trans woman Stacey Monroe, director of Trans Empowerment Coalition, was one of 23 people arrested Thursday morning, March 7, outside the gates of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in Garland, during a protest in support of Palestine. “The Garland 23,” as supporters have dubbed them, were charged with criminal trespass and held overnight at the Dallas County Jail.
Monroe said they were bailed out Friday afternoon on $1,000 bond each. Protest organizers — including Dallas Anti-War Committee and Palestinian Youth Movement — said they were protesting at the Garland plant because that is where General Dynamics is manufacturing MK-80 and BLU-109 bombs that Israel has been dropping on Gaza, “all financed by U.S.
tax dollars,” according to a press release from organizers. According to reports, about 100 anti-war protesters gathered outside the General Dynamics gates before sunrise and kept the entrance blocked for about five hours.
