----- Original Message ----- From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:22 AM Subject: Re: Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > "Marvin Long, Jr." wrote: > > > > > Interesting - there's a dispute of fact, it seems. The complaint suggests > > > the two men were actively stopping other shoppers. In none of the news > > > stories I've read, however, do the mall cops actually repeat that > > > allegation. They just allege that other shoppers were disturbed by the > > > shirts in some vague way. If the real offense was that the men were > > > harrassing people physically, why were they not asked to leave for that > > > behavior instead of being asked, at first, just to remove the shirts? > > > > > > It looks like the charges have been dropped: > > > > > > http://www.msnbc.com/local/WNYT/M276307.asp?0dm=C249N > > > > According to your link, they were, and one of them complied. The other > > didn't, was asked to leave, and then was arrested for trespassing. > > Yes - they were asked to remove the shirts. But if the men were > physically accosting people, which is what the complaint appears to > allege, why ask them just to remove their shirts? Out of curiosity, what if a group of anti-abortionists were wearing shirts with anti-abortion slogans on it and coming to the mall every day to talk to shoppers. No accosting, just asking people if they think that people have a right to kill their own children, etc. I'm not trying to make this into an abortion debate, just trying to see the boundaries. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
