sadly, i must say this echoes my own experience at the RNC. I was covering it for silicon alley radio as a photographer. while at the WTC the reporter I was working with was interviewing a guy with a ralph nader sign and the whole lot of us were arrested for walking more than 2 abreast on the sidewalk. they let susan and i go after checking our press credentials, but the guy with the nader sign got carted off along with about 200 other people who, as far as i could tell from being there, were comitting only the crime of walking more than 2 abreast on a sidewalk: a law which i'm certian is flaunted with impunity every day in the business district at 5:00 when people leave work.
here's what it looked like when we were told we were under arrest: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2004/rnc/aDSC_3748.html http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2004/rnc/aDSC_3750.html and the dangerous thugs being led away in handcuffs: http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2004/rnc/aDSC_3977.html http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2004/rnc/aDSC_3986.html http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/2004/rnc/aDSC_3997.html my suspicion is that none of these arrests will hold up in court but the tactic was extremely successful at dismembering the protests before they happened. kc ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
