Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Security guards stated they were creating a disturbance. Yeah, right. :-( Seth - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernest Nitka" <enitka@twcny.rr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Interesting in relation to photo ops in Malls etc. > What was the basis for the request to remove the T shirt - what's missing > from the story? > > ernie > > > At 11:31 AM 3/5/03 -0600, you wrote: > >Basis for a good law suit. > > > >Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > > > >>What this piece doesn't say, is that they bought the T-shirts in that > >>very same mall. It ran a little differently on page A8 in the LA Times. > >>Slobodan Dimitrov > >> > >> > >>George Lottermoser wrote: > >> > >>>Man Arrested for Wearing Peace T-Shirt > >>>By DAMITA CHAMBERS, Associated Press Writer > >>> > >>>ALBANY, N.Y. - A man was charged with trespassing in a mall after he > >>>refused to take off a T-shirt that said "Peace on Earth" and "Give > >>>peace a chance." > >>> > >>>Mall security approached Stephen Downs, 61, and his 31-year-old son, > >>>Roger, on Monday night after they were spotted wearing the T-shirts at > >>>Crossgates Mall in a suburb of Albany, the men said. > >>> > >>>The two said they were asked to remove the shirts made at a store > >>>there, or leave the mall. They refused. > >>> > >>>The guards returned with a police officer who repeated the ultimatum. > >>>The son took his T-shirt off, but the father refused. > >>> > >>>"'I said, `All right then, arrest me if you have to,'" Downs said. "So > >>>that's what they did. They put the handcuffs on and took me away." > >>> > >>>Downs pleaded innocent to the charges Monday night. The New York Civil > >>>Liberties Union said it would help with his case if asked. > >>> > >>>Police Chief James Murley said his officers were just responding to a > >>>complaint by mall security. > >>> > >>>"We don't care what they have on their shirts, but they were asked to > >>>leave the property, and it's private property," Murley said. > >>> > >>>A mall spokeswoman did not return calls Tuesday seeking comment. > >>> > >>>Monday's arrest came less than three months after about 20 peace > >>>activists wearing similar T-shirts were told to leave by mall security > >>>and police. There were no arrests. > >>>-- > >>>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >>-- > >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > >-- > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html