Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's kind of frightening. At first I thought this was yet-another-hoax ... but I found it on Yahoo's collection of AP articles. Sheesh ... At 08:39 05.03.2003 -0800, you 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