Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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