Thursday, July 15, 2004

T-Shirt Protestors Set Free

The couple who were arrested for wearing Anti-Bush T-Shirts to a Bush rally have been set free by a Charleston Judge. However, Nicole Rank, one of the persons arrested, was released from her position doing evronmental work for the U.S. govt. after her arrest without getting another assignment, though she remains employed by FEMA. The Republican Mayor of Charleston, Danny Jones, reportedly gave a number of curious comments about the arrest, alternately suggesting that the couple were arrested for their own safety, or perhaps at the direction of the Secret Service (though he also says the "Secret Service should have been called"). Even though the arrest was apparently illegal, Mayor Jones refused to apologize, suggesting that the couple wanted to get arrested. He said he'd talk to police before Senator Kerry comes to town, presumbably so no Republican protestors will get arrested.

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