VERY FEW protesters in DC

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http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/protest/11462prs20040914.html

"two men believed to be working for the Secret Service or White House approached the Ranks and demanded that they remove or cover their t-shirts. When the couple refused, the officials instructed city police to arrest Jeff and Nicole, causing them to be removed from the Capitol grounds in handcuffs, jailed for one to two hours and charged with trespassing."

No need to thank me.
 
DNC said:
http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/protest/11462prs20040914.html

"two men believed to be working for the Secret Service or White House approached the Ranks and demanded that they remove or cover their t-shirts. When the couple refused, the officials instructed city police to arrest Jeff and Nicole, causing them to be removed from the Capitol grounds in handcuffs, jailed for one to two hours and charged with trespassing."

No need to thank me.
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Gee, that sounds really good; but unfortunetly they weren't arrested for wearing a t-shirt

You've now had your STRIKE THREE and your time is finished.

Thanks for playing though.

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Would everyone give troll duncy a big round of appalause.
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Unfortunately for you, they won their suit.

$80 K.

"Trespassing charges filed against the couple by Charleston police officers after they were removed from the event were later dismissed because a municipal judge determined city trespassing ordinances do not apply to Statehouse grounds. City Council and Mayor Danny Jones have publicly apologized to the Ranks."

Government to pay $80K to pair arrested for anti-Bush T-shirts

By The Associated Press
08.17.07

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal government has agreed to pay $80,000 to a Texas couple arrested and charged with trespassing in 2004 after they refused to cover up homemade T-shirts with anti-Bush slogans.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, announced the settlement yesterday.

The Ranks were handcuffed, removed from the July 4, 2004, presidential rally at the state Capitol and held in police custody for between one and two hours.

"This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia. "As a result of the Ranks' courageous stand, public officials will think twice before they eject peaceful protesters from public events for exercising their right to dissent."

An order closing the case was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Charleston.

"We are pleased that this matter has been concluded," said White House spokesman Blair Jones. "The parties understand that this settlement is a compromise of disputed claims to avoid the expenses and risks of litigation and is not an admission of fault, liability, or wrongful conduct."

The recent revelation of the existence of a presidential advance manual made it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the Bush's presidential appearances, the ACLU said in a prepared statement. "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the demonstrators from the event."

The front of the Ranks' T-shirts bore the international symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush." The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush." On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change Starts at Home."

Jeffery Rank, who was a Republican who disagreed with Bush, said he found it ironic that the government manual encourages event organizers to use young Republicans as "rally squads to oppose messages like ours at presidential appearances." Rank has since changed his party affiliation, the ACLU notes in its release.
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DNC said:
Unfortunately for you, they won their suit.

$80 K.

"Trespassing charges filed against the couple by Charleston police officers after they were removed from the event were later dismissed because a municipal judge determined city trespassing ordinances do not apply to Statehouse grounds. City Council and Mayor Danny Jones have publicly apologized to the Ranks."

Government to pay $80K to pair arrested for anti-Bush T-shirts

By The Associated Press
08.17.07

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The federal government has agreed to pay $80,000 to a Texas couple arrested and charged with trespassing in 2004 after they refused to cover up homemade T-shirts with anti-Bush slogans.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, Texas, announced the settlement yesterday.

The Ranks were handcuffed, removed from the July 4, 2004, presidential rally at the state Capitol and held in police custody for between one and two hours.

"This settlement is a real victory not only for our clients but for the First Amendment," said Andrew Schneider, executive director of the ACLU of West Virginia. "As a result of the Ranks' courageous stand, public officials will think twice before they eject peaceful protesters from public events for exercising their right to dissent."

An order closing the case was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Charleston.

"We are pleased that this matter has been concluded," said White House spokesman Blair Jones. "The parties understand that this settlement is a compromise of disputed claims to avoid the expenses and risks of litigation and is not an admission of fault, liability, or wrongful conduct."

The recent revelation of the existence of a presidential advance manual made it clear that the government tries to exclude dissenters from the Bush's presidential appearances, the ACLU said in a prepared statement. "As a last resort," the manual says, "security should remove the demonstrators from the event."

The front of the Ranks' T-shirts bore the international symbol for "no" superimposed over the word "Bush." The back of Nicole Rank's T-shirt said "Love America, Hate Bush." On the back of Jeffery Rank's T-shirt was the message "Regime Change Starts at Home."

Jeffery Rank, who was a Republican who disagreed with Bush, said he found it ironic that the government manual encourages event organizers to use young Republicans as "rally squads to oppose messages like ours at presidential appearances." Rank has since changed his party affiliation, the ACLU notes in its release.
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Good for them.
But wait one second, I didn't see where they were charged for wearing a t-shirt and there was this little inclusion:
"We are pleased that this matter has been concluded," said White House spokesman Blair Jones. "The parties understand that this settlement is a compromise of disputed claims to avoid the expenses and risks of litigation and is not an admission of fault, liability, or wrongful conduct."

I guess that you think Michael Jackson is a child molester; because he settled out of court also.

Congratulations, you're the first loser to reach STRIKE FOUR.
YOUR OUT

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USFREEDOM911 said:
Would you mind pointing everyone to the information where "a couple went to a Bush Rally wearing anti-bush t-shirts" and that's what they got arrested for?

Either show that they were charged with wearing an "anti-Bush t-shirt", or be labeled as a lair again.
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Where did I claim they were charged with wearing anti-Bush shirts? They were charged with trespassing.

The charges were dismissed, they were apologized to, and won $80,000 in a subsequent civil action.
 
What you don't realize is that I care naught for your opinion. In fact, if your opinion of me was a good one, I would question my humanity.
 
DNC said:
Where did I claim they were charged with wearing anti-Bush shirts? They were charged with trespassing.

The charges were dismissed, they were apologized to, and won $80,000 in a subsequent civil action.
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My mistake.
Since you came to kenny's defense and tried to prove his point, I thought you agreed with him.

I now see that you also felt he was lying and were just providing information to help prove he lied.

Thanks.

HEY KENNY!! THE TROLL KNOWN AS DUNCY TROLL ALSO THINGS YOU'RE A LIAR.
 
Not your first mistake, and probably not your last. I accept your apology.
 
from the last link...
"The Secret Service denied engaging in the practice, but agreed with the ACLU that such actions would be inappropriate and unlawful."
 
That we should all just get along, of course. Do I need to spell everything out?
 
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