April 21, 2004

"Police half-baked in Kerry protest?"

A Freep of MoveOn's bakesale for Kerry has made The Hill (scroll to 'Police half-baked in Kerry protest?'):

Police told a group of conservatives affiliated with FreeRepublic.com to cease a mock bake sale they held in front of John Kerry�s D.C. campaign headquarters last weekend...

Not long after members of the group set up on the sidewalk, said Taylor, the Kerry people came out to try to get them to leave. �They hid behind building security,� he said, �but every time security came out, the Kerry people were right behind them.�

After a few minutes of back and forth, he said, one of the campaign workers said they�d call the police...

After police arrived some time later, there was some confusion as to why the group had to be moved. The people couldn�t be ticketed for an improper protest, as they were under the 25-person threshold, said Taylor, nor were they selling anything.

The cops finally settled on a charge of �occupying a public space without a permit� due to the protesters� two card tables. Despite the protesters� request, cops refused to issue a $50 ticket.

�The Kerry people were outside monitoring it the entire time,� Taylor said...

A report on the protest appears here.

The Kerry blog also deletes comments.

Posted to Politics at April 21, 2004 11:39 PM

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