Lawyer sues alleging "Guantanamo on the Hudson" conditions for RNC protest

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NEW YORK A "little Guantanamo on the Hudson."
That's how a New York attorney describes conditions protesters were held under during the Republican National Convention. He's filing a lawsuit against the city.

Jonathan Moore said the only things missing were the "orange jumpsuits."

Moore's lawsuit alleges the city suspended the Constitution when it attempted to keep peaceful demonstrators off the streets during the height of the G-O-P convention at Madison Square Garden between August 30th and September second.

A spokeswoman for the city refused to comment until a copy of the lawsuit had been received.
http://www.ktvq.com/Global/story.asp?S=2601739

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1. Lawsuit: NYC Created 'Guantanamo' at RNC

Saying the city had created its "own little Guantanamo on the Hudson" during the Republican National Convention, a lawyer Monday filed a lawsuit on behalf of nearly 2,000 people arrested at demonstrations.

The federal lawsuit claims protesters and bystanders alike were rounded up in mass arrests without cause; were kept without access to their lawyers or families at an old bus depot used as a temporary detention center; and were exposed for days to cruel and inhuman conditions. The lawsuit asks for unspecified damages.

"Under the guise of terrorism and the fear of terrorism, we are all losing our rights." Kate O'Brien Ahlers, a city law office spokeswoman, had no immediate comment; the office had not yet received a copy of the lawsuit.

Among bystanders arrested were a 15-year-old diabetic girl on her way to a movie and a former vice president of Morgan Stanley who was riding her bicycle. Barbara Friedman, who had encouraged her 16-year-old daughter's participation in a peaceful protest, said she could not locate her for two days. "I just see all our civil liberties slipping away," Friedman said. "It's very, very frightening."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041122/ap_on_re_us/convention_lawsuit_2

[The Sushi Bandit]

2. Go for it!!!!!

[AmyDeLune]

6. Kick! n/t

[goddess40]

3. My friend got hauled in there

He said the place was filthy and they had no where to sit much less lay down.
When they took their mugs shots the detectives stuck up a picture of * and said look at that and smile.

After they were release and had to go collect his property they had it set up so you had to do it over two days and had to run all over town to get the 'proper' paperwork.

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4. kick

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5. bump

[goddess40]

7. Does anyone have a link for people who want to join the lawsuit

I'm sure my friend would be interested.