Update on July 4th arrests at bush rally in WV

[remfan]

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2004070734

A worker with the Federal Emergency Management Agency who wore an anti-Bush T-shirt at the president’s July Fourth rally in Charleston has been sent home to Texas.

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Those who applied for tickets were required to supply their names, addresses, birth dates, birthplaces and Social Security numbers.

A two-page document given to ticket holders said they were prohibited from bringing certain items to the event, including: weapons, video-recording equipment, food, beverages, umbrellas, signs and banners. T-shirts, political buttons and lapel pins were not on the list of prohibited items.

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Robert Bastress, a West Virginia University law professor who specializes in civil liberties, questions whether people like the Ranks can be legally prohibited from wearing anti-Bush shirts or buttons.

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Gee, all I had to do to get a ticket to see Kerry was ask for one.

[saracat]

1. But dubya is the Resident!

The Kerry people have been asking for the same at some events.It's a secret service thing!