Arrested Bush dissenters eye courts

[greenbriar]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - When school was canceled to accommodate a campaign visit by President Bush, the two 55-year-old teachers reckoned the time was ripe to voice their simmering discontent with the administration's policies.

Christine Nelson showed up at the Cedar Rapids rally with a Kerry-Edwards button pinned on her T-shirt; Alice McCabe clutched a small, paper sign stating "No More War." What could be more American, they thought, than mixing a little dissent with the bunting and buzz of a get-out-the-vote rally headlined by the president?

Their reward: a pair of handcuffs and a strip search at the county jail.

Authorities say they were arrested because they refused to obey reasonable security restrictions, but the women disagree: "Because I had a dissenting opinion, they did what they needed to do to get me out of the way," said Nelson, who teaches history and government at one of this city's middle schools.

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[rurallib]

1. I hope they turn around and sue for damages or whatever.

Money is all those clowns understand.

[Kenergy]

2. Yep, fascism is here

I ordered a "Veterans for Peace" T-shirt and when I get it, will be wearing it to work and around
town to see who the fascists are in my area. Will post on the results.

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Great Experiment.

Can't wait to see the results.

[DanCa]

3. The courts are the next rethug power grab

That's why we have to vote the republicans out in November. Who stands with me?
.

[greenbriar]

4. I hope it is a domino effect and all arrested persons follow

I hope they all sue