At 02:53 AM 3/6/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2326548
>
>Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt
>
>Tue March 4, 2003 07:55 PM ET
>NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer was arrested late Monday and charged with
>trespassing at a public mall in the state of New York after refusing to
>take off a T-shirt advocating peace that he had just purchased at the
>mall.
>According to the criminal complaint filed on Monday, Stephen Downs was
>wearing a T-shirt bearing the words "Give Peace A Chance" that he had
>just purchased from a vendor inside the Crossgates Mall in Guilderland,
>New York, near Albany.
It seems to me that a Mall is private property, and thus they have a right
to avoid the creation of confrontation on their property.
I suppose that he can argue that a Mall is essentially a created public
forum..... but that argument seems like a stretch. I wouldn't be
surprised, nor would I be upset, if a court bought that argument from him -
but my guess is that the Mall is private property, and thus, their rights
will be upheld.
JDG
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