"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> 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.
Also, he knew that other people had been arrested for the same thing
earlier. He was deliberately trying to get arrested to bring attention to
the issue. (At least, this is what I've heard; I don't have a URL for
anything backing it up.)
Julia
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