Posted on 02/01/2006 4:48:15 AM PST by Rebelbase
GREENSBORO Five protestors attending an anti-Bush rally in Greensboro on Tuesday night assaulted a plain-clothes officer trying to take their picture, according to police.
Greensboro police described the following version of events, according to a press release:
As officers monitored a group of 130 protestors on Elm Street, a small portion of that crowd moved away, proceeding east on Lewis Street.
Several in the smaller group then assaulted a plain-clothes officer as he tried to photograph them, police said.
Uniformed officers then responded to that area.
Kenneth Wayne Harris, 24, of 621 Fairmont St., was charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance and carrying a concealed weapon. Harris was released on a $500 bond, a Guilford County jail employee said this morning.
Zachary Harrell Jones, 21, of 902 W. Market St., and Andrew James O'Hara, 26, of 1312 W. Market St., were charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance and delay and obstruct. They were each released on a $500 bond.
George Lawrence Saba, 22, of 621 Fairmont St., was charged with assault on a government official and public disturbance. Saba was released on a $500 bond.
Kyle Daniel Whisenant, 22, of 2627 Walker Ave., was charged with assault on a government official, public disturbance, carrying a concealed weapon and delay and obstruct. Whisenant was released on a $1,000 bond.
Erik Lee Stephens, 20, of 311 S. Mendenhall, and Marissa Reneee Csanvi, 22, of 1312 W. Market St., were charged with public disturbance.
The rally was one of dozens held across the nation on the night President Bush delivered his annual address before Congress.
The events were organized by a group called World Can't Wait, which aims to "Drive out the Bush regime." The group is organizing a protest this weekend in Washington.
ROTF! Armed peace protestors!
Hey guys, if you hate America so much you want to take to the streets about it, why not let them take your picture? If you were genuine you should have posed.
dozens of rallies. Oooh.
More from the Do as I say, not as I do school of left-wing thought.
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Haha! I am in the ranks of those who have been attacked by peace protestors. Nobody quite so dangerous as another stupid liberal protesting something.
I cannot believe these idiots ASSAULTED someone and got off with such SMALL bonds! The bond for this should be at LEAST $5,000 ....
Not to mention the little thugs assualted an officer AND had Conealed weapons where it is ILLEGAL to do so! The bond for THOSE idiots should have been at LEAST $25,000...
GOOD GRIEF!
The new Moveon.org?
http://worldcantwait.net
I think assault is a felony. Hopefully, they will follow thru with the prosecution.
Felons can't vote in most places.
Tell us more, tell us more! Sounds interesting.
Yes, these seem like rather low bonds.
"these seem like rather low bonds."
Not in relation to the earning capacity of those arrested.
I should also be noted that the local special intelligence group monitors protest websites for information on upcoming events.
Just as I'm sure they monitor FR boards for local FReeps.
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"Hey, I thought I was assaulting a FReeper photographer, not a COP!"
Maybe these weren't just yout run-of-the-mill "peace protesters".
The classic whine of socialists when they break laws is... "MY BACK IS BROKE", TAKE ME BACK TO MY MOUNTAIN".
Assault is sometimes a felony, sometimes a misdemeanor, depending on information available at the time the charge is placed.
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