Guaranteed, this scumbag college would have never interfered with a student wearing an anti-Bush shirt at a Laura Bush event.
Uh, make that “scumbag government high school”.
If this had been reversed and he had been and Obamacorn, some “jury” would have awarded him between 3 and 5 million for having his “civil rights” violated when he was arrested. I guess that stuff don’t work for our side.
JEFFERSON COUNTY - Authorities will not pursue a case against the teenager arrested while wearing an anti-Obama t-shirt during a campaign event at a high school.
Blake Benson was one of three students arrested outside Dakota Ridge High School on November 3, 2008 during a visit by Michelle Obama.
Benson was holding a sign and wearing a t-shirt reading “NOBAMA.”
He was held on suspicion of a misdemeanor charge of interference with school and staff.
His attorney, Daniel Recht, said Friday that Benson will not face charges.
“What Blake Benson was doing is as American as apple pie,” said Recht in a written statement.
Recht, who took Benson’s case in coordination with the ACLU, said that the ACLU, “takes on 1st Amendment issues independent of whether the statement expressed is liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat.”
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said the decision not to pursue the case against Benson and the other protestors was made some time ago, and it was unclear why it was being publicized now.
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Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, said that the decision to drop the charge was made three weeks after the incident after a consultation with the Jefferson County district attorney’s office.
She said that the two agencies decided that “in the interest of justice,” the case would not be pursued.
Kelley said that an internal-affairs investigation is currently ongoing to see what, if any, punishment the deputy who issued the citation should receive.
She said that the male deputy is still with the department and has not been suspended.
Howard Pankratz: 303-954-1939 or hpankratz@denverpost.com
They need the hurt put on them.
False Arrest is a given, and then there might be a Civil liberty violation.
What has this country become?
YEA!
Shreds of sanity can still be found.
...this time
Benson was... accused of "interference with staff of an educational facility," said Recht.
Is that really a crime, or did they just make that up on the spot?
Can we charge teachers with interference with the education of a child?
-PJ
The rub is that the charges (which should never have been leveled) were dropped long after the event. This kid was silenced. I see grounds for a lawsuit here. That is the only way to stop this crap.
Pray for America
At the time of his arrest, Benson was holding a McCain-Palin campaign sign. He was handcuffed and taken to the school's administrative office, said Dan Recht, a Denver lawyer who took the case on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Benson. Benson was given a "promise to appear" citation by a Jefferson County sheriff's deputy and accused of "interference with staff of an educational facility," said Recht... "There is no more classically protected speech than peacefully protesting against one candidate and for another," said Recht. "What Blake Benson was doing is as American as apple pie." Jacki Kelley, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, said that the decision to drop the charge was made three weeks after the incident after a consultation with the Jefferson County district attorney's office.