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Dozens Arrested In Northampton, MA. Protest
WWLP NEWS 22 ^
| 03/29/03
Posted on 03/29/2003 7:00:52 PM PST by jt8d
NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS (WWLP, March 29, 2003) Police arrested dozens of demonstrators in Northampton yesterday during an anti-war rally. The group was arrested for disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly after blocking traffic in a busy intersection.
Many of the anti-war protestors wore all black, symbolizing what they say are deaths of Iraqi civilians and United States soldiers. They marched through the city's center carrying hand made props representing coffins and blood stained flags.
Northampton police say that although the group had a right to assemble, arrests were necessary once the protest started to interfere with traffic. In all, police say 25 protesters were arrested in yesterday's march.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antiwar; crime; demonstrations; flagdesecration; iraq; massachusetts; northampton; peaceprotests; sedition; terrorism; violence; war
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To: Cinnamon Girl
You must be from the neighborhood to know that !
Or a student at one ?
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posted on
03/30/2003 5:36:52 AM PST
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happygrl
To: evolved_rage
Headline should have been : "Northampton streets littered with human excrement !"
To: happygrl
Yep. I went to UMass Amherst for one year before transfering far away from there.
To: concerned about politics
Did not think about that absurdity... ROTFLMAO!
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posted on
03/30/2003 12:45:13 PM PST
by
jt8d
(uivication)
To: pipecorp
I am NOT part of the "they," I'll have you know!
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posted on
03/30/2003 12:47:07 PM PST
by
jt8d
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To: Eastbound
I'll go you one better: The Sedition Act of 1918... Correct me if I am wrong on this, but I believe that law is still in effect.
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posted on
03/30/2003 12:53:18 PM PST
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jt8d
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To: jt8d
Well, that's good news. Whatever works best -- and the fastest.
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