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  • Fez causes stir in courtroom

    05/25/2010 7:24:28 PM PDT · by hoosierboy · 28 replies · 1,155+ views
    wsbt ^ | 05/25/10 | DAVE STEPHENS
    SOUTH BEND — An Elkhart man was placed in handcuffs Monday and threatened with 230 days in jail after he refused a judge’s order to remove his fez. According to police reports, the 56-year-old man was attending a court hearing Monday for his son in St. Joseph Superior Court Judge John M. Marnocha’s courtroom when court staff asked the man to remove his fez. The man refused, saying it was his constitutional right to wear the fez – a tall, round hat usually adorned with a tassel – and refused to take it off. Workers inside the courtroom said the...