From: "Robert G Lewis" 

For being black no. At one time yes. Explicit laws now forbid certain forms
of discrimination.

Personally I think the mall was stupid. Gives the mall bad press and
looking on google the mall may have had some legal problems with the town
in the past over tax assessments.

Bob Lewis


"Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
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> Can you ban black people from your mall then?
>
> Adam
>
r.g.lewis{at}verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:3e664bed$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > I'm not defending this action but it probably is  legal. A Mall is
private
> > property and by refusing to leave he could be subject to trespassing
laws.
> > Personally if I lived close I think I'd start visiting the mall daily,
> with
> > friends, wearing the T Shirts or some other sign.
> >
> > Which seems to be going on
http://www.msnbc.com/local/WNYT/M276307.asp?0cv=NB10
> >
> >        A Macy's employee saw the men in the food court and alerted
> security.
> >
> >
> > I think I'd spend a LOT of time in Macy's
> >
> > Bob Lewis
> >
> >
Rich.Gauszka{at}worldnet.att.net>
wrote in message
> > news:3e66476b{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > If all the facts in this story are true we have a serious problem with
> > > personal freedom in this country.
> >
>
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> > --
> > > -------
> > > Man arrested for 'peace' T-shirt
> > >
> > > Tuesday, March 4, 2003 Posted: 9:52 PM EST (0252 GMT)
> > >
> > > 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 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.
> > >
> > > "I was in the food court with my son when I was confronted by two
> security
> > > guards and ordered to either take off the T-shirt or leave
the mall,"
> said
> > > Downs.
> > >
> > > When Downs refused the security officers' orders, police from the town
> of
> > > Guilderland were called and he was arrested and taken away in
handcuffs,
> > > charged with trespassing "in that he knowingly
enter(ed) or remain(ed)
> > > unlawfully upon premises," the complaint read.
> > >
> > > Downs said police tried to convince him he was wrong in his actions by
> > > refusing to remove the T-shirt because the mall "was
like a private
> house
> > > and that I was acting poorly.
> > >
> > > "I told them the analogy was not good and I was then
hauled off to
night
> > > court where I was arraigned after pleading not guilty and released on
my
> > own
> > > recognizance," Downs told Reuters in a telephone interview.
> > >
> > > Downs is the director of the Albany Office of the state Commission on
> > > Judicial Conduct, which investigates complaints of misconduct against
> > judges
> > > and can admonish, censure or remove judges found to have engaged in
> > > misconduct.
> > >
> > > Calls to the Guilderland police and district attorney, Anthony Cardona
> and
> > > to officials at the mall were not returned for comment.
> > >
> > > Downs is due back in court for a hearing on March 17.
> > >
> > > He could face up to a year in prison if convicted.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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