From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Hopefully that is the case.

"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote in message
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> Not even close.
>
> According to the mall officials, the two men were harassing the other
> patrons.  I work in Clifton Park, NY and frequently bomb down the
> Northway to visit Crossgates.  At any given time I see plenty of more
> offensive material on kids shirts.  BTW, the shirts in question were
> sold in the mall.
>
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 14:01:37 -0500, "Richard Gauszka"
Rich.Gauszka{at}worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> >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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