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"Harry Hope" |
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03 Oct 2006 08:19:04 PM |
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Man sues after being arrested for speaking to Chickenhawk Cheney |
From The Rocky Mountain News, 10/3/06:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html
Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret
Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice
President ***** Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him
for his policies concerning Iraq.
Attorney David Lane said that on June 16, Steve Howards was walking
his 7-year-old son to a piano practice, when he saw Cheney surrounded
by a group of people in an outdoor mall area, shaking hands and posing
for pictures with several people.
According to the lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver,
Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where
Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, "I think your
policies in Iraq are reprehensible," or words to that effect, then
walked on.
Ten minutes later, according to Howards' lawsuit, he and his son were
walking back through the same area, when they were approached by
Secret Service agent Virgil D.
"Gus" Reichle Jr., who asked Howards if he had "assaulted" the vice
president.
Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and
taken to the Eagle County Jail.
The lawsuit states that the Secret Service agent instructed that
Howards should be issued a summons for harassment, but that on July 6
the Eagle County District Attorney's Office dismissed all charges
against Howards.
The lawsuit filed today alleges that Howards was arrested in
retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free
speech, and that his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment protection
against unlawful seizure.
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The land of the free.
Harry
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| User: "Timmy" |
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| Title: Re: Man sues after being arrested for speaking to Chickenhawk Cheney |
03 Oct 2006 11:08:02 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:2b36i2trqm6a8shm76j5u0c2bs3rane960@4ax.com...
From The Rocky Mountain News, 10/3/06:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html
Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret
Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice
President ***** Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him
for his policies concerning Iraq.
Attorney David Lane said that on June 16, Steve Howards was walking
his 7-year-old son to a piano practice, when he saw Cheney surrounded
by a group of people in an outdoor mall area, shaking hands and posing
for pictures with several people.
According to the lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver,
Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where
Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, "I think your
policies in Iraq are reprehensible," or words to that effect, then
walked on.
Ten minutes later, according to Howards' lawsuit, he and his son were
walking back through the same area, when they were approached by
Secret Service agent Virgil D.
"Gus" Reichle Jr., who asked Howards if he had "assaulted" the vice
president.
Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and
taken to the Eagle County Jail.
The lawsuit states that the Secret Service agent instructed that
Howards should be issued a summons for harassment, but that on July 6
the Eagle County District Attorney's Office dismissed all charges
against Howards.
The lawsuit filed today alleges that Howards was arrested in
retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free
speech, and that his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment protection
against unlawful seizure.
_______________________________________________________
The land of the free.
Harry
Good thing it happened then instead of now, because the new laws say he
could be charged as an enemy combatant and could be locked away without a
trial. Yep this is the new America sold out by the 2006 Congress.
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| User: "Roger" |
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| Title: Re: Man sues after being arrested for speaking to Chickenhawk Cheney |
04 Oct 2006 06:21:16 AM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:2b36i2trqm6a8shm76j5u0c2bs3rane960@4ax.com...
From The Rocky Mountain News, 10/3/06:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5039230,00.html
Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit
By Charlie Brennan, Rocky Mountain News
A Denver-area man filed a lawsuit today against a member of the Secret
Service for causing him to be arrested after he approached Vice
President ***** Cheney in Beaver Creek this summer and criticized him
for his policies concerning Iraq.
Attorney David Lane said that on June 16, Steve Howards was walking
his 7-year-old son to a piano practice, when he saw Cheney surrounded
by a group of people in an outdoor mall area, shaking hands and posing
for pictures with several people.
According to the lawsuit filed at U.S. District Court in Denver,
Howards and his son walked to about two-to-three feet from where
Cheney was standing, and said to the vice president, "I think your
policies in Iraq are reprehensible," or words to that effect, then
walked on.
Ten minutes later, according to Howards' lawsuit, he and his son were
walking back through the same area, when they were approached by
Secret Service agent Virgil D.
"Gus" Reichle Jr., who asked Howards if he had "assaulted" the vice
president.
I guess the old saying "the truth hurts" is true.
Howards denied doing so, but was nonetheless placed in handcuffs and
taken to the Eagle County Jail.
The lawsuit states that the Secret Service agent instructed that
Howards should be issued a summons for harassment, but that on July 6
the Eagle County District Attorney's Office dismissed all charges
against Howards.
The lawsuit filed today alleges that Howards was arrested in
retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free
speech, and that his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment protection
against unlawful seizure.
_______________________________________________________
The land of the free.
Harry
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