Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:40:51 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: ACLU to defend masked peace-march protesters
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[Note from Matthew Gaylor:  I wonder how the police are going to 
handle Halloween <grin>?]

<http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,53%257E192626,00.html>

ACLU to defend masked peace-march protesters

By Jon Libid
Special to The Denver Post

Tuesday, October 23, 2001 - The American Civil Liberties Union will defend
seven protesters who were arrested during a peace march in Denver on Sept. 29.

"The police had a standing order that day that anyone who appeared at the
march with their face covered would be detained, and if they had no
identification, they would be arrested," Mark Silverstein, legal director of
the ACLU in Colorado, said Monday.

"We certainly disagree with the police view that they have the right to
detain anyone who participates in a protest march with a covered face."

Neither Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman nor C.L. Harmer, spokeswoman for
the Department of Safety, could be reached...

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