Steve
Stephen Philion Lecturer/PhD Candidate Department of Sociology 2424 Maile Way Social Sciences Bldg. # 247 Honolulu, HI 96822
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Max B. Sawicky wrote:
> . . . Then, on Sunday, a man wearing a black bandanna was singled out by
> police in a sea of protesters and found with bottles of gasoline in
> his backpack, Ramsey said. How did they discover the one person with
> lethal possessions in the middle of the crowd? Yesterday, they
> indicated that other protesters had fingered him. . . .
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> I thought it was curious that the person arrested
> was never named in the paper. Unless he was underage,
> there is no privacy right in this respect. Ordinarily
> in such circumstances the fuzz would announce charges
> and display the merchandise, and the press would hound
> the person a bit, but his face was never shown on tv.
> There has been no subsequent news about this arrest.
> If I had to bet, it would be that the incident was
> staged to further justify police misconduct.
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