Green Party official busted at gunpoint

[Justin Schwartz]

Bigotry is constitutionally protected, but so is opposing the war. I hope 
Oden and the Greens contact the ACLU or the NLG and sue the hell out of the 
government and the airlines, acting as the govt's agent and in concert with 
them. Punitive damages are available under 42 USC 1983 for violations of 
your constitutional rights, not only, here, First Amendment rights, but also 
her rights of interstate travel, a privile and immunity under the 14th 
amendment This is blatantly illegal and very scary. Welcome to the era of 
the USA Patriot Act, where you have to destroy democracy in order to save 
it. End the war now! jks


>
>X-From_: radred at ix.netcom.com  Sat Nov  3 09:31:02 2001
>XGREEN PARTY USA COORDINATOR DETAINED AT AIRPORT
>PREVENTED BY ARMED MILITARY FROM FLYING TO GREENS
>MEETING IN CHICAGO
>
>"I was targeted because the Green Party USA opposes the bombing
>of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."
>--Nancy Oden
>
>>
>Armed government agents grabbed Nancy Oden, Green Party USA
>coordinating committee member, Thursday at Bangor International
>Airport in Bangor Maine, as she attempted to board an American
>Airlines flight to Chicago.
>
>"An official told me that my name had been flagged in the computer,"
>a shaken Oden said. "I was targeted because the Green Party USA
>opposes the bombing of innocent civilians in Afghanistan."
>

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