winn wrote:
] unbelievable. actually, all too believable.

Here's something I wrote about this in another forum :

The Associated Press Version (http://www.wset.com/showstory.hrb?f=n&s=77265&f1=odd) of this story includes a very interesting note:

Monday's arrest came less than three months after about 20 peace activists wearing similar T-shirts were told to leave by mall security and police. There were no arrests.

Many of the online versions of this story contain this last paragraph, although any descended from (href=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/03/04/iraq.usa.shirt.reut) this Reuters version of the story contain no reference to previous interaction between mall security and people attempting to protest inside the mall.

While Chicken Little Galore across the Blogsphere (*cough*) undoubtedly will take this as a sign of the sky falling, I am quite sure that mall security doesn't allow organized protest of any kind. It's quite plain that this group is trying to raise anti-war publicity by antagonizing their local mall. The local mall is not public space and can therefore refuse access to whomever they please. If that person refuses to leave, they will be arrested for trespassing because that's what they're doing.

People (myself included) need to stop wasting their time discussing the irrelevant, poorly reported/documented actions of random private Americans and spend a little more time learning about what our Government is doing.

=darwin

RE: Man Arrested for Wearing Anti-War T-Shirt in NY Mall