] GUILDERLAND, N.Y. -- A fired mall security guard has some
] unlikely supporters - peace protesters.
]
] Robert Williams was fired from his job at a suburban
] Albany mall following the arrest of an anti-war
] protester.
]
] Williams told lawyer Stephen Downs to take off a T-shirt
] that read ``Give Peace a Chance.'' Downs, 61, was charged
] with trespassing a week ago after refusing to leave the
] mall or remove the anti-war shirt.
]
] On Sunday, about 100 protesters returned to Crossgates
] mall, urging that Williams be rehired. Downs says there
] was no justification to fire Williams, who was
] professional and polite.
]
] Protest leaders said they met with mall management for
] almost two hours but reached no resolution on their
] demands.
]
] There were no arrests reported in Sunday's peaceful
] protest, monitored by Guilderland police and security
] guards.
]
] A call to Crossgates offices Sunday wasn't immediately
] returned to the Daily Gazette of Schenectady.