{"article":{"id":3314,"heading":"Hundreds of Riot Cops Descend Upon Non-Violent Fur Protesters","author":"M Fitt","created":"2000-08-24 22:25:25","modified":"2005-08-15 00:24:42","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:24:42","article":"","contact":"fittm@uchastings","link":"","address":"San Francisco","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Tuesday, August 15, 3pm. Approx 45 persons were walking along the sidewalk to local fur stores, loudly chanting against the fur industry. The cops descended en masse illegally arresting them all, including one of the legal observers not directly involved. All were charged with felony conspiracy to commit vandalism. Charges were dropped against all but two of the 45 arrested. Just another classic example of the cops fabricating felony charges against non-violent protesters, thus trampling their rights of free speech and assembly. Contact me for more details.\r\nPeace. MF.","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/img07.jpg","filesize":"106.0 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/3314.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/img07.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/img07.jpgthumb.jpg","medium":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/img07.jpgmid.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":3345,"heading":"my arrest","article":"I then realised how corrupt the leagal ystem is in this country. and what happens when you non-violently speak your views in \"the freest country in the world, any one else arrested in the fur protest please email me.","author":"evilive","parent_id":3314,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-25 17:22:25","modified":"2000-08-25 17:55:41","fileurl":""},{"id":3398,"heading":"arrest of activists","article":"I was there when it happened. Walked in front of the group for about a 1\/4 mile, they didn't break any laws. Suddenly, the cops just showed up, several hundred strong, and surrounded them, and pushed the rest of us away about 1 block and a half. then they declared the street and sidewalks at seventh and grand an \"unlawful assembly\" and pushed us even further back with batons and threats of teargas and arrests. Definitely excessive force against people exercising their constitutional rights. ","author":"mary shelton","parent_id":3314,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-26 19:22:28","modified":"2000-08-26 19:36:18","fileurl":""},{"id":3706,"heading":"L.A.P.D. SUCKS!!!","article":"I WAS TREATED WORST THAN A CRIMINAL. IF YOU HAVE MORE PICTURES FROM THIS PROTEST, PLEASE CONTACT ME.","author":"DAINO","parent_id":3314,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-09-07 22:33:36","modified":"2000-09-07 23:00:00","fileurl":""}]}