{"article":{"id":212754,"heading":"Claremont tickets horn honkers at weekly Iraq war protest","author":"Claremont Courier","created":"2008-01-19 07:37:50","modified":"2013-11-11 00:52:28","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:52:28","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Protesting the Iraq war might just earn one a ticket from the Claremont Police Department. For the first time in 5 years, the department has decided to target motorists who honk their car horns &ldquo;excessively&rdquo; when passing by anti-war vigils.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.claremont-courier.com\/pages\/Topstory011608.1.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Police try to silence protest supporters","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2008\/01\/212754.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":212809,"heading":"Thank you","article":"Thank you to the Courier for posting this coverage! Do you know if the organizers are asking for any form of action -- letter writing or phone calls, for example -- from supporters?","author":"amy","parent_id":212754,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-21 04:42:00","modified":"2008-01-21 04:42:00","fileurl":""},{"id":212837,"heading":"Response of Claremont Peace Activists","article":"The protesters who meet weekly at the corner of Indian Hill and Arrow Highway and their supporters who honk as they drive by met with the city council prior to this week's vigil. Many people spoke out about the ideological profiling of the police harassment. The mayor and most of the city council agreed that it was an attack on free speech. Even some police officers agreed that the war needs to end. While no formal assurances were given, it appears that the police will no longer harass us.\r\n\r\nAt this week's vigil, supporters refused to be silenced or intimidated, and indeed, seemed to be honking more and louder than usual. Hooray for Our Side!","author":"Rockero","parent_id":212754,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2008-01-21 20:26:47","modified":"2008-01-21 20:26:47","fileurl":""}]}