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Re: Something funny at Lollapalooza . . .



tmorman@email.unc.edu (Todd Morman) wrote:
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>Back to the tale: The volunteer manages to talk her way out of getting 
>busted (beautifully done, I assure you), and a small crowd gathers. 
>There's a young guy with a tape recorder present; he's with some NC Youth 
>Radio service, and now the ALE guy's hassling him for the tape. I'm 
>amazed at the intimidation tactics the guy's using, but the kid stands 
>his ground, even as Mr. ALE *demands* that he "rewind the tape and play 
>it back so I can check it." Free speecher that I am, I insert myself into 
>the scene and ask Mr. ALE if he's going to take the tape, because if he 
>is, this becomes a first amendment issue and we're gonna be all *over* 
>that. ALE sees that a crowd of about ten folks has gathered, watching, 
>and hesitates. He says, "I just wanted to check if he got the whole 
>story; he can't just record part of it and edit it the way he wants."
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Sometimes I feel like changing careers and becoming a Civil Rights
Lawyer, because of this kind of "Law Enforcement".  It is happening
all over the country.  Law Enforcement today is more about money and
supression of the "NORM".


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