from The Progressive:
Anti-Bush Protesters Prosecuted for “Unlawful Display of Sign”December 6, 2007 By Matthew Rothschild
Jeff Zurawski and Sarah Hartfield had never even gone to a political demonstration before this year. But because they were outraged by Bush’s war, they went to Washington a couple of times and to Camp Casey once.
When they returned to their homes in DuPage County, Illinois, this spring, they decided to try to wake up their fellow citizens.
And so on May 6th, they went out onto the bridge over the North-South Highway and held a banner that said, “IMPEACH Bush and Cheney—LIARS.” They also displayed a flag upside down.
“If I had the money to buy a billboard, I would but I don’t,” says Zurawski, a home inspector. “So that’s what I came up with.”
They were there for about an hour and a half when a state trooper pulled up.
“He said he understood our message, but he was concerned about traffic safety and asked us to take the sign and flag down,” says Hartfield, a medical assistant. “We respectfully did so.”
They started to leave when three deputy sheriffs showed up.
One was irate, they said.
“He was clenching his teeth, and his veins were bulging out, and he was red-faced,” recalls Zurawski. The deputy accused them of throwing things off the bridge. ......(more)
The complete piece is at:
http://www.progressive.org/mag_mc120607