Posted on 02/16/2005 1:24:09 PM PST by KidGlock
Oddly Enough - Reuters
NYC Sued by Protester Arrested While Dressed as Hummer
Wed Feb 16, 7:18 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman who was arrested while dressed as a gas guzzling Hummer sued New York City on Tuesday for putting the brakes on her one-person protest in front of an SUV dealership during the Republican National Convention.
Georgianna Page, who spent eight hours creating her large cardboard box costume, charged the city violated her civil rights when she was arrested and detained for several hours on Aug. 31. No charges were ever filed against her, the suit said.
The complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court by the New York Civil Liberties Union, seeks unspecified damages.
According to the suit, Page heard there would be a peaceful protest in front of the Manhattan Hummer dealership that day and she arrived wearing her "Hummer" costume and a hand-lettered sign that read "Vampire Utility Vehicles: This is Your War."
Police arrested her for obstructing traffic, but Page said she had never left the sidewalk and did nothing wrong.
Page was arrested on a day that the police picked up 1,100 other people, most of whom have since had their cases dismissed, the NYCLU said.
A spokeswoman for the city's legal department said it had not received the suit and could not comment.
Litigious SUV alert.
Ping!
It's obvious the police were confused and thought they were arresting an actual SUV before it could hurt someone!
I read this headline and thought maybe someone was arrested for dressing up like Monica Lewinski!
The photo of this loon has got to be hilarious. Too bad it didn't accompany the story.
NYCLU Sues for Unlawful Arrest and Detention of “Hummer” Protester
FOUND THIS TIDBIT....
http://lyrabas.net/index.php?p=504 Page, whose father is a State Supreme Court justice in Minnesota, remembers thinking back to her childhood. “As a little girl, I used to wave at police officers and say ‘hi!’ Part of me had faith that they would protect us.”
I was there counter protesting, I believe the cops..
These people were rude and uncivilized, mean, nasty, arrogant and smelled to high heaven. None of them were peaceful.
HUMMER? Maybe she was promoting her specialty?
Well her LARGE cardboard box costume had to be OBSTRUCTING THE TRAFFIC, right? It would be another matter if she tried to model something small, like a Prism.
Here dad is Supreme Ct Associate Justice Alan C. Page in MN...
http://www.courts.state.mn.us/judges/JudgeProfile.aspx?menu=none&pageID=103&ID=30009
My kids could make something better in 2 or 3.
Grew up in NYC and have to say the liberal babes there were well versed at Hummers.
Associate Justice Alan C. Page Minnesota Supreme Court
"The NYPD made me feel violated and disrespected," Page said. "I believe in civil rights, but the police do not. Their interest is in protecting their administration's agenda even if it's corrupt, and they should not get away with that. They need to learn to believe again."
she looks kinda hot- a shame she's stupid
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