By Gideon Oliver / from the Open Newswire
"Apparently the jury was out about six hours." [Trial Coverage From the New Standard] Background: June Brashares, the San Francisco activist who unfurled a banner reading “Bush Lies, People Die†inside the Madison Square Garden hall during George Bush’s speech at the Republican National Convention (RNC), was on trial in New York for the September 2nd, 2004 action. Brashares was peacefully exercising her constitutional free speech rights when she was tackled to the ground and dragged out of the convention hall. Brashares trial began Tuesday on charges of kicking and injuring a security official. [Read Trial Comments] || [Original IMC Coverage of Brashares RNC Action] One trial observer writes: "The pathetic arguement by DA ... may have disolved next to great defence summation." AP Photo
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