Saturday, October 14, 2006

Arrests Made at Gallaudet

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Police began arresting students sometime around 8:30-8:45pm. Originally, the bail was set at $250 per person, but it was later negotiated down to $50 per person. Protestors were charged with unlawful assembly. There were lots of interpreters present & some lawyers. Students were not handcuffed when arrested. There were tons of police. Brett Parson, of the gay & lesbian liason unit showed up at some point explaining that Gallaudet had a lot of members of his target community. At one point, the crowd became upset with him because he refused to tell anyone where the arrested protestors were being taken. He later explained that this was standard procedure. For this protest, however, there were some deviations from the norm. The location of the arrested was provided (and handcuffs not being used was also, obviously, a deviation).
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Around 100 people were probably under arrest by the time I left (a little after midnight). The crowd chanted, shouted, & booed as protesters (who had gone limp) were loaded in wagons. In the photo below, a student raises his arms as a helicopter circles above.
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Scallion Stallion appears to be the most up to date site & their arrest counter now reads: 109 (1:06am).

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