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Monday, July 19, 2004

the city of charleston west virginia does hereby apologize

W.Va. city apologizes to protesters [ap via seattle post intelligencer]

On Monday, the city council adopted a resolution to apologize.

“If Nicole and Jeff Rank did nothing other than peaceably exercise their right of free speech and expression as guaranteed by our Constitutions, they should not have been arrested or charged with a crime,” the resolution states.

“The City does hereby apologize to Nicole and Jeff Rank.”

the city apologizes. this is, truly, amazing.

after being arrested for wearing the wrong t-shirt in a bush zone, and having charges dismissed on a technicality, the city council of charleston, west virginia stepped up and actually did the right thing.

the panic button on this has gone from red to blue to green.

posted by roj at 11:53 pm