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   "Black Stains"  wrote in message   
   news:bd9b0f8c1f250a50dd017595e7b01eef@dizum.com...   
   > FERGUSON, Mo. - A Missouri state senator, arrested Monday night   
   > on the streets here, was warned to stay on the sidewalk,   
   > according to a St. Louis County Police spokesman.   
   >   
   > At about 7 p.m. CT, Ferguson police asked county officers to   
   > help them enforce an ordinance prohibiting people from standing   
   > in the street. Commanders with county police spoke with   
   > protesters about the ordinance and warned them that anyone in   
   > violation would be arrested, Sgt. Brian Schellman said.   
   >   
   > At the time, protesters said they understood the ordinance and   
   > would comply, Schellman said.   
   >   
   > About 90 minutes later, Schellman said two people - later   
   > identified as state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, a St. Louis Democrat;   
   > and Jefonte Nelson - were seen walking and standing in the   
   > street in front of the Ferguson Police Department. Officers   
   > approached both of them and told them several times to get out   
   > of the street or they would be arrested.   
   >   
   > Nasheed and Nelson failed to move to the sidewalk and were   
   > arrested for walking in a roadway where sidewalks are   
   > accessible, the county police spokesman said.   
   >   
   > The state senator, elected in 2012 after defeating the incumbent   
   > in the Democratic primary, was taken to the St. Ann Police   
   > Department about 7 miles away and released from jail shortly   
   > before 11 a.m. Tuesday.   
   >   
   > Mouthy nigger Nasheed called her arrest "symbolic" and denies it   
   > was a publicity stunt.   
   >   
   > http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/21/missouri-   
   > state-senator-ferguson-arrest/17664957/   
      
   According to legal action filed in DFW (Texas) ordnances prohibiting walking   
   in the street are a violation of the Constitution.   BTW the legal action   
   was brought by the folk who are demonstrating for open carry.  Local arrest   
   in DFW were vacated and LEO are under court order to leave the protesters.   
      
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