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CodePink student arrested
Amanda Welch
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: News
Kathryn Milholland, an interdisciplinary studies major and president of CodePink at UCF, was released from the Ramsey County Adult Detention Center after being arrested and charged with a riot felony at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
The Pink Tank, a Web site for CodePink-related discussion, posted a message on Tuesday, saying Milholland was arrested Monday night along with more than 280 others during a police sweep.
According to The Associated Press, rogue groups of protesters broke from the peace march of about 10,000 people and began to break windows and slash tires. Police officers began making arrests to assert control.
The AP reported Thursday that 442 people have been arrested since Saturday in preemptive raids before the march and during the protests.
Jay Jurie, an associate professor of public administration and the faculty adviser for Students for a Democratic Society at UCF, provided words of support for Milholland.
"I'm glad she's been released," he said. "I think she's an extremely nice person."
Jurie said that, based on what he read on the Internet and in information others sent to him, he gathered that many of the arrestees, including Milholland, were not among the vandals. He said the police were indiscriminate in their arrests.
"That doesn't speak well to me about the state of democracy in this country," Jurie said.
The Pink Tank, a Web site for CodePink-related discussion, posted a message on Tuesday, saying Milholland was arrested Monday night along with more than 280 others during a police sweep.
According to The Associated Press, rogue groups of protesters broke from the peace march of about 10,000 people and began to break windows and slash tires. Police officers began making arrests to assert control.
The AP reported Thursday that 442 people have been arrested since Saturday in preemptive raids before the march and during the protests.
Jay Jurie, an associate professor of public administration and the faculty adviser for Students for a Democratic Society at UCF, provided words of support for Milholland.
"I'm glad she's been released," he said. "I think she's an extremely nice person."
Jurie said that, based on what he read on the Internet and in information others sent to him, he gathered that many of the arrestees, including Milholland, were not among the vandals. He said the police were indiscriminate in their arrests.
"That doesn't speak well to me about the state of democracy in this country," Jurie said.
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Pete
posted 9/04/08 @ 10:53 PM EST
No, but it does speak accurately of Liberal protesters.
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posted 9/06/08 @ 5:24 AM EST
Well at least she has a story to tell her children and how she was a part of history. Also when there are large groups of people, it is difficult for the police to figure out who they should arrest. (Continued…)
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