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Police Handcuff And Arrest 60-Year-Old Woman For Speaking Too Long At City Council Meeting
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[quote:*Evan*:MV8yMDI5NDc4XzM0MTEyMDM5XzE2RUQ0M0JC] [quote:American Poet:MV8yMDI5NDc4XzM0MTEyMDE3X0MzNjMwQzNF] [quote:BRIEF:MV8yMDI5NDc4XzM0MTExODUwXzI1Q0RBMkNG] [quote:*Evan*:MV8yMDI5NDc4XzM0MTExODM2XzlBRjRBMDdD] How long over the 3 mins did she speak? [/quote] And was she being irate and yelling, cursing, insulting? [/quote] We should just submit. Not. She has every right to speak and this is just a microcosm of the US as a whole. So what if she is frustrated and fed up and her tone is impassioned? Freedom of speech is freedom of speech. We should have zero tolerance for this type of behavior from any form of government. Incidents like this chip away at our freedoms if we allow it. I'm sorry, but all men and women are created equal and we should never fear for speaking our minds, good or bad. [/quote] I do agree, but there has to be more to this... It doesn't make sense.. [/quote]
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A Riverside woman is facing misdemeanor charges following her arrest for speaking too long at a Riverside City Council meeting, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported Thursday.
Karen Wright, whose arrest was videotaped and obtained by the paper, was cited for disrupting a public meeting Tuesday night.
“The incident unfolded after Wright exceeded her allotted three minutes to speak at the lectern while commenting on a sludge hauling contract,” the paper reported.
Wright, 60, was initially handcuffed by two officers while she was on her knees.
In video of the incident, Wright can be heard yelling in pain as officers tried to bring her to her feet.
“Can you see my wrists? You’re pulling and jerking on my wrists!” she said. “I cannot get up without putting my hands down!”
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