Sometimes, words fail me

[pegkerr]

What country am I living in? A man was arrested in a public mall in upstate New York for wearing a t-shirt that said "Give Peace A Chance" and "No War In Iraq" -- handcuffed and led off to jail and night court. Even better is the fact that the man -- Stephen Downs -- is the director of the Albany Office of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates complaints of misconduct by judges...

Thanks to sleigh for the link.

Added later: charges have been dropped. Sometimes, sanity actually wins out.

Comments

[elisem.livejournal.com]

Even moreso considering that he bought the shirt at that mall.

[trinker.livejournal.com]

One of the things that many of the reports are eliding is the fact that it was a custom order shirt, not a pre-printed one.