"Smoketown Six" headed for trial (emulated Abu Ghraib pyramid at * rally)

[kskiska]

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Six Lancaster city men are headed to court next month, accused of dropping their pants this summer in protest during President George W. Bush's visit to Smoketown Elementary School.

Each of the self-monikered "Smoketown Six" has been charged with one count of disorderly conduct for stripping down to thong underwear minutes before the president's bus rolled by on its way to the Conestoga Valley elementary school.

East Lampeter Township Police arrested the men as they were re-enacting the infamous human-pyramid photo of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq.

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"These young men were doing no more than what was being broadcast on prime-time television at the time," Knudsen said. "Certainly, they were doing no worse than what you see on network television soap operas or (MTV's) 'The Real World.' "

"This is about the silliest thing I've seen in years," said Goldberg, who is representing O'Bryant. "People have to start realizing that just because they don't like something, it doesn't make it criminal."

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http://www.lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/8592

[NMDemDist2]

1. best laugh i've had all day

even better than this one I found... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=899697&mesg_id=899697

[Onlooker]

2. The Kerry campaign should use this

When the media asks Kerry if he the Dems were involved in the CBS memo flaps, he could say, "Accusing the Democrats of wrongdoing on this issue, is as absurd as accusing the Mr. Bush of orchestrating the prosecution of the Smoketown Six."

[Pale_Rider]

3. Time's Man of the Year ...

Spook Larue. A seventh member of the protest group that evaded arrest!

You go Boy!

[gauguin57]

4. I hear that these guys regularly protest Bush in front of the

county courthouse in Lancaster.

We love our Smoketown Six.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Wonderful! I'll bet they DO have supporters in town. Way to go.

Loved this line from the article:

"This is about the silliest thing I've seen in years," said Goldberg, who is representing O'Bryant. "People have to start realizing that just because they don't like something, it doesn't make it criminal."

Great people!