SEIU's arrested protestors socked with large bond
SEIU seems to be discovering that the local judicial system is not overly impressed with the organization's shipping in professional protestors to break our community's laws:
In an unprecedented transparent attempt to severely limit the right to peaceful protest and freedom of speech of low-wage Houston janitors and their supporters, a Harris County District Attorney has set an extraordinarily high bond of $888,888 cash for each of the 44 peaceful protestors arrested [Thursday] night. Houston janitors and their supporters, many of them janitors from other cities, were participating in an act of non-violent civil disobedience, protesting in the intersection of Travis at Capitol when they were arrested in downtown Houston Thursday night.
Breaking our community's laws with imported protestors and annoying the people who actually live here is starting to get expensive! Maybe that (along with Thanksgiving) is another reason that SEIU wants to go back to the bargaining table?
Incidentally, we're under the impression that courts set bail, not the district attorney. At least that's how it works on Law and Order: Criminal Intent!
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 11/18/06 12:42 PM | Print |
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