Free Speech On Trial In Dupage County Illinois: October 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007

Picketers want charges dropped against war protesters

By Christy Gutowski | Daily Herald Staff

Published: 10/11/2007 6:07 PM | Updated: 10/12/2007 12:11 AM

The legal debate that arose after two anti-war activists were arrested in DuPage County spilled into the street Thursday when protesters called on prosecutors to drop the charges.

About two dozen sign-toting protesters rallied outside the county government complex along County Farm Road in Wheaton.

They argue the activists are being wrongly prosecuted and beseeched DuPage State's Attorney Joseph Birkett to dismiss the misdemeanor case.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

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Peaceful Protest Nixed in West Suburbs

By Sergio Barreto - 6/22/07; updated 6/29/07

On May 6, Jeff Zurawski ripped up three large cardboard boxes and taped them together to make a 12-foot banner saying "IMPEACH Bush and Cheney — LIARS."

He and a friend, Sarah Hartfield, then headed to a pedestrian bridge over the Illinois North-South Tollway (I-355) in an unincorporated area of DuPage County. They placed the banner, along with an upside-down American flag, inside the bridge's fencing.

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