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A peaceful demonstration at the corner of Curlew Road and US 19 in Palm Harbor attracted no less than five Pinellas County Sheriff’s Department squad cars due to the presence of a sign deemed "obscene" (the sign said "Fuck Bush"). In yet another display of heavy handed police tactics, the protester was arrested even though he had put down the sign and followed the "orders" of the cops. According to a St. Petersburg Times article, "sheriff's deputies said [the activist] stood in the road forcing cars to steer around him." Despite claims made by the St. Pete Times (quoting a Sheriff’s Department spokesperson), at no time were any of the anti-war demonstrators in the road. This can be corroborated by the 40 people present at the demonstration as well as several witnesses not affiliated the group.
It has been months now since an oak tree was crudely sawed down, and the story surfacing only now is in itself commentary on the ease with which crimes of this sort occur and the lack of response they engender.
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