Re: [Nolug] RMS vs Cisco (Round 1 *ding*ding*)

From: Jeremy (mailing list box) <listbox_at_unix-boy.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:03 -0600
Message-ID: <4946B293.6060301@unix-boy.com>

Ron Johnson wrote:
>> The law supported such racist store policies. The peaceful protest
>> is trespass to protest both the racist laws and store policies.
>
> I'm not so certain about whether sitting peacefully at the counter of a
> public lunch counter can be called trespassing.

Only if the lunch counter was on public property. If the lunch counter
is on private property, as the one in Greensboro was, the owner has the
right to charge them with trespass.

J
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