Occupy Sarasota Has Its First Arrest

An Occupy Sarasota protester was arrested Saturday following a chalk drawing at Selby Five Points Park, and the American Civil Liberties Union will investigate, according to The Herald-Tribune.
The arrest soon made its way online through video and the Occupy Sarasota blog, Occupy My Soapbox.
The Herald-Tribune reported that the Sarasota's ACLU legal team will look at whether this violated free speech:

"Sarasota Police Officer John Neri arrested Chris Young Saturday afternoon as the disabled Iraq War veteran was writing a slogan disparaging the American Legislative Exchange Council(ALEC), a conservative public policy group he opposes.
"Neri charged Young with trespass, resisting arrest, obstructing pedestrian traffic and tampering with public property. The tampering charge is based on a city ordinance that states: “No person

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