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From Reason Magazine’s Daily Brickbat by Charles Oliver:

Benjamin Traslavina, a 16-year-old high school student, got an important
lesson in politics and criminal justice at the Republican National
Convention. Traslavina, vice president of his school’s Honor Society, was
selected to attend the convention by the Junior Statesmen Foundation, a
group that tries to interest students in government. He was there when
AIDS protestors tried to disrupt a speech by White House Chief of Staff
Andrew Card. Traslavina stood up to get a photograph of the protest for
his high school newspaper, which he edits. That’s when Secret Service
grabbed him. They turned him over to New York City police, despite the
protestors telling them he wasn’t part of their group and despite his
credentials, which were seized along with his camera. He was handcuffed
and his film thrown away. Traslavina was hauled off to jail. For the next
12 hours his family tried to find him. Police didn’t let him make a call
until after midnight. He was arraigned on a felony charge of inciting a
riot and misdemeanor charges of assault and disorderly conduct and
released the next afternoon. No word on what this did to his interest in
government.

Thanks for the link Omar.

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