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Dearborn 4 found innocent, though one charge stuck for nowBy Tom McMillin, Section News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 24, 2010 State Representative Tom McMillin State Rep. Tom McMillin (R-Rochester Hills) had the following statement regarding the verdicts given in the trial of the four Christian missionaries arrested at the Dearborn Arab American Festival: "Today in Dearborn, the jury got it mostly right in finding Paul, David, Negeen and Nabeel innocent of breach of peace. The city of Dearborn, the Dearborn Police and especially the Dearborn Mayor owe them a huge apology immediately.
However the guilty decision for Negeen Mayel's charge of failure to obey a police officer is extremely disturbing to me. I met with the ACLU here in Michigan recently to make sure we had good laws protecting citizens' right to video police officers and their activity and they said we have the model for other states. But based on today's decision, it seems that police in Michigan can get cameras turned off before doing questionable things (like making an arrest that was just found to be bogus by the jury). And how did the police have the right to tell Negeen Mayel to turn off her video camera and how can he touch her....for what reason? The video she took made it clear the police stepped way out of bounds.
Now - for all this charade, the city of Dearborn needs to be dealt with firmly....unless they plan to try to secede from the union and have their own laws. This is the United States of America and we here in the USA and in Michigan have something called Freedom of Speech. Dearborn - get used to it!"
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Dearborn 4 found innocent, though one charge stuck for now | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 hidden)
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