Rep. Filner, others taken into custody (cross-post)

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Rep. Filner, others taken into custody

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Rep. Bob Filner and six other people have been taken into custody during a protest rally late this afternoon in Old Town San Diego. The protesters had said they planned to stage a civil disobedience protest.

Filner was among a group of about 80 people protesting the grand opening of Old Town's Plaza del Pasado with union workers who were fired in March after the plaza's operation changed hands. The new operator has said the plaza will not be unionized.

Also taken into custody about 5:15 p.m. by park rangers was Nicole Murray-Ramirez, chairman of the San Diego Human Relations Commission.

Capt. Richard Dennison, a park ranger, said the seven were detained for disturbing the peace, interferring with a lawful business and making unreasonable noise at a state park. He said they are being cited and released.

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