Protest rap sheet a cause for concern (prior arrests count during GOP Con)

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Protest rap sheet a cause for concern



BY BARBARA ROSS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Protesters arrested at the upcoming Republican National Convention could face harsher penalties than in the past, the Daily News has learned.

That's because of a little-noticed court ruling that allowed the Manhattan district attorney's office to introduce previously sealed records of prior arrests for civil disobedience.

This year, state Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo agreed to a prosecutor's request that prior arrest records of four protesters could be unsealed and considered by another judge in sentencing them on new charges.

With the legal system bracing for a predicted 1,000 arrests a day and groups promising protests outside as well as inside police barricades, defense lawyers are concerned protesters may not understand the new hazard.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/222448p-191151c.html

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1. serial disruptors

first they came for the gypsies, but I wasn't a gypsy
then they came for the Catholics, but I wasn't a Catholic
then they came for the Jews, but I wasn't a Jew.....

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2. you left out "but i didn't speak up"

St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Seattle


First they came for the trade unionists,
but I did not speak up, for I was not a trade unionist.


Then they came for the gypsies,
but I did not speak up for I was not a gypsy.


Then they came for the communists,
but I did not speak up for I was not a communist.


Then they came for the Jews, but I did not speak up
because I was not a Jew.


Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak up.

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3. thank you for the full quote

:)