View source for Arrest for Trespass in Mall for store bought Peace T-Shirt

====Date: [[:Category:2003|2003]]====

====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]====

====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====

====Medium: [[:Category:Design|Design]] [[:Category:Personal Opinion|Personal Opinion]] [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]====
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'''Artist:''' Stephen Downs

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Mall Security, and County Police, Guilderland, N.Y.

'''Date of Action:''' June 2, 2003

'''Location:''' Guilderland N.Y. Shopping Mall

'''Description of Artwork:''' T-Shirt reading "Peace on Earth, Give Peace a Chance" <P>

'''The Incident:''' Stephen Downs, 61, and his son were asked by mall security guards to remove their peace-slogan shirts or leave. Downs' 31-year-old son, Roger, took off his shirt. But Downs refused. The guards called police, and he was charged with trespassing and pleaded innocent. The men had had the T-shirts made at a mall store and wore them while they shopped  <P>

'''Results of Incident:''' Hundreds of protesters marched through the mall on June 4th wearing peace t-shirts. In the court hearing Stephen Downs had plead not guilty to the charge of trespassing. The Mall later dropped all charges. <P>

'''Source:''' NCAC: Associated Press

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