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12/11/2006 Fourteen residents arrested at Gaming Board protest (Ed Goppelt)
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Rally in Harrisburg's Capitol Park
2006/12/11 Photo: left to right: Michelle McCandless, Lena Helen, Karen DiNardi
14 Philadelphians were arrested today for attempting to search the offices of the Gaming Board.
Altogether about 50 Philadelphians traveled to Harrisburg today to search for documents the Gaming Board has declined to make public. In an ultimatum delivered five weeks ago, Casino-Free Philadelphia told the Gaming Board to make available basic casino planning documents such as site plans and financial projections or residents would search the Gaming Board offices themselves.
Residents attended this rally at 11 am, then proceeded across the street to the offices of the Gaming Board to conduct their document search.
Gaming Board spokesman Doug Harbach did not respond to Hallwatch's request for comment on today's event.
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Bruce Schimmel, Marj Rosenblum and Jethro Heiko
2006/12/11 The green arm bands worn by Schimmel, Rosenblum, and Heiko identified those willing to be arrested searching for the documents. Schimmel writes the Loose Cannon column for City Paper.
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Looking for secret documents
2006/12/11 Protesters used magnifying glasses to search for secret documents in Harrisburg's Capitol Park.
Rally and direct action co-organizer Daniel Hunter is pictured in the lower left hand corner.
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Arrestees Meredith Warner & Jethro Heiko
2006/12/11 Warner and Heiko read from this citizen's search warrant prior to being arrested for disorderly conduct. Both Heiko and Warner live in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Heiko and Daniel Hunter planned and executed today's "direct action" against the Gaming Board.
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Philadelphia schoolkids watch democracy in action
2006/12/11 These school kids got a crash course in democracy on their field trip to Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg Police Lt. Briana Woodring
2006/12/11 Woodring told the protesters to leave or face arrest. The protesters were well treated by police who carried out their duties efficiently and with care. Arrestee Norma Van Dyke said that the officer arresting her told her everything she was going do before actually doing it ("Now, I'm going to cuff you etc.).
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Arrestee Rev. Jesse Brown, Police Officer, Reporter Marc Levy
2006/12/11 A handcuffed Rev. Brown gives the AP reporter Levy a brief interview as he is led away to the police car. Brown is one of the leaders of the effort to defeat to the Trump casino proposed for Henry and Fox Streets in Northwest Philadelphia.
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Reporters interview arrestee Morgan Jones
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Arrestee Ed Verrall is shown the door
2006/12/11 Verrall lives less than 500 ft. from the site of the proposed SugarHouse casino in Fishtown.
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A handcuffed Norma Van Dyke awaits processing
2006/12/11 Van Dyke lives in Society Hill not far from the proposed Foxwoods casino in South Philadelphia.
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The Gaming Board's Chief Legal Counsel
2006/12/11 As Chief Legal Counsel, Gaming Board employee Frank Donaghue would have had a substantial say in decisions about which documents to release to the public--the very decisions being protested today. Donaghue brushed aside Hallwatch's request for an interview on his way out of the Gaming Board's offices.
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Reporters question arrestee
2006/12/11 The reporters are Brad Bumstead of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Allison Hawkes of the Allentown Morning Call.
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Karen DiNardi
2006/12/11 Two wheelchair users Karen DiNardi and Michelle were arrested as part of the action. Police Captain Pierre Ritter initially said the wheelchair users would not be charged, but relented after they argued it was discrimination to arrest the other protesters, but not them.
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Arrestee Marj Rosenblum of South Philadelphia
2006/12/11 Rosenblum is showing her citation for disorderly conduct. Rosenblum said she was shocked after returning from Myanmar (Burma), a dictatorship with an awful record of respecting human rights, to learn that what she had been saying about America being open and transparent simply wasn't true, at least not in the case of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
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The "Harrisburg 14" celebrate their freedom
2006/12/11 The arrestees had just been released from the Harrisburg police station when this picture was taken. From left to right the "Harrisburg 14" are event co-organizer Jethro Heiko, Meredith Warner, Christine Daniel, Bruce Schimmel, Morgan Jones, Norma Van Dyke, Stephanie Burke and Marj Rosenblum. Not pictured are event co-organizer Daniel Hunter, Ed Verrall, Rev. Jesse Brown, Karen DiNardi, Michelle McCandless and Ken Gregory.
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