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Article: Civil Liberties Union official arrested briefly for note taking
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 2, 1994
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A Civil Liberties Union official was arrested and briefly
detained Wednesday after he refused to stop taking notes in a
Worcester courtroom.
Ronal C. Madnick, executive director of the Worcester County
chapter of the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, said he was
arrested and handcuffed by a court officer in Worcester District
Court.
The arrest occurred after the court officer asked Madnick several
times to stop taking notes and reading as he sat in the back row of
the the courtroom during the 10 a.m. proceeding.
Madnick said he spent about 15 minutes in a holding cell before a
judge ordered him released and the ...