The screams and moans of young women echoing through the cell block C. Another young woman dragged naked, bloody through a garbage strewn prison hall. Hunger strikers denied access to water or toilets. Metal handcuffs pounding, smashing the fingers, hand and wrist of prisoners who refuse to be finger printed.
Detainees report missing paperwork, and arraignments with incomplete or slipshod records.
Meanwhile, the comments of ACLU leader Stefan Presser have enraged those sympathetic the protestors. It is too early to know which account is true, especially since they do not directly contradict each other. The rights of free speech and freedom of assembly are guaranteed by the US Constitution. It would have barred abolitionists from speaking out against slavery during their lecturing tours in pre-bellum America. Arguably, it could prevent anyone on a lecture tour from criticizing local authorities.