He said he also has spoken to police officers and news reporters and photographers who were injured in the incident at the SPA terminal. Cranshaw showed Guedalia some prints of the newspaper's photos. Their actions are reprehensible, and we are asking for a high bond in their case. They had been charged with trespassing. Ford also had been charged with resisting arrest.
Rioting is a felony publishable by up to five years in prison.
Attorney General Charlie Condon said earlier Friday he will seek a court order limiting the number of protesters on the picket line and preventing ILA protesters from blocking access to the port or interfering with operations. ILA members are angry that Nordana Line, a small Danish shipping line, has hired Winyah Stevedoring, which is owned by Georgetown waterfront figure Perry Collins, to unload its ships at the port of Charleston with non-union workers. Byron Miller, the ports authority's public relations manager, said Winyah is expected to unload the Turquoise, a charter ship carrying a cargo of steel, due to arrive here Sunday. It will take about 10 to 12 hours to unload the ship, Miller said. The port authority has not been told to expect a protest.