Legal Opinion
State v. Anonymous (1971-4)
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided July 1, 1970PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBieluch, J.
The defendant was one of a group of about thirty demonstrators awaiting, with a crowd, the departure of President Nixon from a foreign policy briefing of New England newspaper editors. The demonstrators were standing behind a line of police officers. Some of the demonstrators were displaying various signs, banners, and posters. The defendant was holding one of two poles between which was suspended a banner resembling the Viet Cong flag when a citizen in the crowd tore the banner from the two poles, meeting no resistance or retaliation from the defendant or the other demonstrators. After the…
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