Protesters Entitled to Wear T-shirts

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Trespassing charges have been dropped against Nicole and Jeff Rank, who wore anti-Bush T-shirts to the president's July 4 rally in Charleston, West Virginia. "Law enforcement officers told the couple to take the shirts off, cover them or get out," reports Jennifer Bundy. "When they refused and sat down, they were arrested." According to Charleston Mayor Danny Jones, the couple was arrested for their own safety. (Apparently the Republicans at the rally couldn't be trusted to refrain from physically assaulting people whose T-shirts say things they don't like.) "We'll continue to exercise our right to free expression when we see fit," said Jeff Rank after the charges were dismissed.