Records: NYPD held GOP protesters longer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_us/convention_arrests

By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer Thu Feb 8, 10:25 AM ET

NEW YORK - Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public Thursday.

More than 1,800 people were arrested at the four-day convention at Madison Square Garden, where
President Bush accepted his party's nomination for a second term in office.

The legitimacy of the arrests was challenged on civil rights grounds in lawsuits brought by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of some of those detained.

Sorry if this has been posted already but I just came across it and found it unbelievably shocking. :sarcasm: