{"id":2739,"date":"2007-07-22T02:22:23","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T08:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=2739"},"modified":"2017-05-21T02:39:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T08:39:00","slug":"impeachment-activist-arrested-for-selling-impeach-him-buttons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/impeachment-activist-arrested-for-selling-impeach-him-buttons\/","title":{"rendered":"Activist selling &#8220;IMPEACH HIM&#8221; buttons arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007072101241.jpg\" > <img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/ph2007072101241.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"ph2007072101241.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a>Activist Arrested In Dispute Over Hot-Button Sales At Public Market<br \/>\nBy Matt Zapotosky<br \/>\nWashington Post Staff Writer<\/p>\n<p>The 74-year-old retired mathematician who is fighting Kensington officials over his right to sell buttons urging President Bush&#8217;s impeachment was arrested yesterday at a farmers market and charged with trespassing.<\/p>\n<p>Alan McConnell, who had been selling his &#8220;Impeach Him&#8221; buttons at the Howard Avenue market for about a half-hour without a permit, lay down on the pavement after Montgomery County police asked him to come with them. After McConnell failed to respond to a request that he &#8220;please stand up,&#8221; four officers each grabbed one of his limbs and carried him to the front seat of a squad car.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2007\/07\/21\/AR2007072101235.html\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activist Arrested In Dispute Over Hot-Button Sales At Public Market By Matt Zapotosky Washington Post Staff Writer The 74-year-old retired mathematician who is fighting Kensington officials over his right to sell buttons urging President Bush&#8217;s impeachment was arrested yesterday at a farmers market and charged with trespassing. 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