Dr. Julian Heicklen has been arrested and the bail was set at $50,000.00. Please attend the Arts Festival Political rallies today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) to show support.

An update:

On Thursday at 12:00, Julian gave a speech in front of about 75 people, including about 7 newspeople, on the corner of College and Allen. He then smoked a joint. The police were there, but only moved close when the joint was nearly gone and claimed that they couldn’t smell anything.

A few minutes later, Julian was smoking the joint, and the cops moved in again and decided that the joint was in fact marijuana. They then handcuffed him and dragged him to the police car. He was eventually taken to District Magistrate Prestia, who set bail at $50,000 straight bail, meaning that Julian has to pay the full amount in order to be released. He will thus be in jail until his hearing on Wednesday, July 15. It’s clear those in charge don’t want Julian to have a voice during Arts Fest.

The rallies continue, but we’ve lost our hero. The police are making this as difficult as possible: we’re not permitted to use any electronic amplification, we’re not allowed to use tables, chairs, or even have boxes on the ground. We’re not permitted to sell buttons or books. We were told that any signs we leave on the ground will be picked up as litter.

We will be at the corner of College and Allen from 12-8 today and 12-6 tomorrow. We need people to hold signs, to pass out literature, get petitions signed, and just talk to passersby. We appreciate your support!