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I fought the law and the law won
by Mark Friday, Apr. 11, 2003 at 10:54 PM

A thank you for those who stayed with me

Hey everyone,
I wanted to thank the dozens of people who stayed and watched the trials of those of us who did not take the plea bargain. It meant a lot to me to have so many people there to witness and support me during my trial. When I came home, I saw the Fox coverage, it was pretty decent, although it had a police officer (president of the police union? I'm not sure) insisting that not one of his officers acted inapprorpriately at any point in time. I continue to be surprised at the adament refusal of the police to entertain the theory that they may have once been in the wrong. Well, draw what conclusions you will, I don't feel its smart to editorialize or comment on my trial if I'm going to identify myself in any way in this forum. Regardless, I do want to thank everyone for being supportive and for making this entire experience from arrest to conviction a lot more bearable than it would have otherwise been. I witnessed the Pittsburgh activist community standing strong today, I'm proud of all 122 of us.

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