Contrary to first-hand account, not all arrested were 
disruptive at protests 

As one of the university students arrested in Pershing
Park on Friday, Sept. 27, I was disappointed to read
Jason Flanagan and Debra Kahn's inaccurate article ("Cops
corral student protesters," Sept. 30). They mistakenly
reported that all of us arrested had participated in
disruptive activities that morning.

I went downtown at 9 a.m. to meet up with my fellow
students for what was advertised as a permitted rally in
Freedom Plaza in opposition of military action against
Iraq. I did not go downtown to disrupt traffic, nor did I
hang banners from bridges. Although I do not necessarily
object to the actions taken by my fellow students, their
messages and actions were different from mine.

Just as the rest of the media failed to provide an
unbiased and accurate account of the events of Sept. 27,
The Diamondback did not provide correct information about
university arrestees. Similarly, the police did not
differentiate between the various messages and intentions
of the demonstrators; as a result everybody in sight was
unlawfully trapped and imprisoned. I'm surprised that
Flannagan and Kahn did not learn the harmfulness of such
generalizations on Friday, when they were arrested with
the hundreds of other people in Pershing Park.

Jen Rosloff Sophomore Government and politics