On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 23:51:30 -0500, ptsc <ptsc AT nym DOT alias DOT net> wrote: snip >A Church of Scientology "Security Guard" came from the front and
>grabbed my signs, while three or four others jumped me from behind and
>threw me to the pavement in the middle of the street, where they
>pinned me down and handcuffed me from behind. They then took me inside
>the building across from the Advanced Organization.
>
>On the way I managed to shout to a friend to call the police, as I was
>afraid. I was held captive for an hour or so until the police came and
>released me.
>
>The police officer told me I had every right to picket and escorted me
>to safety.
When I picketed in 1997, they jumped me and spray painted my sign, but they didn't try to haul me inside. So in some ways things have improved. Keith Henson