Pack the Court for the Zombie 7 Tuesday

Come support the Zombie 7  in St. Paul on the morning of Tuesday June 9th.

Where: Federal Courthouse, St. Paul,
316 North Robert Street (corner of Kellogg Avenue), 5th Floor.

When: 9am

The Zombie 7's  lawsuit against the city, MPD, and Hennepin county was dismissed last year when a district court found that police had grounds to detain them on disorderly conduct, despite clear evidence that the 7 performers were completely orderly and compliant. This is the Zombies' appeal to have the case go back to court.

The Zombie 7 are a cohort of anticonsumerist street theatre
performers who were arrested in July 2006 off Nicollet Mall.  Their homemade radio stereos, discovered only once thy were taken into custody,  were even called mere "slick audio equipment" by the bomb squad. Despite this, the artists were were held over the weekend under a suspicious post 9/11 Minnesota state for "simulating weapons of mass destruction." However, because of community pressure, no charges were ever filed.

Background on the proceedings from the legal team:
The argument will be made before a panel of three judges.  All three
of them are Republican appointees. Here is a brief background FYI:
- Colloton was chosen by George W's administration, and has a
rightwing background.
- John Gibson was appointed by Reagan, and is pretty moderate,
actually more liberal than many judges appointed by Clinton (which
still isn't saying much).
- Arlen Beam was also appointed by Reagan.  He used to be one of the
most righwing judges, but with George W's appointments, he is now
towards the middle.