ACLU seeks to have charges dropped (HI homeless advocates protest)

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Posted: Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006 4:16 PM HST

By Associated Press



HONOLULU (AP) _ Honolulu District Court has been asked to drop criminal trespassing charges filed against two advocates for the homeless.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii told the court the charges violate the First Amendment rights of Julia Matsui Estrella and Utu Langi to assemble and protest.

Estrella and Langi were among a group of about 100 people who marched to City Hall March 27th to protest the nightly closure of Ala Moana Beach Park.

The two were arrested when they refused to leave the grounds of Honolulu Hale ...

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