http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_us/convention_arrestsIn news that should surprise none of us, people who were arrrested for demonstrating against the GOP at their convention in NYC in 2004 were held for abnormally long periods of time before being released.
Also, many of the police officials responsible for processing those arrestees made numerous complaints to their superiors regarding unsafe and toxic working conditions at the processing facility, which was located on a pier.
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NEW YORK - Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public Thursday.
More than 1,800 people were arrested at the four-day convention at Madison Square Garden, where President Bush accepted his party's nomination for a second term in office.
Records in the document cache also show that many officers, sergeants and lieutenants made toxic exposure complaints about the holding pen on a Hudson River pier where arrested protesters were processed. The officers' complaints included claims of exposure to asbestos, carbon monoxide, sludge, oil, fumes and toxic materials.
Browne disputed those complaints. "The fact remains that air quality and other environmental tests that were done documented the fact that the pier was safe," he said.
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