Bo Diddley's son arrested in Bo Diddley Plaza occupation

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/14/occupy-gainsville-bo-diddley-son-arrested


The son of the rhythm and blues singer Bo Diddley has been arrested in the park named after his father during an 'occupy' protest in Florida



The son of the rhythm and blues singer Bo Diddley has been arrested as he tried to support occupiers of a plaza in Florida named after his father.

A number of protesters, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street takeover of Zuccotti Park in New York, had set up camp at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza in Gainesville.

After the city authorities refused the protesters' request to extend a permit that allowed them to remain in the park overnight on Wednesday, police moved in on Thursday night and ordered about 50 occupiers to leave. Diddley's son, Ellas Anthony McDaniel, 56, was among four who were picked up.

McDaniel told the Independent Florida Alligator: "This is my father's park. For them to arrest me in that plaza is ludicrous. ... I'm an American. This is freedom of assembly."

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Bo Diddley's son Ellas Anthony McDaniel stands on a 'freedom of speech stone' in Gainsville, Florida before he was arrested

[dipsydoodle]

1. Memories of another day

Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley (1955) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwe89dtEyE

:applause:

[VWolf]

2. I guess the cops don't know Diddley n/t

[cui bono]

3. :)

[Danascot]

4. For shame, Gainesville

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20111013/ARTICLES/111019728

[Tsiyu]

5. Rescue Bo Diddley's Boy

Those cops ain't doodlie squat.

McDaniel is Red Hot.


:kick: