Charlotte man arrested to prevent him from protesting at DNC

Charlotte man arrested after name shows up on terrorist watch list, lawyer says

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...a Charlotte man’s lawyer confirmed to Channel 9 that his client was arrested because his name allegedly showed up on a terrorism watch list.

...a police officer added a note in his court documents calling him a threat.

...Tyson’s attorney, Derek Fletcher, told Channel 9 Tyson’s bond was initially set up at $10,000.

...he also said prosecutors tried to get the judge to keep him behind bars during the Democratic National Convention.

http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/charlotte-man-arrested-after-name-shows-terrorist-/nR24t/

A 2009 Department of Defense anti-terrorism training program entitled Antiterrorism and Force Protection Annual Refresher Training Course used material that defined certain First Amendment-protected activities as “low level terrorism.”

Part of the training course, which all DoD personnel are required to complete on a yearly basis, involved multiple choice questions including the following.

Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity? Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer.

- Attacking the Pentagon
- IEDs
- Hate crimes against racial groups
- Protests

In order to proceed, users had to choose the “correct” answer as “Protests”.

Demonstrators in Charlotte marching in protest against the DNC have been met by a huge security response, with police outnumbering protesters just as they did in Tampa for the Republican National Convention.

“This isn’t a protest,” one member of the group told the Charlotte Observer during a march last night. “This is an articulation of the boundaries of the police state.”

http://www.infowars.com/activist-put-on-terror-watchlist-to-prevent-him-protesting-dnc/