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4 Megaloads Protesters Take Deal

All six were originally charged with assembling to disturb the peace and refusal to disperse after allegedly entering Washington Street on Aug. 26 and trying to block the movement of a megaload through town. The four who pleaded guilty, each to one reduced misdemeanor count of failure to comply with a peace officer's traffic direction, are Brett Haverstick, 38, Vincent Murray, 61, David Willard, 52, and Gregory Freistadt, 26. All four, who are represented by Dana M. Johnson of the Northern Rockies Justice Center, have been ordered to pay $240 in fines and court costs, according to court records. The two still moving toward trial on the initial charges are William French, 55, and Mitchell Day, 40. French also faces a misdemeanor charge of malicious injury to property for allegedly kicking out a Latah County sheriff's vehicle window/David Johnson, Lewiston Tribune. More here. (AP file photo)

Question: Would you have taken the deal if you were one of the 6 protesters arrested?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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