Teenage Girl Arrested after Defying Russian Riot Police by Reading the Constitution During Moscow Protests
Excerpt: As with other peaceful revolutionaries, Ms. Misic's reasoning for her heroic act was simple: * “I just wanted to remind them [the police] that we are here with peaceful purposes and without weapons, but they are not,” the high school graduate told the Riga-based Meduza website. “It never even occurred to me that someone other than them would hear it … I sat on the ground and began to read out our constitutional rights, specifying that what is happening here [police arresting protesters] is illegal.” (And Rosa Parks only sat down in the front of the bus because she was tired after a long day at work. [ Wow! This girl has guts and brains. I hope she lives long enough to put them to good use. Ron P.]
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