Chain me up, boys... I look great in stripes.

I'd get cuffed for a thousand bucks ;)
Or on a Saturday night date... whatever comes first.
(Article is a few days old, but I thought it was amusing)

(New York-WABC, September 2, 2004) — A New York State Court judge has ordered the city of New York held in contempt for refusing to release some 168 demonstrators who have been held more than 24 hours without being arraigned.

The information was provided to Eyewitness News on the scene here at 100 Centre Street by the Legal Aid Society.

Some 250 cases have been processed today, but the city has been unable to process the other 168.

It is not clear what has become of them--whether they will be released imminently or not.

No immediate comment from prosecutors or the city.

Under the contempt order, New York City is being fined $1,000 a day per demonstrator. In other words, the city is being slapped immediately with a $168,000 fine. That, according to Donna Lieberman, of the NYCLU.

That fine will double if the city does not release the remaining demonstrators by this time tomorrow.

The fines, in case you are wondering, are payable to the detained demonstrators, themselves.

No word on when, or if, the city will release the "RNC 168."