Talk:KKGW News Footage - Rajneesh (1984)
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i have removed the NYT article transcript, because it violates copyright.
see https://yourbusiness.azcentral.com/newspaper-article-copyright-laws-1281.html : " If you provide enough rewrite about the article in question that the reader has little reason to follow your link to the original provider, it can lead to civil and, with repeat offenses, even criminal litigation. "
anyway, just a link to the NYT article with a short summary is all we need here. --Rudra 20:15, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
This was the original article, put here out of harm's way.
The New York Times, Nov. 4, 1984
- GUARDIAN ANGELS HELD IN PROTEST PORTLAND
- Ore., Nov. 3 (AP) - Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, was arrested today with five fellow demonstrators protesting the treatment of some homeless people by Rajneeshpuram, a city-commune led by a guru.
- The six protesters, all members of the crime-fighting group, were arrested on trespassing charges after they handcuffed themselves to the entrance of the Hotel Rajneesh here and refused to leave despite warnings from the hotel manager and the police.
- Followers of the guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, denounced the incident as aimed at bolstering the Guardian Angels' membership.
- Mr. Sliwa assailed as "callous and indifferent" the commune's dismissal of several hundred homeless people from Rajneeshpuram. He said they were sent away without bus fare to return to their cities of origin. Of the hundreds who have left, many were given return bus fare, but others were not.
- Ma Prem Arup, a follower of the guru, said the demonstrators were trying to capitalize on local sentiment against the sect.
- "Somebody standing on my doorstep telling me I'm a killer - I'm human enough that I get offended," Ma Prem Arup said. "Especially when I know that we are the most caring people in the world, and our master teaches respect for human life."
- A version of this article appears in print on Nov. 4, 1984, Section 1, Page 44 of the National edition with the headline: GUARDIAN ANGELS HELD IN PROTEST PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 3 (AP) - Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, was arrested today with five fellow demonstrators protesting the treatment of some homeless people by Rajneeshpuram, a city-commune led by a guru.
