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TexasTowelie

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Tue Mar 6, 2018, 07:38 PM Mar 2018

Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen arrested during F-35 protest

Ben and Jerry's Homemade Inc. co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested in downtown Burlington Saturday afternoon for repeatedly violating the city's noise ordinances while holding a "public demonstration" about the F-35 fighter planes, police said.

Activists opposed to the impending basing of the F-35s played jet noise from a tower of speakers mounted on the back of a pickup truck at a level they said simulated what it would be like to be underneath the flight path.

Cohen was one of three people arrested for disorderly conduct shortly after 3 p.m., said Lt. Matthew Sullivan. Cohen was escorted from the intersection of Church and Main streets in handcuffs.

Burlington's noise ordinances say that tickets should be issued for the first two violations and allow for an arrest on the third. Sullivan said police were able to obtain witness statements about the first two incidents and witnessed the third personally.

Read more: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/03/03/ben-and-jerrys-ben-cohen-arrested-during-f-35-protest-noise-burlington/391987002/

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Ben and Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen arrested during F-35 protest (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP
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