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(38,893 posts) Thu Sep 6, 2012, 01:44 PM Sep 2012

North Carolina man: I'm activist, not terrorist

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/North-Carolina-man-I-m-activist-not-terrorist-3839879.php

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man arrested and charged with a traffic violation claimed Tuesday he was being targeted by police who worried he would organize protests during the Democratic National Convention. His lawyer said police claimed his client's name was on a terrorist watch list.

Police arrested James Ian Tyson on Sunday morning for allegedly driving with a suspended license. Tyson, 27, said he was only a passenger in the car.

Tyson was taken to the Mecklenburg County jail, and held on $10,000 bond. On Monday, Chief District Court Judge Lisa Bell reduced his bond to $2,500 and he was released.

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