Here's the Philly Inquirer version written by someone other than a Bush-hatin' ho
Woman arrested at '9/11' film
By Jennifer Moroz
Inquirer Staff Writer
<!-- begin body-content --> A Chester County Democratic committee woman was arrested Saturday night for allegedly causing a disturbance while handing out voter registration cards at a local showing of the movie
Fahrenheit 9/11.
Lani Frank, 49, of Berwyn, was handing out the cards about 10:15 p.m., as moviegoers at the Downingtown Regal Cinema Stadium 16 poured out of the documentary that slams President Bush and his decision to go to war in Iraq.
State police said they got a call reporting a disturbance. When troopers showed up at the cinema, just off Route 30 in East Caln Township, Frank had moved from the theater lobby to the parking lot.
"She continuously refused to leave the area and continued to cause a disturbance and left the troopers no choice but to arrest her," Cpl. Lawrence Wallick said.
Police charged Frank with disorderly conduct, a summary violation akin to a traffic citation.
Last night, Frank said she would fight the citation. Frank, who said she was acting as an individual and not as a representative of the Democratic Party, denied causing any disturbance.
"All I was doing was offering a convenient way to acquire a government voter registration form," she said. "I made no mention of candidate, of party, of how they should vote."
She said she had questioned the troopers' authority to stop her from handing out the cards in a public parking lot and refused to leave when asked because she believed she had the right to be there.
A theater manager declined to comment when contacted last night.