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Demonstration Held On International Human Rights DayPOSTED: 9:01 a.m. EST December 11, 2002
NEW YORK -- Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested Tuesday at a peace demonstration in New York.
Cohen was one of approximately 100 people led away in handcuffs by police after blocking sidewalks near the U.N. complex.
The demonstrators were protesting the warlike posture being taken against Iraq by President George W. Bush's administration.
The demonstration was held to coincide with International Human Rights Day.
-- Anonymous, December 11, 2002
Didn't have a permit for the ice cream truck?
-- Anonymous, December 13, 2002