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    "The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people."
    Cesar Chavez

    :: Sunday, April 24, 2005 ::

    Ticketed Motorist Claims Rights Violation for Honking at Protest Berkeley Daily Planet
    Driving home close to midnight after an 11-hour workday last August, Carol Harris never expected to become embroiled in a free speech fight.

    But when the 51-year-old Oakland resident saw union protesters outside the Claremont Hotel holding up signs urging motorists to honk in support, she said she gave three quick beeps. The next thing she knew a Berkeley police officer had pulled her over on Tunnel Road and given her a $143 ticket for "Unreasonable use of horn."

    "It was my First Amendment right to honk," said Harris, who lists her occupation as a freelance worker. "I can empathize with what the protesters were doing. I had just finished being paid $11 an hour standing on my feet all day as an usher. And they don't give me health insurance either."
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