Dawson Arrested at GOP Protest

EURWEB: Headlines: ROSARIO DAWSON ARRESTED: GOP protest mixup leads to actress being cuffed.


Rosario Dawson(Aug. 31, 2004) *Rosario Dawson probably thought she was being “Punk’d” for the second time when cops arrested her Sunday for disorderly conduct. Sadly, Ashton Kutcher was no where to be found.

Believing the cops could tell that she was an actress in the middle of a New York City film shoot and not one of the thousands of GOP protesters near the set, Rosario Dawson flat out refused police commands to move off of a roadway. And it didn’t help that she looked G’d up with a black bandana covering her nose and mouth.

According to the "New York Daily News," Dawson was filming a scene for a movie called "The Revolution," shooting just blocks away from the Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden. The film was using thousands of nearby GOP protesters as de facto extras. According to the criminal complaint, cops spotted Dawson and director Stephen Marshall in a road with about 30 people gathered around them.

A police officer told Dawson and co-star Brigita Grosgalvis that they had to leave the roadway, the complaint said, but they reportedly refused. They also refused to remove their bandanas, which violates a New York law prohibiting protesters from hiding their identities.

According to police, Dawson "refused to be handcuffed." Marshall reportedly tried to show police his city film permit but was also arrested. Dawson, Grosgalvis and Marshall were all put into a police van and taken into custody around noon. All three were charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, blocking traffic and obstruction of government administration. They were released without bail and told to return to court Nov. 9.

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