A community activist in Brighton, Colorado, was sent to jail for 45 days
for refusing to take off a t-shirt at the request of Justice
Katherine Delgado. The shirt featured the image of the recently executed Tookie Williams and the phrase "
Should have been saved." Shareef Aleem is accused of assaulting police while being removed from a regent's meeting at the University of Colorado a year ago; the regents were deciding the fate of ousted professor
Ward Churchill. Is a t-shirt free speech, and if not, does Tookie's visage warrant a contempt-of-court charge?
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