In this day of government's increasingly imposing limits to free speech, this KNS story (prominent on the "hardcopy" page B-1, but difficult to find on-line) was very affirming. It also caused me to think even *more* highly of Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz.

From the text:

The judge lamented the fact that real terrorists have fostered a culture of fear in America, a culture that demonizes dissidence that once was honored and puts protesters like Johnson on Homeland Security lists.

“The fact the state needs to classify legitimate political dissidence as gang activity I think is pathetic and ridiculous,” he said.

It appears that Jamie Satterfield had to leave the courtroom before Liebowitz rendered her verdict/sentence, as we aren't told how the defendent fared. Well, I hope. See (link...).

(Edit: Ah, I see it now, early in the text: Six months probation.)