http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16929 "I said God might speak to the world through a burning Bush... . I had said that before and I thought it was funny. It was prophetizing," Humphreys testified. He was taken into custody the next day at a Sioux Falls motel just hours before the president arrived. Humphreys said he didn't threaten the president and didn't know he was visiting Sioux Falls. Meanwhile in the Pennsylvania case, Bill Neel says speech isn't free if he had to speak behind a fence during the president's Sept. 2 visit to Neville Island, Pa. "The police told me I had to be in the designated free-speech area. That's a contradiction in terms," said Neel, 65, who along with his sister, Joyce, 50, were the only two people arrested during Bush's Labor Day visit to Neville Island, upstream of Pittsburgh in the Ohio River. Neel, of Butler, Pa., refused to join other Bush protesters inside a baseball field behind a fence and was arrested as he held a sign, reading: "The Bushes must truly love the poor � they've made so many of them." Neville police Superintendent Edward Selzer said most people cooperated with the protester corral, which was ordered by the Secret Service. "You can't deny them the right to demonstrate, but you can restrict where they demonstrate," Selzer said. "It's best for everybody that way." Bush's visit to Neville Island was the first by a president since Franklin Roosevelt came in the 1930s. In the Sioux Falls case, Humphreys acted as his own attorney in the case, with occasional help from public defender William Delaney, who sat behind him in the spectator section of the courtroom. When it was time for Humphreys to present his case, he questioned two witnesses and then took the stand to answer questions from Delaney and read a lengthy portion from the Bible. With Delaney's questioning completed, Humphreys began recounting his version of the events and his activities of the past nine years. As his narrative approached 45 minutes, Ridgeway more frequently challenged the relevance of it and Humphreys then rested his case. Related Supreme Court declines to review cases on cable limits, presidential threats, movie tax Consumer groups sought reinstatement of rules limiting number of subscribers cable companies can have; jailed Navy recruit wanted high court to explain when threats against president are serious enough to break law. 12.05.01 Man's anti-Bush bumper stickers prompt visit by Secret Service �They aren't going to dictate what I put on my truck,� says Jesse Ethredge, who got in trouble more than 10 years ago over similar slogans. 09.01.01 Secret Service questions college journalist over Bush editorial Free-press group writes letter of protest after agents threaten to charge editor with crime, search his apartment. 02.19.01 My contest mentions in about eight hours.
