Video of Don Zirkel from wilderside media here.
At 80, Protesting a War, and Winning Fame
By ROBIN FINN
Published: June 1, 2008
SOUNDS peculiar, but Don Zirkel, 80, has fond memories of the two hours he spent handcuffed to the wall of a holding pen in Central Islip. Mr. Zirkel ended up there after being arrested during an antiwar rally at the Smith Haven Mall on March 29 for refusing to remove a graphic T-shirt whose message — 4,000 Troops 1 Million Iraqis Dead (on the front) and Enough (on the back) — was deemed eviction-worthy by the mall’s management…
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