Fane Lozman was arrested at Riviera Beach City Hall last night for ... speaking at a commission meeting. Lozman, the houseboat-living activist who has been fighting the city to stop their eminent domain effort for a massive redevelopment of the city's waterfront area, was called up to the podium at about 8:30 p.m. to have his say. He began by bringing up indicted former Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilotti.
"I was going to say the U.S. Attorney's Office was getting more vigilant, but I didn't get a chance to say that," he told me this morning. "[Commissioner] Liz Wade pointed at me and said she didn't want to hear it and to get me out of there."
Police immediately handcuffed Lozman and "dragged" him out o f the meeting.
"I started speaking very loud," he said. "I said, 'What's going on here?' They were dragging me. This guy chopped a handcuff right in my wrist. I was trying to follow his lead but it wasn't easy."
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Activist Jailed In Riviera Beach
November 16, 2006
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Fane Lozman was arrested at Riviera Beach City Hall last night for ... speaking at a commission meeting. Lozman, the houseboat-living activist who has been fighting the city to stop their eminent domain effort for a massive redevelopment of the city's waterfront area, was called up to the podium at about 8:30 p.m. to have his say. He began by bringing up indicted former Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilotti.
"I was going to say the U.S. Attorney's Office was getting more vigilant, but I didn't get a chance to say that," he told me this morning. "[Commissioner] Liz Wade pointed at me and said she didn't want to hear it and to get me out of there."
Police immediately handcuffed Lozman and "dragged" him out o f the meeting.
"I started speaking very loud," he said. "I said, 'What's going on here?' They were dragging me. This guy chopped a handcuff right in my wrist. I was trying to follow his lead but it wasn't easy."
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This is a true story of a persistent and tenacious underdog who fought against the governmental seizure of 2200 homes and businesses in 2006 only to see that same government arrest and destroy his floating home three years later, for an alleged failure to pay one month’s rent at the marina. Fane Lozman did not give up but continued the improbable climb from a county court eviction case to the US Supreme Court.
