New York Cops Arrest Film Makers For Wearing Bandannas

New York Daily News | August 30 2004

Actress Rosario Dawson was arrested yesterday when filmmakers used the anti-Bush demonstration to inject a little too much realism into her upcoming flick.

The New York-born actress was filming a scene for "This Revolution" at Eighth Ave. and 35th St., against the backdrop of the massive protest.

Dawson was wearing a black bandanna over her face when NYPD cops arrested her.

Dawson, 25, and co-star Vija Brigita Grosgalvis were bundled into a police wagon as director Stephen Marshall tried in vain to show cops city film permits. Police cited city laws barring protesters from hiding their identities with masks.

When Marshall protested the arrests, cops handcuffed him, too. "Take my camera," he shouted at his film crew before disappearing into the police van.

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