it does not say why her friend was arrested, only that he had copies of the independent on him, and what she was handed was sort of a citation, a written record of why the cop stopped to check her out, kinda like a cop writing you a warning for being 3 mph over the speed limit when he realizes your not drunk or running drugs instead of actually issuing a ticket, only this wasn't even a warning, they purposefully word it in a manner to make you think that the cops over there are on the lookout for people carrying the independent, really, go rent "The Cat in the Hat" from the library and plop down in front of Australia's parli (is that what you call it, weird that I don't know) and see if you don't get checked out,