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Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested at protest

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Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen was arrested Saturday for participating in a noisy protest.

Cohen and two other activists blasted jet noises from a mobile public address system in Burlington, Vermont.

They were protesting a city decision whether to allow Vermont National Guard F-35 fighter jets at the Burlington International Airport. The protestors say if their demonstration violated the city noise ordinance, fighter jets would too.

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