HIGHLAND VILLAGE -- Ben Cohen, half of the idealistic entrepreneur team behind Ben & Jerry's Homemade, was supposed to start a busy Thursday in North Texas dispensing free scoops of ice cream to Occupy Dallas protesters.But Big D police cleared the City Hall park before a lick of Chunky Monkey could be handed out. Occupy Dallas then asked Cohen, through the local Ben & Jerry's franchisee, Hunter Rose, to bring ice cream to the more than 50 demonstrators at Lew Sterrett Justice Center. But arranging permission to drop off the desserts, let alone scoop out single portions inside the Dallas County Jail, was insurmountable at short notice, Rose said.
Cohen's partner, Jerry Greenfield, says he too supports the Occupy movement, though he is not as active as Cohen. Both are 60.
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