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Merged Code Pink at the Jefferson Memorial / arrested

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Code Pink and crew show up at the Jefferson memorial. Warned ahead of time they can't demonstrate by dancing. The people start dancing. Cops tell them they can't do that, and they continue. Cops begin arresting members of the group. Members resist.

What do you guys think?
 
arthwollipot said:
So who decided people couldn't dance at the memorial?
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I read somewhere in those Tubes that there are signs forbidding any form of demonstration while in the area. Perhaps the people were dancing before hand, and the cop recognized that they were members of a group that was known for demonstrating and told them what's up.

Don't know though. Haven't been to D.C. since the 8th grade. :o
 
do you need a permit to protest at the Jefferson Memorial?

if not, then dancing/protesting is not illegal.

call the ACLU.




..and btw, I think Jefferson would have found them amusing.
 
Yes, you need a permit to protest at any of the Memorials. They are part of the National Parks System.

I've been there several times, and it seems fairly easy to get a permit. I've seen plenty of small groups of people on the mall carrying signs and asking people to sign petitions, and they were unmolested by the police.
 
I'm sure it'll be on Alex Jones sometime this week. Alex pays his dues to other loonies and Kokesh is a big fanboy
 
Loony or not was what they were doing so terrible that they had to be arrested for it?
 
PhantomWolf said:
Loony or not was what they were doing so terrible that they had to be arrested for it?
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I don't know if "had to be" is the operative term. Look at it from the perspective of D.C. law enforcement. It's more like a "hey, at least we can".... Adam is known to be into civil disobedience, and they were probably over-anticipating, e.g. something like his shenanigans at the Senate Office Building or GOP convention. And if they got him on the no-permit technicality, I doubt they care. It was a righteous bust, if a bit douche-baggy!

But, other than the technicality of the permit, I concur that what they were up to up to that point was harmless, as much as it pains me to defend this wannabe Alex Jones. But, hey. He wants to water the tree of liberty with blood now and then, so what's a night in the local lock-up. From experience, the D.C. holding pen for dissenters was always a walk in the park.
 
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