chevysoldier Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 WASHINGTON (May 28, 2011) – Police arrested five people at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. Saturday.Their crime?Silent dancing.Eddie Dickey, 37, was among those arrested. He said police charged him with “dancing in a restricted area” and held him in jail for about 2.5 hours.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PDhjNF9eUQ&feature=mfu_in_order&list=ULhttp://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/05/five-arrested-during-first-amendment-protest-at-jefferson-memorial/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 one more step towards our Police State. wait till you get a ticket from the sound recorder on the corner saying your bike was too loud...."if it keeps me safe I'm all for it".....jack asses... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 I shudder to think of my reaction if a cop walked up to me grabbed my arm and shoved me like he did a couple of those women or If I saw him do that to my wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 What if they were silently holding a sign that said "Soldierrs suck". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted May 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 What if they were silently holding a sign that said "Soldierrs suck".Then I'd say they need to go back to school and learn how to spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 Then I'd say they need to go back to school and learn how to spell. I was on my cell phone lol, you suck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted May 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 But to answer your question- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 But to answer your question- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." you're 1 in a million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 So, they didn't like what the courts ruled about dancing so they decided to do it anyway?? The appropriate battleground is in the court system. If you wanted to protest the freeway speed limit by arranging a group of cars to do 90mph around 270 then don't be surprised when you all get arrested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Most likely nobody will get arrested out of it, they will probably take them to jail and hold them for the legal amount of time they can without chargingthem and the let them go. Just because they can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 You don't get taken to jail unless you are arrested. I think you mean they won't get charged.The courts say that dancing is a form of protest, and protest is apparently not allowed I guess? I thought it sid they were warned in advance that they would be arrested if they did it, but they did it anyway. Obviosuly they did it just to get noticed.Again, if you are unhappy with a court decision then appeal it. Breaking the law and forcing a confrontation with the police is not the way to correct a court decision you don't agree with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 You don't get taken to jail unless you are arrested. I think you mean they won't get charged.That's what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 I believe several firearm laws were changed due to citizens defending their lives in a place they weren't allowed to. Also' date=' dancing isn't protest. It's called, "having fun". What is this? Russia?[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 Oh, it's a good thing Rosa Parks took it to the courts instead of doing something to get arrested... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 stay classy parks police... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheech Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 You don't get taken to jail unless you are arrested. I think you mean they won't get charged.The courts say that dancing is a form of protest, and protest is apparently not allowed I guess? I thought it sid they were warned in advance that they would be arrested if they did it, but they did it anyway. Obviosuly they did it just to get noticed.Again, if you are unhappy with a court decision then appeal it. Breaking the law and forcing a confrontation with the police is not the way to correct a court decision you don't agree with.Ah, towing the police line again I see. How predictable.Chebby had it right, it's a good thing the civil rights movement had excellent lawyers and filed such stunning briefs that the court system had no choice but to grant equal rights for all.Non-violent demonstrations (the word protest doesn't apply here, they weren't protesting anything) are free and protected speech on public property. Period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpentracer Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) yeah fight the system using the system...that always seems to work the best. lolhow can you fight a system purposely set up for you to fail?I can't stand a person in that pretends to love America but will not take a stand for an injustice. that's what our country was founded on and you should be proud to have the right to participate in a protest.that was a peaceful assembly, they were well within the constitutional rights of every american. again, fighting a system purposely set up for you to fail.our country if fucked. by people who wont stand up and have a voice, by people who let corporations run our country and influence our government, cut down our pay and ram their red white and blue dick up our asses. Edited May 31, 2011 by serpentracer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruit Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Ah, towing the police line again I see. How predictable.Chebby had it right, it's a good thing the civil rights movement had excellent lawyers and filed such stunning briefs that the court system had no choice but to grant equal rights for all.Non-violent demonstrations (the word protest doesn't apply here, they weren't protesting anything) are free and protected speech on public property. Period.I am not toeing the "police" line. Your own prejudice is showing here. Just explaining the reason that it went down like that. I don't agree than dancing is protest, and I don't agree that protests are apparently illegal. I'm not supporting anyone. Edited May 31, 2011 by Scruit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beegreenstrings Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 That is what you get for dancing in public, tards...really that is a law now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Second protest at Jefferson MemorialWASHINGTON – (June 4, 2011) – Protesters kept their promise to silently dance at the Jefferson Memorial today.....It was difficult to determine the number of demonstrators via the live stream, although it was clearly a larger number than the previous week’s group of about a dozen dancers.....Police stationed officers armed with automatic weapons around the monument prior to the dance.Protesters representing a variety of leftist and libertarian groups made their way to the memorial to join the dance.“We don’t care about political boundaries, we care about freedom,” one organizer said.http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/06/second-protest-at-jefferson-memorial/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anden Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Think I need to watch footloose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFM Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I'd be down for a pants of dance off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisknight Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 It's against the law to video at the Jefferson Memorial? I heard that as well. In fact, most of these civilian police encounter recordings you always hear a police officer saying that it is illegal to film them. They can film us but not vice versa? I remember an audio recording of an open-carry encounter where a cop said the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent2406 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 I just want to know where I can learn those dance moves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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