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4. right on, tblue37!

Sat Aug 23, 2014, 05:10 PM

Aug 2014

. . . we know what that's all about, anyway. It's more repressive police tactics to intimidate and discourage demonstrators.

I'm with you. Let's encourage observers to press this point in a lawsuit . . .

let's start with petitioning or appealing to observers already engaged in the protests:

National Lawyers Guild
132 Nassau Street, Rm. 922
New York, NY 10038
Ph. (212) 679-5100
Fax (212) 679-2811

Kansas City, MO
Representative
Peter Hoffman and Robin Martinez
nlgkansascity@gmail.com

also:

American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri
St. Louis Office
454 Whittier Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
Intake Line: (314) 652-3111
Administrative Lines: (314) 652-3114 in St. Louis
General E-mail: webmaster@aclu-mo.org

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K&R.... daleanime Aug 2014 #1

K&R stage left Aug 2014 #2

Thanks. I have been stewing about this ever since the tblue37 Aug 2014 #8

You're more than welcome. stage left Aug 2014 #48

I think that is an egregious violation of civil liberties. Cleita Aug 2014 #3

The first night that rule was in effect, one young man shouted, tblue37 Aug 2014 #9

right on, tblue37! bigtree Aug 2014 #4

bigtree, I must tell you--you are my new hero on DU. I have several, and I have always tblue37 Aug 2014 #11

Me too! ^^^^^^^ ReRe Aug 2014 #17

gonna sound corny and stilted bigtree Aug 2014 #23

Have you posted this in any place littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #21

I posted a link under the civil liberties heading in the Activists tblue37 Aug 2014 #25

Sure. The more exposure it gets the better. Thanks! eom littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #29

I say, if you are physically unable to walk, but otherwise Dustlawyer Aug 2014 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Courtesy Flush Aug 2014 #5

Nor do Teabaggers when they protest. nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #12

I would like to see that, I mean, the thought of each protester having to drag around a half dozen Dragonfli Aug 2014 #37

Agreed. nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #20

Nor do the "sidewalk counselors" at women's health clinics Rose Siding Aug 2014 #42

The wives of Ferguson PD did not have to move! They were loud too with no objections. DhhD Aug 2014 #46

On another op I posted something like this: sadoldgirl Aug 2014 #6

Damn. I sure hope that is not the case--but I fear it might well be. tblue37 Aug 2014 #13

BTW, maybe a lawsuit based on the fact that the rule tblue37 Aug 2014 #16

I agree and hope a civil rights suit occurs. NT NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #7

Excellent OP, tblue Cha Aug 2014 #10

It really is Cha! nt littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #19

Thank you both! nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #22

This was bothering me, too Brainstormy Aug 2014 #14

In one way it is beside the point, of course, but in another it is not. tblue37 Aug 2014 #15

Thanks for your post, tblue37. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #18

K&R ReRe Aug 2014 #24

they treated the protestors as though they were cattle. hopemountain Aug 2014 #26

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #27

Yeah. This is the fucking oppression of privileging ORDER over the constitutional rights of assembly ancianita Aug 2014 #28

Why the solution is such a snap! New Orleans Strong Aug 2014 #31

Yep--you can even *lie down*! nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #36

I had to call BS on this ... CaptainTruth Aug 2014 #32

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2014 #40

Outstanding OP. The Constitutionally protected right to protest woo me with science Aug 2014 #33

agreed questionseverything Aug 2014 #43

k&r. Thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Aug 2014 #34

I guess we're supposed to "get over" the loss of our democracy rickyhall Aug 2014 #35

exactly, we are told to accept the "reality based" world of oppression, torture, corruption and whereisjustice Aug 2014 #41

k and r. emphatically. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #38

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #39

Not only do they not care about the Constitution, but most of them tblue37 Aug 2014 #49

I'll read that article on Bell. I like this—rigorous civilian oversight. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #50

That's an incredible story, tblue37. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #53

What do we get when the right wing controls the levers of power: suppression of liberty for starters indepat Aug 2014 #44

As An Aging American - I Do To cantbeserious Aug 2014 #45

You either have to keep moving or they corral you into your own special area far from cui bono Aug 2014 #47

Can't one instead of holding a protest rock Aug 2014 #51

I doubt that would work, because those cops have a purpose, and that purpose does not tblue37 Aug 2014 #52