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chillfactor

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29. AMEN! N/T

Reply to hifiguy (Reply #16)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 09:59 PM

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Judge bans Black Lives Matter clothing from courtroom [View all] applegrove Nov 2015 OP

NO racism in America, remember? randys1 Nov 2015 #1

I don't agree with the judge in this case SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #14

Since when do police have to not wear uniforms? One should never change the rules of the justice applegrove Nov 2015 #2

Just wear them inside out! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #3

No, they need to sue that judge, or whatever to protect their 1st Amendment rights brush Nov 2015 #4

I am sure the ACLU will get involved...but in the short term... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #7

The ACLU can get involved all they want, GGJohn Nov 2015 #11

Agreed. Volaris Nov 2015 #20

Agreed. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #21

court rooms should be a neutral space IMO. or would you all like cheerleaders and marching msongs Nov 2015 #5

I agree... chillfactor Nov 2015 #6

I agree to disagree. IMO a judge should not be able to trump First Admendment rights. brush Nov 2015 #10

Judges have to be able to trump First Amendment rights SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #12

Without an efficient and functional Justice System, tho.. Volaris Nov 2015 #22

He should require cops to wear civilian clothes. backscatter712 Nov 2015 #28

The cops are going to wear civilian clothes. It's in the article. MADem Nov 2015 #34

This. I clerked for two trial court judges hifiguy Nov 2015 #16

AMEN! N/T chillfactor Nov 2015 #29

It's a given that free speech rights don't apply in a courtroom SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #8

Most courtrooms ban shorts, halter tops, sandels, GGJohn Nov 2015 #9

White Power shirts are not the same as Black Lives Matter shirts. One is talking about exclusive applegrove Nov 2015 #13

I'm not saying they're the same, GGJohn Nov 2015 #15

And both are equally unacceptable in a courtroom. hifiguy Nov 2015 #17

It doesn't matter SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #18

I agree the judge has every right to do it, but it is wrong. If you have to change what police wear applegrove Nov 2015 #19

No kidding? linuxman Nov 2015 #23

I don't think a shirt saying who you are, means a circus. applegrove Nov 2015 #24

The judge disagrees, GGJohn Nov 2015 #25

It's a political statement, and politicizes a court environment. linuxman Nov 2015 #26

Yup. nt hifiguy Nov 2015 #27

THANK YOU! chillfactor Nov 2015 #30

Yes. 840high Nov 2015 #31

Yes it does. Throd Nov 2015 #35

This is apparently standard guidance in commonwealth courtrooms. MADem Nov 2015 #32

So sorry for your loss. I have not spent more than 10 minutes in a courtroom. I stand corrected. applegrove Nov 2015 #33

We got justice. That's all we could hope for. Can't bring back the dead, sadly. MADem Nov 2015 #36

a courtroom is not an appropriate place for demonstrations Lil Missy Nov 2015 #37