This is a connect-the-dots story, so hang with me as I lay this out.
As some of you may know from reading the MDS thread entitled "2A Capitol Rally-NOV 5", a relative newcomer to Maryland announced here on Oct. 25 that he would "host" one of the 50 state capitol 2A rallies this coming Sunday morning in Annapolis.
This host— a recently arrived transplant from PA—obtained a Nov. 5 "protest permit" for Lawyers Mall at the Maryland Statehouse. He signed on here to MDS under the screen name CaptainBerz and put up his invitation. See post 14 in the original "Nov. 5" rally thread below:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=216057&highlight=rally
This idea for 50-rallies-in-50-state-capitols bubbled up a couple of weeks ago from a Youtube 2A guy in Austin, TX. The response has not been exactly overwhelming.
In the Patriot Picket, we knew about these efforts before they appeared on a thread here on MDshooters. We went back-channel to the Maryland "host" to try to get a handle on what was going on.
The invitation video--now erased from Youtube--suggested that the rally could be a glorified Open Mic event. In our outreach to CaptainBerz, we learned there was no guarantee that stooges for the ANTIs could be screened before getting ahold of the mic on Sunday. Long story short, our absence from the "2A Capitol Rally-NOV 5" was not an oversight on our part.
So now comes word that while there are still Facebook rally pages up in the other 49 states, plus DC, the Maryland 2A Rally this coming Sunday has been CANCELLED.
CaptainBerz--the MD host-- put up this explanation on the MD Rally Facebook page a few hours ago:
Moving statues? Seriously?
Can you smell what The Frosh is cooking? Who told CaptainBerz his permit was cancelled? The Maryland Capitol Police.
Who is at the top of that chain of command? That would be Attorney General Brian Frosh, who undoubtedly got his nose out of joint because the Patriot Picket held a candlelight vigil at the Statehouse for the Harford homicide victims in Annapolis on Oct. 19--WHERE OURS SIGNS CRITICIZING FROSH were seen on Baltimore and DC TV news programs in the first block of coverage that night. We know Frosh or his minions saw it.
This prominent TV coverage of our Oct. 19 vigil for the Harford victims happened after we in the Patriot Picket REFUSED police exhortations to move away from our traditional spot on the Bricks at Lawyer's Mall because we had no "permit". The MD Capitol Police would also have reported up the chain of command that we also refused their demands to show ID. (We know they reported all that because they told us they would be doing so).
We know that for months Frosh has been basking in the glow of national notoriety as a Trump Resister, suing Trump at every opportunity. It just follows that Frosh would gleefully report back to his Fellow Resister Democrat Attorneys General that he worked to kill off the 2A Rally in his state capitol with "a plan to move statues", AND SUCCEEDED! Yes, Frosh can happily report that he told CaptainBerz to go away...and CaptainBerz did.
Back to the Patriot Picket. We are well known for saying this: "We don't need no stinkin' badges!". The Patriot Picket NEVER seeks permission from our government overlords to stand up for what we believe in. That is why you will never see a "demonstration permit" at Lawyer's Mall with our name on it.
So, where does that leave us? The "plan" to cordon off the area around the Maryland Statehouse to move Maryland's historic statues means its time for the Patriot Picket to be on the scene at NOON this coming Sunday at the edge of Lawyer's Mall.
Frosh and his gun-hating cabal just ran off one activist.
Will Frosh run you off this Sunday? Post up your answer below, and see you on the Bricks.
As some of you may know from reading the MDS thread entitled "2A Capitol Rally-NOV 5", a relative newcomer to Maryland announced here on Oct. 25 that he would "host" one of the 50 state capitol 2A rallies this coming Sunday morning in Annapolis.
This host— a recently arrived transplant from PA—obtained a Nov. 5 "protest permit" for Lawyers Mall at the Maryland Statehouse. He signed on here to MDS under the screen name CaptainBerz and put up his invitation. See post 14 in the original "Nov. 5" rally thread below:
https://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=216057&highlight=rally
This idea for 50-rallies-in-50-state-capitols bubbled up a couple of weeks ago from a Youtube 2A guy in Austin, TX. The response has not been exactly overwhelming.
In the Patriot Picket, we knew about these efforts before they appeared on a thread here on MDshooters. We went back-channel to the Maryland "host" to try to get a handle on what was going on.
The invitation video--now erased from Youtube--suggested that the rally could be a glorified Open Mic event. In our outreach to CaptainBerz, we learned there was no guarantee that stooges for the ANTIs could be screened before getting ahold of the mic on Sunday. Long story short, our absence from the "2A Capitol Rally-NOV 5" was not an oversight on our part.
So now comes word that while there are still Facebook rally pages up in the other 49 states, plus DC, the Maryland 2A Rally this coming Sunday has been CANCELLED.
CaptainBerz--the MD host-- put up this explanation on the MD Rally Facebook page a few hours ago:
Moving statues? Seriously?
Can you smell what The Frosh is cooking? Who told CaptainBerz his permit was cancelled? The Maryland Capitol Police.
Who is at the top of that chain of command? That would be Attorney General Brian Frosh, who undoubtedly got his nose out of joint because the Patriot Picket held a candlelight vigil at the Statehouse for the Harford homicide victims in Annapolis on Oct. 19--WHERE OURS SIGNS CRITICIZING FROSH were seen on Baltimore and DC TV news programs in the first block of coverage that night. We know Frosh or his minions saw it.
This prominent TV coverage of our Oct. 19 vigil for the Harford victims happened after we in the Patriot Picket REFUSED police exhortations to move away from our traditional spot on the Bricks at Lawyer's Mall because we had no "permit". The MD Capitol Police would also have reported up the chain of command that we also refused their demands to show ID. (We know they reported all that because they told us they would be doing so).
We know that for months Frosh has been basking in the glow of national notoriety as a Trump Resister, suing Trump at every opportunity. It just follows that Frosh would gleefully report back to his Fellow Resister Democrat Attorneys General that he worked to kill off the 2A Rally in his state capitol with "a plan to move statues", AND SUCCEEDED! Yes, Frosh can happily report that he told CaptainBerz to go away...and CaptainBerz did.
Back to the Patriot Picket. We are well known for saying this: "We don't need no stinkin' badges!". The Patriot Picket NEVER seeks permission from our government overlords to stand up for what we believe in. That is why you will never see a "demonstration permit" at Lawyer's Mall with our name on it.
So, where does that leave us? The "plan" to cordon off the area around the Maryland Statehouse to move Maryland's historic statues means its time for the Patriot Picket to be on the scene at NOON this coming Sunday at the edge of Lawyer's Mall.
Frosh and his gun-hating cabal just ran off one activist.
Will Frosh run you off this Sunday? Post up your answer below, and see you on the Bricks.
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