I see lots of folks i know including me there .
He didn't look so brave sitting meekly at the defense table while his attorney begged for mercy from the court
I see lots of folks i know including me there .
"Sign blockers are bullies"
"Sign blockers oppress truth"
I think the irony of them oppressing the 1st Amendment is lost on them.
You guys need a sign that says "paid protesters carry the same signs" and just stand in front of them with it. Maybe one about the same clothes too.
Sure.,
I was standing next to the portable stage and Acrylic Lectern that the Antis had. I was holding a pro 2A sign in front of the Mics and Lectern, no one had started whining on the mics yet. A guy came up said he was the owner, and I couldn't be there. I told him too bad. A few mins later two scotus police officers came to the area, mind you that there was a fence between the SJW and the SC steps, they got my attention and told me I had to move away from the stage. I told them I was exercising my First Amendment rights. They told me again to move, I asked if there was a permit. I asked numerous times, I got no answer, other than it just didn't matter. Told them I was not moving. The two officers left and got a 3rd, #3 was pretty tall, but I didn't see any stripes or anything. I think the first 2 officers stood nearby, He told me I had to move, I said I was exercising my First Amendment rights. I asked about a permit, didn't get an answer. #3 again told me to move, my answer was "what?" #3 then told me I had to have 2 hands on my sign, I did do that, but don't know why. About 3 more times he told me to move away from the stage, each time my response was "what?" The last thing he said was, "is that how its going to be?" "yes" i replied.
End of story. I figured they were waking around the fence to arrest me, but that never happened. I respect Leos, but I was not going to let anyone ignore or stifle my First Amendment right.
This is basically what happened to Jeff and Kevin. The state of MD is saying in that case that Jeff nor Kevin said they were exercising their First Amendment right. We all know they were and why would they have to say so?
I wanted to make it clear to the Officers I was going to continue what I was doing. (this is more or less, what happened some of the words might have been different, it was noisy)
The youtube link is not working for me