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Link not working but.... | by Kickstart | 2004-07-14 08:00:44 |
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Found 2 | by uplatecoding | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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That first one has a good summary, thanks. | by Ravenlock | 2004-07-14 08:19:31 |
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Ummm | by imrambi | 2004-07-14 08:36:03 |
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They were wearing. Tee. Shirts. | by Ravenlock | 2004-07-14 08:44:23 |
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Yes, but | by Feng_Li | 2004-07-14 08:53:20 |
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I agree. | by Ravenlock | 2004-07-14 08:55:13 |
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According to the article | by Feng_Li | 2004-07-14 09:13:59 |
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According to which article, exactly? | by Ravenlock | 2004-07-14 09:26:08 |
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This one here. | by Feng_Li | 2006-11-19 12:55:59 |
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Okay, thanks. | by Ravenlock | 2004-07-14 09:56:47 |
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Not conflicting, just less information. | by buddha | 2004-07-14 10:03:06 |
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Nope your right, I missed the line of | by buddha | 2004-07-14 10:04:46 |
| OK, I've been researching |
by tigermouse |
2004-07-14 10:50:21 |
I was curious just what "no trespassing" meant; were they in an area where no ticketed patrons were allowed, or was the fact that they had anti-Bush shirts enough to make the entire area off-limits to them, in the opinion of the police, whether they had tickets or not? One bit I found, a quote apparently from the original article, implies the latter:
Robert Bastress, a West Virginia University law professor who specializes in civil liberties, questions whether people like the Ranks can be legally prohibited from wearing anti-Bush shirts or buttons.
"Obviously, you have a right to engage in nondisruptive protest," he said. "If you were legally there, you cannot be asked to leave because of whatever message is on a button or a T-shirt or a hat."
He said key questions are "whether the [Bush speech] was a public forum, whether you were lawfully there and what was the manner in which you were engaging in your expression."
Event organizers could prohibit signs, designating a place where people could carry signs. "But they can’t make those decisions based on what the content of any sign says."
Bastress also said it makes no difference whether Sunday’s event was an official presidential visit or a political rally.
"That area was open to anybody who had a ticket," he said. "Once you were lawfully in there, you were entitled to even-handed treatment."[emphasis mine]
and in the same article:
A two-page document given to ticket holders said they were prohibited from bringing certain items to the event, including: weapons, video-recording equipment, food, beverages, umbrellas, signs and banners. T-shirts, political buttons and lapel pins were not on the list of prohibited items.
And another quote, apparently from an editorial in the same unlinkable paper:
Capitol police director Jay Smithers told Wheeling newspapers the couple had tickets for the assembly, and wore jackets to hide their protest shirts as they passed through a security checkpoint, then exposed their shirts. "We asked them to go out to the designated protest area but they refused," he said. "They told our people they would not leave and sat down on their hands. We didn’t have any choice."
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