Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Occupy Protesters - Right to assemble?

Whether you agreed with the Occupy Protester's on their salient points did you agree with their right to peacefully assemble as petition the government for their grievances?
During the Nashville Occupy protests Gov. Haslam ordered the arrest of dozens of protesters for being on public property. These arrests were ultimately found to be illegal arrests. The magistrate found that no law existed prior to the protests and that targeting the protests for being on public property AFTER they began protesting was improper.
Well the Governor  has fixed that. SB 2508/HB2638 was signed by Governor Haslam on March 9, 2012 making it illegal to camp on public property. This vague and over broad legislation severely limits rights of freedom of speech and assembly.
I can see our forefathers fighting in the cold winters at Valley Forge so that someday the people of this nation can speak freely against their government without fear of recourse,,,,between the hours of 10:30am and 4:00pm M-F.

1 comment:

  1. Had an accident in WalMart parking lot. Cops were called. Couldn't do field sobriety test due to knee injury and he asked me to blow. I asked if it would count against me. He said, no, I just want to see where your at. I blew and he took me to jail for dui. Is this entrapment? I never got a ticket and the police report on the wreck says nothing about drinking. Need feedback please.

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