Thank goodness, it was only our freedom of speech and protest at risk
Thank goodness, it was only our freedom of speech and protest at risk. They never should’ve been arraigned on such charges. If they’d lost, I’d hate to image what trump would attempt next.
Of course, no one should destroy property for any reason, but this was a mass roundup meant to intimidate and prevent protests. Security cams would have identified the specific suspects.
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Chris Siemens
free speech does not mean you are free to riot –
Justin Tarica
One day people might actually learn what free speech really is and not what is co convenient for them like the OP.
Chris Siemens
well tell us then Justin Tarica – what is actual freedom of speech ?
Mike Bollinger
Chris Siemens Freedom of speech entitles you to speak your mine but only as long as it doesn’t interfere with others right to do the same.
Chris Siemens
shhh – don’t give Justin hints, waiting on what it really is from him 🙂
Jeff Dick
Getting a little hyperbolic are we? First of all there was no riot. Secondly the court said that the prosecution failed to show evidence that these people were involved in the damage that was done.
Mike Stone
Jeff Dick … If there was no riot, how was any damage done?
Karen Tully
Freedom of speech does not include rioting, destruction of property that doesn’t belong to you, and criminal acts. Now there are 200 defendants, and the ones who were let go were able to show that they were there in their capacity as medics and peacef…
Chris Siemens
Jeff Dick i read there was a riot …. and the defendants were charged with rioting if i read it right …. and then they were acquitted, so maybe there was not a riot, and maybe there was and they did not participate …. but my initial statement is still true ,,,, freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom to riot
Chris Siemens
Karen Tully – well said
Mike Stone
Yep, there was no rioting or destruction of property at all…
How Patton
Chris Siemens You do realize that the US started with riots
Mike Stone
How Patton … Oh, now that’s a good excuse. Wow.
Chris Siemens
How Patton – so you are advocating armed revolt against the organized government in political control of the land ?? because that is WHY there were riots
Chris Siemens
trust me, there are many on the far left in search of their “all power to the Soviets” moment @ How Patton
George Brown
Jeff Dick may the protesters & antifa visit your house soon.
Jeff Horne
Karen Tully First, there must be some evidence that these particular individuals participated in anything other than peaceful assembly. And there was no evidence that they destroyed property or committed any act of rioting. If you are in a bank and the person in front of you robs the bank, that doesn’t make you guilty of bank robbery.
How Patton
Chris Siemens Read some history. Plus this is a nation of laws. Kettling is a practice of simply rounding up everyone in the vicinity of a riot or demonstration and charging them with crimes. The state can’t convict these, those, they, or them. The state has to prove that a specific person did a specific crime. Mass trials are what dictators do
Justin Tarica
One day people might actually learn what free speech really is and not what is co convenient for them like the OP.
Chris Siemens
well tell us then Justin Tarica – what is actual freedom of speech ?
Mike Bollinger
Chris Siemens Freedom of speech entitles you to speak your mine but only as long as it doesn’t interfere with others right to do the same.
Chris Siemens
shhh – don’t give Justin hints, waiting on what it really is from him 🙂
Jeff Dick
Getting a little hyperbolic are we? First of all there was no riot. Secondly the court said that the prosecution failed to show evidence that these people were involved in the damage that was done.
Mike Stone
Jeff Dick … If there was no riot, how was any damage done?
Karen Tully
Freedom of speech does not include rioting, destruction of property that doesn’t belong to you, and criminal acts. Now there are 200 defendants, and the ones who were let go were able to show that they were there in their capacity as medics and peacef…
Chris Siemens
Jeff Dick i read there was a riot …. and the defendants were charged with rioting if i read it right …. and then they were acquitted, so maybe there was not a riot, and maybe there was and they did not participate …. but my initial statement is still true ,,,, freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom to riot
Christy Williams
Thank God we still have some decent Judges that have not been bought by Little Trump and his administration!
Mary Nelligan
the judges are traitors to America. they should all be replaced with judges who actually know the law.
Christy Williams
Mary Nelligan