hehehe....
Posted on 06/30/2008 2:00:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The fence around the public demonstration zone outside the Democratic National Convention will be chicken wire or chain link, authorities revealed in U.S. District Court today.
That may allow protestors to be seen and heard by delegates going in and out of the Pepsi Center during the convention.
But the American Civil Liberties Union and several advocacy groups have filed an amended complaint to their lawsuit against the U.S. Secret Service and the city and county of Denver that says protestors and demonstrators may have their First Amendment rights violated by security restrictions.
The ACLU has said it wants to avoid the conditions that existed during the 2004 convention in Boston, where protesters were caged, infuriating First Amendment advocates.
The first phase of the lawsuit asked the court to compel the city and the Secret Service to disclose the information on protest restrictions.
During today's hearing before Judge Marcia S. Krieger, the attorney for the groups, Steve Zansberg, said the city and the Secret Service had provided the information sought in Phase One.
The second phase of the lawsuit will address whether the restrictions are unconstitutional. Zansberg also represents The Denver Post on First Amendment issues, though the paper is not a party in this dispute.
The groups agreed to go to trial on those issues on July 29 and the judge will visit the site the night before to assess the restrictions.
hehehe....
The ACLU fighting the Democrats? Now this is good. Maybe they aren’t so bad... but that’s a BIG maybe.
Meanwhile, the democrats who run St Paul are telling the protesters Ya’ll come down. What can we do to make you feel welcome?
Bite your tounge!! No, I mean it, literally....bite it.
I hope the judge rules in the ACLU’s favor-that way the lefts moonbattery can be displayed for all to see..
I had to read this twice to be sure it wasn't an intentional pun.
LOL! It doesn’t hardly get any better than this.
Chicken wire, how appropriate.
Don't they have any vacancies at the local zoo?
The best place for liberals is clearly behind a fence.
In Texas, we just ship all of them to Austin ... if they step out, except on the pilgrimage to Berkeley, we shoot them.
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Peter Boyles, a talk show host at 630 khow, has had Glen Spagnola on his show.
Spagnola is head of the group called “Recreate 68”. When asked why they are protesting democrats instead of republicans this guy flat out replied “the republicans won’t listen to us”.
I about busted a gut.
Chicken wire?????????????????? Oh yeah, that’s stong. Real strong.
Is "crazed left-wing, for-hire anarchists" a synonym for 'First Amendment advocate'?
They need to do this. There’s a lot of plate glass on the ground floor of Pepsi Center.
a fence??
I thought all the protesters would be inside.
“Recreate Kent State”
They ought to put the whole damn bunch behind a fence.
Permanently. Throw in the illegal aliens too.
At the DNC in 2000 in Los Angeles, the reason for the ‘cage’ in 2004 was created - demonstrators started throwing bottles of liquid over the fence and some of them reached to where Slick Willie’s limo was. The Secret Service ordered the protest area cleared, and the infamous video of the CNN camera getting nailed by a rubber ball was taken. (I was about twenty feet from that camera...)
I really don’t envy the Secret Service their job. But it is ironic that the only time Democrats seem to view fences as being useful things is when it’s protecting their convention.
I like Texas.
If NoBombo gets (shudder) the election, chicken wire or chain link will come in handy to keep the people from escaping from here.
If NoBombo gets (shudder) the election, chicken wire or chain link will come in handy to keep the people escaping from here.
I’m disappointed in this article...where’s the threat of the Dreaded Brown Note?
I’m not sure where that device would yield a larger result...inside the convention center or outside. Oh, who am I kidding...inside wins by a mile.
Chicken wire.
Why do the Democrats cage their supporters?
"Chicken wire?" - Blue Lou Marini, The Blues Brothers
Just a little trivia Re: the song, the DNC and the "Don't Fence Me In" protesters.
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