Posted on 08/28/2009 6:48:17 PM PDT by RobinMasters
"This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health-care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a police officer threatened him with arrest for holding up a sign with a picture critical of Barack Obama.
The officer's response?
"It ain't no more, OK?"
A video of the town hall held earlier this week by Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., shows an unnamed protester standing on school grounds carrying a sign that read "Organizing for National Socialist Health Care – The Final Solution" and depicted Barack Obama in the Joker's makeup.
Officer Wesley Cheeks Jr. then told the protester that even though others were holding signs, his sign was unacceptable because of the depiction of Obama.
"But you got this with a picture," Cheeks said, explaining why the protester was being singled out from the others. "That's the difference. This has got a picture on it. That don't have a picture on it.
"Sir, leave the picture down," the officer said. "If you put the picture back up, you'll be charged with trespassing."
Video of the exchange can be seen below:
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
This video may be going viral. It’s popping up on all the blogs . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScuSTUAc31I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJxa5QEo1I&feature=related
Suppression of the protestor’s First Amendment rights? Lawyers should be volunteering to represent this guy in a suit against the cop.
His color is black, not blue.
I’d would have been arrested. That I can promise all.
The ACLU to the rescue!!!
Bullets first maybe.
I just wonder how much crap like this people are going to put up with before they snap.
I got news for the cop whatever color he is.. this IS America and WILL continue to be.
They don’t like Zero Joker posters...they’re GONNA get Joker posters... thousands of em... just a matter of time.
Just another barely literate dim bulb doing his master’s bidding. That’s probably what most of Hitler’s and Stalin’s forces were like, too.
Many would indeed. Too few would rather leave the blue line than carry out such orders.
Protester: "This used to be America"
Cop responds on Video: "It ain't no more"
Did anyone notice this cop sounded like a typical gang cockroach with a 4th grade education?
Careful liberal thugs...”if it really ain’t no more” that means ALL bets are off...do you really want to go there?
Would be an honor to be arrested by the 0bummer Police State.
We need prisoners of conscience!
The America I grew up in ceased to exist a long time ago.
I would like to see it restored, however.
(per Wikipedia for the United States)
———Race/Ethnicity (2008)————
White................................................79.8% <<<
African American.............................12.8% <<<
Asian American.................................4.5%
Native American/Alaskan Native......1.0%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.....0.2%
Multiracial........................................1.7%
Hispanic (of any race).....................15.4%
I didn't see it above ... oh - here it is: Link!
i thought the protester was being pretty rude. the cop was being polite at least. yes what he said about it not being america anymore was way past any line i know, but the protester was being obnoxious and confrontational. the cop and another protester explained that the rules are different on public school property. i don’t get that either. but everyone else seemed to be polite and decent except the protester with the camera. just my opinion, but this seems to be not helpful to the antiobama crowd.
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