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City of Houston: First Amendment Advisory
Stop the Magnet ^ | July 14,2014 | Liz Theis

Posted on 07/15/2014 7:39:48 PM PDT by magna carta

Ever had problems deciding EXACTLY where in a city park to protest or demonstrate something? Don't worry the Houston Parks Department has your back. For example at Bell Park it's at Latitude 29 degrees 43'46.20" N. Longitude 95 degrees 23'28.47" W

(Excerpt) Read more at stopthemagnet.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: anusparker; areas; firstamendment; houston

1 posted on 07/15/2014 7:39:48 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: magna carta

If the park is wholly within the United States, I’m pretty sure the Constitution applies to the whole place.


2 posted on 07/15/2014 7:53:45 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Still Thinking

Agreed...The Parks dept. still can’t locate the ordinance they are referring it to legal dept.
The end game here is that they can use this as a means to shut down a protest at any time under the shadow of law then if you argue or disobey then u get arrested....then u have to hire the attorney....then you have to pay abt 2500.00 to clear up your arrest record. It’s a set up that does cost on the ground.


3 posted on 07/15/2014 8:05:58 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: Still Thinking

You can’t protest peacefully AND spontaneously. You gots to have a permit and pays a fee.

That is unless you are protesting something the communist overlords agree with.

Tell me something people... if we are the majority why are they in power dictating to us?


4 posted on 07/15/2014 8:07:53 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Sequoyah101

You can protest for free in Houston if Quannell X (ten) is involved.


5 posted on 07/15/2014 8:16:26 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (Liberals were raised by women or wimps. And they're all stupid.)
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To: magna carta
Reading up on this I'm reminded of the following:

First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.


6 posted on 07/15/2014 8:48:07 PM PDT by John Robinson
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To: magna carta

I can’t remember which Houston park it was but there had been a demonstration there, and two weeks later when I and two friends were in the open-bay office of the detectives with secretaries and everyone around, they asked if my two buddies had been there, which they had and said so, that beating lasted several minutes and even a detective with folders in his hands threw in a kick as he passed the beating on the way to the file cabinet.


7 posted on 07/15/2014 9:00:24 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12

I kind of understand what you are saying, but could you please re-write what you said? Are you saying that several detectives beat up some people weeks after a demonstration and there were no negative repercussions against the detectives?


8 posted on 07/15/2014 9:04:53 PM PDT by fini
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To: magna carta

Sorry, not in UTM. Can’t figure out where it is.

So I’m figuring anywhere is good enough.


9 posted on 07/15/2014 9:30:20 PM PDT by super7man (Oh why did I post that, now I'll never be able to run for Congress.)
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To: fini

Yes, it was in the police offices with everyone doing their work at their desks and was completely relaxed and open, they weren’t beating me, so I could just stand there and watch it, the detective that walked by just casually threw in his kick and kept on walking.

In Houston beatings used to be very normal, even in the jail someone would go to questioning, and later be dragged back to the holding tank, badly beaten or even unconscious.


10 posted on 07/15/2014 9:54:17 PM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: ansel12

Mambo dogface to the banana patch?


11 posted on 07/16/2014 5:40:10 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (You all can go to hell, I'm going to Texas.)
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To: Professional Engineer

Can you translate?


12 posted on 07/16/2014 8:08:06 AM PDT by ansel12 (LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nation's electorate for democrats)
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To: magna carta; GeronL

Funny how the gay supremacist march last month occurred outside of a 10’x10’ square mandated by the Lesbian mayor.


13 posted on 07/16/2014 9:07:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

Only applies to protests they don’t like


14 posted on 07/16/2014 9:20:17 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

How many people can even fit in a 10x10 patch of land? Clearly even the protest banner cannot fit that space.


15 posted on 07/16/2014 10:05:10 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

Tell me about it, what a stupid idea


16 posted on 07/16/2014 10:08:30 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

I suspect that since it allegedly has been logged for each of Houston’s city parks, that the program has so far cost us over $100,000 just for the surveying, document production, and associated planning meetings.


17 posted on 07/16/2014 10:10:51 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

Shades of Barack’s “Barrycades”.


18 posted on 07/16/2014 10:11:32 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: a fool in paradise

I wouldn’t doubt that either.


19 posted on 07/16/2014 10:17:16 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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