No, but disorderly conduct is, at the same time, NOT synonymous with free speech. "Free" speech is still limited. None of us can yell "FIRE" in a movie theater without being arrested. These people came to NYC for the intent purpose of disrupting a political convention. They were not sharing their views or merely opposing a party, they wanted to disrupt a part of our political process.
I guess in your little dreamland it would be okay for these same people to stand outside polling places not allowing their opponents' supporters to vote?
BTW, they were so competent at doing their jobs that 90% of the charges against protestors are being dropped.
Again....what are the political motives behind dropping the charges?? How many of the DA's do you think voted Demoncrat in the last election?
So charge him with disorderly conduct and try him before a jury of his peers.
None of us can yell "FIRE" in a movie theater without being arrested
Sure you can, so long as there is a fire.
They were not sharing their views or merely opposing a party, they wanted to disrupt a part of our political process.
I'm sure the Klinton folks viewed conservative protestors the same way. Criminalizing political protests is one of the hallmarks of a totalitarian government. With so many other indicators of the police state at hand, no one should really be surprised that this is occuring.
I guess in your little dreamland it would be okay for these same people to stand outside polling places not allowing their opponents' supporters to vote?
Gee, I must have missed where these protestors did that. Can you cite where this occured? Or is now okay to arrest Americans and try them for "things they might do"?
Again....what are the political motives behind dropping the charges?? How many of the DA's do you think voted Demoncrat in the last election?
I don't doubt that was the motivation in SOME cases.
You should go to the link I posted in #49 for the reason many charges were dropped.
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Ridiculous statement. In our system it is the DA who files the charges in the first place. Police only have the power to arrest, not charge.