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Town-hall clash! Arrest threat over Obama 'Joker' poster (see video as well)
WND ^ | 8/30/2009 | WND

Posted on 08/31/2009 8:20:28 AM PDT by mikelets456

"This used to be America," argued a protester outside a health -care town hall meeting in Reston, Va., after a security 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?"

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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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 111th; abuseofpower; achillwind; america2point0; donutwatch; fairfaxcounty; jimmoran; joker; jokerposter; obama; obamavoter; obamunism; policestate; poster; townhalls
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To: null and void; duckln
I checked his sign-up date before I posted. My comment stands.

Anybody who endorses giving local individual LEOs the power to create ad-hoc laws that contradict constitutionally protected freedoms is no conservative.

81 posted on 08/31/2009 10:08:07 AM PDT by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: webschooner
I’m curious — has your car been vandalized by Libs yet?

Not yet, could have something to do with the other bumper sticker thats says

DHS certified
Right Wing Extremist
82 posted on 08/31/2009 10:09:41 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: Eye of Unk

Damn! LOL!


83 posted on 08/31/2009 10:13:21 AM PDT by TADSLOS (Proud FR Mobster)
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To: mikelets456
The most effective political street art since
Obama's own Soviet-era inspired campaign propaganda posters.



You can gauge the effectiveness by the response from the intended targets.
They tried to tell us this was racist but make no mistake, it's the 'socialism' tag that hits the mark.
84 posted on 08/31/2009 10:13:29 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Cheetahcat

Also to add, pour the milk into a resealable gallon storage bag and best to work in a boy-girl team if on foot to not look suspicious late at night.


85 posted on 08/31/2009 10:13:34 AM PDT by freebird5850 (O-Bomba is not the Messia. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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To: duckln
Hope you drive an old car. IMO it's wrong because it skirts being outright bigoted. And that's how the cop saw it.

Great not only are we called racist & bigots by the left but I'm getting from our side as well.

You do know that the man holding the poster in the video was a black man

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14223
86 posted on 08/31/2009 10:14:54 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: Liberty Valance

Especially since it was, loosely speaking, one of theirs who executed it for us.


87 posted on 08/31/2009 10:15:24 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: TADSLOS

Well I honestly hope I may be the father of a dastardly created expression of free speech here. As long as the colors do not harm the animals I would love to see many people with their dog or cat painted as a Joker.

The MSM would start farting ducks!


88 posted on 08/31/2009 10:16:28 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: duckln
You wouldn't be on that jury. Know why? Any first year law student would dismiss you on the grounds of prejudice.

The Department involved and the city would lose big time, and the ACLU would, and probably will, step in to run the case for free.

No matter what you might think of the organs of the local jurisdiction, the officer CREATED the incident by confronting a PEACEABLY ASSEMBLED protester.

Are you saying the officer has right to confront if there is no incident? Do you know how totalitarian that sounds?

89 posted on 08/31/2009 10:16:48 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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To: boxerblues

I believe the duck IS a leftist.
No one but a grievance monger would see anything “racist” or “bigotted” in that poster.

It’s the “socialist” word that hits the mark, and the reason for the complaint.


90 posted on 08/31/2009 10:17:26 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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To: Theo

Yeah, I know. I screwed up, my mind does not go there when the word teabag is mentioned.


91 posted on 08/31/2009 10:26:39 AM PDT by ladyvet (WOLVERINES!!!!!)
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To: duckln
Is not in our interest. Defeating the intentions of the ME Islamists is. You don't agree?

No, yes, no.

Ignoring the Russia threat and giving them breathing room to build up for future oppression is NOT in out interests.

Defeating islamists is.

Ignoring non-ME islamists could be lethal. Pakistan has The Bomb, Indonesia has no shortage of suicide bombers. Are they less dangerous than Saudi?

I suppose one could argue that.

92 posted on 08/31/2009 10:26:44 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 222 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: boxerblues
You do know that the man holding the poster in the video was a black man

No I didn't. What color was the cop?

All I knew was that two American citizens had a confrontation, one was a cop, the other thought he was.

93 posted on 08/31/2009 10:33:44 AM PDT by duckln
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To: duckln; All

One was a rent-a-cop the other was a private citizen of the United States expressing free speech...


94 posted on 08/31/2009 10:42:37 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Can't Stop the Signal!)
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To: null and void

Problem is, we’re not ignoring Russia, we’re getting in their face with the same intensity we did during the cold war when Republicans were in control .
But today, Russia is a different country and has gone through an overhaul that we should have taken advantage of. We are blowing it.


95 posted on 08/31/2009 10:43:35 AM PDT by duckln
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96 posted on 08/31/2009 10:47:38 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: duckln
The law is what the cop says it is.

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Do you really believe this?

97 posted on 08/31/2009 10:57:39 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: duckln
What color was the cop?All I knew was that two American citizens had a confrontation, one was a cop, the other thought he was

Both men in the video are "African American".

Is it really a racist poster when a black man uses it or only when us white folk use it?
98 posted on 08/31/2009 10:59:16 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: wtc911
Anybody who endorses giving local individual LEOs the power to create ad-hoc laws that contradict constitutionally protected freedoms is no conservative.

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Agreed.

99 posted on 08/31/2009 11:02:06 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: ladyvet

The Left pollutes, hm? Sick people.


100 posted on 08/31/2009 11:11:55 AM PDT by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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