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The laws basically state that you cannot disrupt traffic or create a traffic hazard when you protest.

The officer was very sympathetic and appreciated what we were trying to do, but they had received a complaint.

Let's be honest with ourselves, much as I enjoy overpass Freeps, they definitely increase
the hazard for highway motorists.

For every driver on the highway to take their eyes off the road at exactly the same time, while driving as fast as they can and then quickly trying to honk their horns, does strike me as something less than safe. Whenever I do one, I worry about causing an accident.
No matter what the cause, the police anywhere will always chase you away for exactly that reason.

We had a good hour and no one was hurt. In my view we scored.
Let’s just enjoy the Freep.

Beg to differ, Jack.

The Police have absolutely no right to tell any citizen to vacate a public sidewalk.

This right was held at the US Supreme Court level.

A citizen voids those rights if and when one goes into the street itself.

Yesterday, we never left the sidewalk.

Jack, every protest next to a street where cars drive by provides a distraction.

Normal flag waving at election time at intersections could be outlawed under the same defintion - they are not as we remain on public sidewalks.

That's the key - public sidewalks.

I have this debate recorded on a tape recorder when I challenged the Aventura Sargeant who was trying to move us away off a public sidewalk during a Clinton protest. After he saw my recorder, he abruptly changed his mind.

Cops very often make it up as they go along.

As you said, nonetheless, we did accomplish our mission and the Freep was a sucess.

IMOH, the Highway Patrol could have made us take down that hugh flag. They have the jurisdiction of the overpass itself.

I understand what your saying Jack, but with all due respect to you. I can now almost 100% guarentee that officer Meyer(I just recognized him now when I came back to this thread) of The Boca Raton Police Department did not recieve a complaint and was acting on his own discretion.

I had an experience with this cop. You can ask John Hallman, C.S.E. if I would valid reason to believe this.I was volunteering for C.S.E. at the time, John has the report, I won't post it without his permission.

Dennis knows a little about the experience too.