Posted on 02/13/2016 11:59:58 AM PST by lowbridge
"We had somebody that was offended by the gestures you were making," the officer told the preacher, who captured the conversation on cellphone video posted to YouTube Tuesday. "And that's our job is to make sure that doesn't happen, because these are students just walking in this mall right here."
The university police officer acknowledged the preacher wasn't technically on campus, but he was writing him up anyway since students were walking nearby: "So the job here is to write you up as a citation, disorderly conduct, for offending someone," the officer said.
When the preacher asked if freedom of speech protects offensive speech, the officer replied, "It doesn't matter, freedom of speech. Someone was offended - that's against the law."
Not quite believing what he was hearing, he asked again if it was against the law to offend somebody.
"Yes," said the officer.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
“Wrong. Cop needs to be prosecuted and sued for deprivation of civil rights under false color of authority until his family is living in a cardboard box and he’s in a prison cell.”
I really like your thinking, but also the prosecution needs to be extended up “the chain of command,” because this dumb $hit “cop” thought he was actually able to enforce a “law” that governs the “constitutional right not to be offended.” In other words, sue “all” of the bastards.
“It should be noted that the department voided the charge. Sounds like a rookie cop or at the very least, a poorly educated cop succumbing to situation pressure.”
Nonsense! You need to see the second video. The preachers are claiming that this was a “setup” as there were something on the order of six campus cops there. There needs to be a very broad lawsuit to fix the UTAPD!
Very well said! This sort of PC correctness usually happens under the radar (FR excepted), and is becoming more and more common. If there is no push-back, soon it will be an ingrained, accepted norm. Then the First Amendment will then mean nothing.
And that's not an exaggeration. Consider the Tenth Amendment. It is little more than an historical curiosity now.
The answer is to file a FORMAL Complaint of FELONY EXTORTION against the thug.:
Extortion statutes
Virtually all extortion statutes require that a threat must be made to the person or property of the victim. Threats to harm the victim’s friends or relatives may also be included. It is not necessary for a threat to involve physical injury. It may be sufficient to threaten to accuse another person of a crime or to expose a secret that would result in public embarrassment or ridicule. The threat does not have to relate to an unlawful act.
- See more at: http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-charges/extortion.html#sthash.YxzX9H8M.dpuf
The First Amendment isn’t there to protect fluffy speech, it is there to protect speech that some may find offensive. . .especially political speech. If someone is offended and that person has the power to silence free speech, then we no longer have a First Amendment because anybody can object to anything anyone says.
The citation is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
This campus Dudley D-Right has a bad case of Mission Creep.
What kind of a brain dead campus cop would even think of doing such a thing?
He should have given the complaining student(s) the citation.
It is dangerous to have thin skinned college idiots wandering around freely without mature adult supervision.
They all (cops and students) need a remedial course in understanding the Bill Of Rights.
Remember when “1984” by George Orwell seemed like far out fiction?
What seemed impossible 25 years ago 30 years ago has now come to pass.
The answer is to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the officer and the university. First of all, it removes the matter from state court where the university would be comparatively untouchable, second, while economic damages to the preacher would be minimal, the defendant would be liable for his attorney fees.
I'm not defending the cop (I think that at a minimum he should be sued).
But I'll bet you that he recently went through some sort of university mandatory sensitivity training. And it was drummed into his head that the precious, delicate student snowflakes must not be offended in any way.
Well that should also happen, but the fact remains, “Threatening Criminal Action” where no crime has been committed is still FELONY EXTORTION in every state, Regardless of who does it.
Pause the video at the 1 minute mark. There is a female coppette with male pattern baldness.
Time to argue that stuff is in a courtroom (and get the law overturned.) Arguing with the drones is just a method of their finding a new law for you to break.
Yeah, but criminal charges would have to be filed in state court by the prosecuting attorney.
FIRE, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, thefire.org also does this sort of lawsuit. And the Thomas More Law Center, www.thomasmore.org
Any idea what the "gestures" were?
Sue the a$$ of the “cop” and his employer.
I would assume it was the hand sign of the cross, as that would be most likely.
*sigh*
Sue who filed a false complaint as well.
I admit that I am guessing as they haven’t said.
But I’d lay money on it being the cross sign.
Maybe an aggressive finger-point, with the words, “YOU” (dead center) “could be going down THERE!” (point to floor)
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