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Comment by ArchAngel on May 29, 2011 at 6:12pm

Although I do not agree with all the methods of the officers and believe that they could have handled the situation with a more gentle hand, they were only doing their jobs in arresting these people.

 

For those who don't already know the reason they were arrested, you should ask why the protesters did not inform you themselves in the video's. It is against the law to protest there. It is a public place open for all. People do not have the right to disturb others at this national shrine.

 

This is not the first time people were arrested at the Jefferson Memorial for dancing. And the people arrested there the other day knew it without question. Their intention was to be arrested. Don't cry for them. They got exactly what they wanted.

 

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/del-quentin-wilber/no-...

 

No dancing at Jefferson Memorial, judge rules
A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit that alleged the National Park Service violated the rights of a District woman who was arrested in 2008 for dancing with 17 others at the Jefferson Memorial.

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled in a 26-page opinion on Monday that the interior of the memorial is not a public forum where people may dance, even if they are silently boogying to music on headphones.

“The purpose of the memorial is to publicize Thomas Jefferson’s legacy, so that critics and supporters alike may contemplate his place in history,” Bates wrote. “The Park Service prohibits all demonstrations in the interior of the memorial, in order to maintain ‘an atmosphere of calm, tranquillity, and reverence.'”

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Comment by Curtis on May 29, 2011 at 5:18pm

Its time..yall know what i mean..lines are being drawn..point of no return

Comment by Travis Emmanuel on May 29, 2011 at 12:51pm

COME JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ARE OBVIOUS GOVERNMENT TROLLS COMMENTING!

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