 |
Judge: Denver can restrict protests at convention
Reuters
Thursday, Aug 7, 2008
Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights.
A dozen groups who intend to protest at the August convention sued the U.S. Secret Service and the city of Denver over plans to confine their activities to a parade route and fenced-in zone, saying that their Constitutional rights to free speech were being violated.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the American Friends Service Committee and others argued that the rules would keep them too far away from delegates to get their message across during the convention, which is scheduled for Aug 25-28 at the city’s downtown Pepsi Center.
(Article continues below)
U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger agreed that the protesters would suffer some infringement on their freedom of expression but said those interests had to be balanced with security concerns.
“The restrictions inhibit the plaintiffs’ ability to engage in some forms of expressive conduct, (but) … the plaintiffs have a wide variety of alternative means of expression that will allow them to effectively communicate their messages,” Krieger wrote in her 71-page ruling.
Prison
Planet.tv Members Can Watch
Fall Of The Republic
Right Now Online -
Don't Miss Out! Get
Your Subscription Today!
CANCER CONSPIRACY? Are
"they" suppressing the cure? Will YOU
be the next victim? Learn
the Secret Truth! - READ FULL STORY
-
- Social bookmarks
- Email this article
-
- Print this page
24 Responses to “Judge: Denver can restrict protests at convention”
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||
| By N2H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August 7th, 2008 at 4:53 am
Only when people come together to RECALL judges and politicians will there ever be any chance of freedom of speech. Liberties require vigilance. Not apathy.
August 7th, 2008 at 5:36 am
southernnmann lets get this started then
lol. we keep wasting time just talking i think we should have a mass gathering not to not to protest anything but for protesters to come together and finally try to work out a solution. just a thought though.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:23 am
They can make any law or decision they like…it remains your decision to give it legitimacy …
Did Alex not bullhorn the CFR from a free-speech zone…? ‘nuf said…
lol
August 7th, 2008 at 6:43 am
I agree, if WE want change, WE need to stand together to make this happen, it does NOT take another tragedy like 9/11 to make it happen. Just spread the word of freedom and act as one and we WILL make change ourselves, we don’t need a flunky running for president to tell us this.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:50 am
It’s all for your own good children. Judge knows best. The Founding Fathers were naive and stupid and reckless. Safety First! (Plus, The Truth is offensive to your loving leaders. You don’t want to offend them do you?)
August 7th, 2008 at 7:30 am
This federal judge doesn’t know what she is talking about, and it needs to be taken to the supreme court. Protesting in a holding pen is about as bad as protesting in a prison. There is no security risk. The protesters are not rioters.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:50 am
NOTHING outweighs our Constitution…….who is this asshole judge that’s passing down decisions. Of course he would take the side of the government because he is in fact a government employee (7th amendment). This can not be allowed to happen, this will be a very important day. I don’t think we will take much more of this, I really don’t. I believe the few will overcome.
August 7th, 2008 at 7:57 am
History is repeating in this life:
…coming back to Ohio State U after the summer break ‘68 I never will forget how one of my faternity brothers had grown his hair long and had had an epiphany of the streets, if you will. Rocket, as he was known was an up and coming wrestling star for OSU and he had decided to attend the Democratic Convention in Chicago. The sights and sounds of hundreds of US Citizens getting the hell beat out of them by the Chicago Police Department for expressing their opposition to the deranged Vietnam War, radicalized Rocket, and hundreds of thousands of the rest of the Nation.
I think the ruling elites and political classes can’t wait to suppress and abuse us again.
How dare we assemble to demand a redress of grievances to our servant government? Bow down you slaves…you will be picking vegetables for the Chinese within a generation!
August 7th, 2008 at 7:59 am
…fraternity….
August 7th, 2008 at 8:03 am
You do not have to obey any law that is unconstitutional. An unconstitutional law is what it is. If there were a law telling you to kill your first born child, would you obey it? Of course not! What makes one unconstitutional law worse than another? Absolutely nothing! They are just as bad!
August 7th, 2008 at 8:38 am
The “honorable” judge wrote “(but) … the plaintiffs have a wide variety of alternative means of expression that will allow them to effectively communicate their messages,” Krieger wrote in her 71-page ruling.
While she is so interested in protecting the rights to safety for the convention-goers, why doesn’t she also make sure our “alternative means of expression” is protected. Namely, the internet and rule to keep the feds dirty, slimy, pudgy little fingers out of our internet business.
Oh, I get it, this “protection” stuff only works one way. But we all knew that already, didn’t we?
August 7th, 2008 at 9:08 am
The only things that are fenced in are cattle, slaves and property. They aren’t even hiding it anymore. We are all slaves in servitude to the state.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Judges do NOT make law, they have NO AUTHORITY to take away ANY freedoms unless they are handing out a sentence from a guilty verdict.
because the people do NOT understand what authority judges really have they have been allowed to run WILD without the authority to do so.
All of the “legal agnecy helpers” such as the ACLU ar enothing but puppt fronts. If they really were using the laws to the best of their ability they would NOT stand for judges like this.
Again, the judge has NO authority to SUBVERT the constitution regardless of their own belifs.
Judges are only supposed to be ensure the law and constitution is being upheld, NOT changing it to fit those who pay them.
The crooks that run our government have fooled us all into believing that the Judges are the law and God but they are NEITHER!!
August 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Good show AreYouKiddingMe, tell it like it is!
August 7th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Judge Marcia S. Krieger
Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse A941 / Courtroom A901
(303) 335-2289
August 7th, 2008 at 10:08 am
“Those who sacrifice liberty for security get neither.” Words to live by.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:29 am
UP IS DOWN
BLACK IS WHITE
NOTHING IS WHAT IT IS
TIME TO KICK DOWN THE CARDS, ALICE
STEP THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
THIS, MY FRIENDS, IS ARMAGEDDON
August 7th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
“the plaintiffs have a wide variety of alternative means of expression that will allow them to effectively communicate their messages,” Krieger wrote in her 71-page ruling.
Would this “wide variety” include Main Stream Media who will ignore the content and just find a couple of people in “terrorist costums” like having a beard or camo clothes and either talk-over the picture or use some sort “angry” sound-bite. Guess we can text message them in all caps and let them really have it loud and clear.
A Jewish judge who uses the same Zionist method of gagging the public as does Israel…now is that some sort of co-incidence??
Oh yes, our fore-parents waited till King George gave the OK to speak out, or did they? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
August 7th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
-i think demonstrations are unfortunately counter-productive, you can’t protest peacefully without confrontation and provocation from the police. The media is seldom on your side. And when the public eye sees people manifesting on the news with cops,tear gas and chaos, you are being seen has a evil rebels instead of thruth angels.
-i think we should use all our worker unions and merge together only if on ONE common front and goal, to disperse information regarding governement activities with the transparency that the people voted for and diserve. Then bring tax issues complaints ALL together at once to congress.
WORKERS MAKE THE WORLD TURN. Google non-cooperation, Gahndi.
UNITE TO GET HEARD
http://www.ihopetheydonttortureme.org
August 7th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
A 71 page ruling. WTF? The absurdity continues. The wildfire of liberty that is growing in human hearts around the world will never be quelled. The NWO will never succeed, they are based in deceit. The truth will set you free.
August 7th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
this is so ridiculous. it’s the same thing as building an outdoor prison for the protestors to load themselves into without being arrested. protesting from cages!?
August 7th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Adam is right…everyone stay away from the DNC. They are rigging your protests to be used against all of us.
August 7th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
The judge meant they can contact their representatives in congress and the senate and be put on a list to be rounded up later for speaking out. Also the cops have been using provocateurs to make the peaceful protesters look bad and allow the police to move in and abuse them. I think its obvious what time it is. What did they do with King George?