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Grammy23

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2. I thought we had the right to assemble peacefully. What were these people

Reply to onecaliberal (Original post)

Thu Jul 18, 2019, 12:12 PM

Jul 2019

Doing that warranted arrest?! Oh, I get it. The police can tell them to move along, leave, etc and if they don’t, they’re arrested. So much for peaceful assembly and free speech.

I know, I’m probably uninformed about my rights. Okay. I get that. So when and where is peaceful assembly allowed? It just bothers me that right in our Nation’s Capitol people cannot peacefully assemble and express their opinion. Where were they supposed to be?

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Peaceful protestors being arrested in the capital rotunda right now for protesting [View all] onecaliberal Jul 2019 OP

If they had red hat's on and kacekwl Jul 2019 #1

I thought we had the right to assemble peacefully. What were these people Grammy23 Jul 2019 #2

They were standing silently holding signs. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #3

I know. So why were they arrested ? Grammy23 Jul 2019 #4

They were not blocking anyone. There weren't many people there. About 12 or 15 maybe. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #5