Reply #100: Actually, a permit IS needed if you will be impeding traffic. [View All]

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That's why police can bust up parties if you block traffic and are too loud.

Thank God you aren't in any capacity where you have to interpret law of any kind whatsoever.

Little clue for you: I have over ten years experience in the legal field engaging in litigation research and preparation for cases ranging from wrongful prosecution (such as suits against a city for wrongfully arresting and prosecuting a person) to complex corporate litigation (representing small business owners in cases against large corporations such as Shell and Miller Brewing Co.), in addition to which I've handled planning for various events on public and private property which required interaction with local government and coordination of security for said events. What's your experience? Reading internet forums?

I'm betting that if someone was killed a few blocks away because the city police were tired up providing security for an event like this, you'd whine about police not doing their jobs.

If you're too blinded by your misunderstanding of Constitutional law to understand that if a publicity stunt costs a city money, they have the right to recoup that money, you should really step back and think for a minute.

If ANYONE holds an event that is intended to inflame passion and posses a risk to the public welfare, security must be provided. Not just any security that the person holding the event wants (hell, they did that at Altamont and look what happened). The security must meet the requirements of the city where the event is held. In most cases this means a bonded and licenses security agency.

Your ignorance of local ordinances in pretty much every city and town in the nation is duly noted.

Your misunderstanding of the Constitution is also duly noted.

Here's another little hint for you a city charging for security does NOT under any interpretation of Constitutional law equate to a violation of a clause which states that "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech. . . "

By your standard, it would be forbidden for any city anywhere to require permitting for any event. Using your standard, anyone could hold a parade at any time without permitting.