400 students arrested

[Samm]

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...l-oil-pipeline
So now peaceful protests aren't allowed.

[MrPots]

Were they in the designated free speech zone?

[finnbow]

Yes, they're allowed, dimwit. They could have stayed in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House for months or years, even decades, if they chose to (as others have). They chose to zip-tie themselves to the White House fence and block the public sidewalk and thereby asked to be arrested. They got their wish, it seems.

[BlueStreak]

LOL! WOW!

I suppose if they had rushed the gates, breaching security and gotten shot, you would be surprised and outraged about that?

Dave

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by Samm

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2...l-oil-pipeline
So now peaceful protests aren't allowed.

Were they arrested by the Keystone cops?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVNSQ72wvlc

[Samm]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Yes, they're allowed, dimwit. They could have stayed in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House for months or years, even decades, if they chose to (as others have). They chose to zip-tie themselves to the White House fence and block the public sidewalk and thereby asked to be arrested. They got their wish, it seems.

That property does not belong to the president and it is not private. Doh!

[Samm]

You all will have to play amongst yourselves now. I have reports to do. You may amuse me some more tomorrow. Till then, your Puppet Master Sam, carry on.

[BlueStreak]

Yeah, yeah, I know; "It's the peoples house.". Whatever.

Do you think this is the only time cops have chased people away from the Whitehouse?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Samm

That property does not belong to the president and it is not private.

I didn't say it was, dimwit. However, obstructing a public thoroughfare (defined as a public street, highway or sidewalk) is a misdemeanor. Anybody who knows anything about protesting in DC (this excludes you obviously) knows full well that chaining themselves to the White House fence and blocking the sidewalk there will get them arrested. Most who do so do so with the express purpose of being arrested. It has always been thus.

Lafayette Square is literally directly across the street, no more than 100' from where they chained themselves to the White House fence. They could have protested there from now to eternity if they had chosen to.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Yes, they're allowed, dimwit. They could have stayed in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House for months or years, even decades, if they chose to (as others have). They chose to zip-tie themselves to the White House fence and block the public sidewalk and thereby asked to be arrested. They got their wish, it seems.

Good your in favor of the pipeline