Reply #6: I believe I have read in some “goddamned piece of paper” somewhere [View All]

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that American citizens have the right to peaceable assembly:

Some of the kids were told at the scene that they were being seized because they had assembled unlawfully. “I didn’t know what unlawful assembly was,” said Kumar Singh, 18, who was among those arrested.

One of the things that pisses me off the most about these outrageously wrong arrrests is that when concerned bystanders ask the blackbooted thugs why they are arresting the victims of their harassment, they are always told to shut up or they will be arrested, too. And if the people being arrested ask why, they are usually assaulted even worse. We aren’t even allowed to ask a reasonable question of these “public servants” who are sworn to “serve and protect” us. I hope Bill Mahr and KO get hold of this story and run with it:

Kathleen Williams, whose son and two nieces were rounded up, was at the scene. She said there was no disturbance at all, and that when she tried to ask the police why the kids were being picked up, she was told to be quiet or she would be arrested, too.