USA not allowing peaceful protests

[The Messiah]

It is there constitutional right to protest! Police cant warn them against there right and then harm them when they dont comply.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

It is there constitutional right to protest! Police cant warn them against there right and then harm them when they dont comply.

Actually the warning is very much embedded in the law here.

To this day many jurisdictions that have inherited the tradition of English common law and Scots law still employ statutes that require police or other executive agents to deliver an oral warning, much like the Riot Act, before an unlawful public assembly may be forcibly dispersed.

Because the authorities were required to read the proclamation that referred to the Riot Act before they could enforce it, the expression "to read the Riot Act" entered into common language as a phrase meaning "to reprimand severely", with the added sense of a stern warning. The phrase remains in everyday use in the English language.

Riot Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[The Messiah]

Actually the warning is very much embedded in the law here.

Riot Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Freedom of assembly - "The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

 

[W.G.Ewald]

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Freedom of assembly - "The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

The Amendment is clear, and nobody is arguing against it. Destruction of property and the disruption of the livelihood of others is not peaceable. As for petition, the OWS movement has not yet made a coherent statement. It is all street theater. That is what the left in this country does.

 

[The Messiah]

The Amendment is clear, and nobody is arguing against it. Destruction of property and the disruption of the livelihood of others is not peaceable. As for petition, the OWS movement has not yet made a coherent statement. It is all street theater. That is what the left in this country does.

Every peaceful gathering in city will have disruption.

They should be allowed to protest, your riot act in this true spirit will only apply if they turned into looting mobs like in england few months ago.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Every peaceful gathering in city will have disruption.

They should be allowed to protest, your riot act in this true spirit will only apply if they turned into looting mobs like in england few months ago.

I think I am beginning to agree with you. I still say it is street theater.

 

[rock127]

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Freedom of assembly - "The right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Now US is coming in DENIAL mode.Untill it turns into riot Police has no right to get violent against unarmed peaceful protesters.

But perhaps being a superpower means twisting rules and having double standards and preaching and enforcing "democracy" to others only.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Occupy L.A.: 30 tons of debris left behind at City Hall tent city - latimes.com

 

[agentperry]

why this is happening? the american dream is for sure now a history but still this sudden outburst of such anger. war and economic gloom, this has taken a serious toll from american society. i wish speedy recovery but question remains- how?

 

[Damian]

the american dream is for sure now a history but still this sudden outburst of such anger.

The so called American Dream is misunderstood by people over the world. It does not mean that everybody will be rich, it means that if You are hardworking and if You are also smart enough, You will have a chances to be rich or at least to live in higher standards than the others.

i wish speedy recovery but question remains- how?

Just back to the real capitalism, back USD to the gold standard, lower taxes (income tax should be completely cancelled), cut social spending (and other socialist foolnes), after some time everything will back to normal.

It worked in Chile, but reforms need time to work... unfortunetly some fools belive that everything will be done in one day...

 

[W.G.Ewald]

why this is happening? the american dream is for sure now a history but still this sudden outburst of such anger. war and economic gloom, this has taken a serious toll from american society. i wish speedy recovery but question remains- how?

Nothing is really ever as bad as it appears on TV and in the newspapers.

 

[asianobserve]

why this is happening? the american dream is for sure now a history but still this sudden outburst of such anger. war and economic gloom, this has taken a serious toll from american society. i wish speedy recovery but question remains- how?

Relax, it's just a generational thing in the US.

 

[myra52]

Violence of course. That's just another kinds of violence.

Obama said to the Egyptians not to resort to violence.

Just wondering if pepper spray is violence.

Is water cannon violence?

Would pepper spray be, instead, a violation of human phsyicality and good health?