Thursday, February 02, 2012

Goons Fight Tickets

If they really did try to grab the lady, they should have been charged with assault.

RACINE — All 17 protesters ticketed last month for allegedly picketing outside of a Racine home during a political fundraiser for state Rep. Robin Vos are fighting the local ordinance violations on constitutional grounds, their attorney said Wednesday.

Seventeen protesters, who live in Racine County and other locales in Wisconsin, were cited Jan. 5 with picketing of residences for protesting in a residential area, according to police reports. The group was accused of picketing outside the home of Fred Young in the 3200 block of Michigan Boulevard. A fundraiser was occurring inside for Vos, R-Rochester.

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Young said several party guests told him “they had been accosted by the picketers” outside his residence, police reports stated.

“Some (guests) were elderly and visibly traumatized by the confrontation,” the report stated. That included a 75-year-old Racine County woman, who “was trembling and near tears,” according to the report. “One (protester) kept trying to grab her and force her to have a photograph taken with the group. She said they were mocking her.”

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0759 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. This behavior continues because the Madison law enforcement didn’t bother to do anything in the past year.  Heck, that Middleton teacher who sent all the death threats still hasn’t faced anything yet. 

    At some point you’ve got to make it a meaningful penalty for crossing the line like this.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 02, 2012 at 0807 hrs


  2. “the First Amendment right to freedom of speech is the main concern.”

    And good luck with that. I can’t believe their lawyer is unaware of massive precedent that gives governments the right to limit the time, place, and manner of speech. So long as the restrictions are content-neutral, of course.

    And it’s a good thing, too. Otherwise they’d be able to park a sound truck outside your bedroom window and blast “Solidarity Forever” at you 24/7.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 02, 2012 at 0850 hrs


  3. FOX LIES, FOX LIES…. Said Glen Levanhagan. 

    Before FOX was called out as the number one news network for TEN YEARS straight.

    Yea, I know, Americans are stoopid believers in that old rag called the Constitution.  (adding /sarc just in case.)

     

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 02, 2012 at 1741 hrs


  4. That’s total bullshit Steve.  Law enforcement did their jobs, and those kids were ticketed.

    But tickets in this story will be dropped, just like the tickets issued to those kids for the protests in Madison, just like the tickets for openly carrying a firearm in a disorderly manner.  There’s no will in Wisconsin to fight these constitutional skirmishes.  I’m sure it’s a matter of money too, but I really think it all boils down to picking easier battles.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 06, 2012 at 1326 hrs


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