Steven McTowelie@lemm.ee to Pics@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agoAsheville, North Carolina: A veteran being escorted out of a town hall for using his free speech.preview.redd.itimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down16
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageAsheville, North Carolina: A veteran being escorted out of a town hall for using his free speech.preview.redd.itSteven McTowelie@lemm.ee to Pics@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squarejust2look@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down1·2 days agoIf law enforcement can legally remove you from a public forum for confronting your elected officials, how free is your speech really?
minus-squareouRKaoS@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·1 day agoNot defending the police, but there’s a difference between being removed for being a disruption and being arrested for what you say.
minus-squarejust2look@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoProtest by its nature is disruptive. So you support police being free to end protest? To detain people because they’re an inconvenience to fascists?
If law enforcement can legally remove you from a public forum for confronting your elected officials, how free is your speech really?
Not defending the police, but there’s a difference between being removed for being a disruption and being arrested for what you say.
Protest by its nature is disruptive. So you support police being free to end protest? To detain people because they’re an inconvenience to fascists?