What happened to one's right to peacefully protest? Did I just dream that up?

Do you have a permit to disagree with these people?

Don't taze me bro!

Of course, it's important to note that he WASN'T carrying a weapon - kind of a deliberate provocation, wouldn't you say?

So this might fall into a gray area, where First Amendment rights are concerned.

The state of Georgia should be forced to pay that gentleman about one million dollars for grossly violating his rights under the first amendment. No one anywhere in this nation is required to obtain a permit to protest anything. Maybe the more appropriate response to this is to cut off all federal money going to Georgia until they begin to follow the Constitution. I imagine the money baggers in that state would soon put a stop to the violations if that were to happen.

Now that I think about it, that should be the response to any state violation of the Constitution.

Evidently their permit covered teabagging only, so the expression of rational thought within that perimeter would constitute a separate activity.

Incidentally, douchebaggery by cops is always committed without a permit.

I was told we had to have a permit from the Village of Willowbrook IL to picket on the public parkway outside my congresswoman's office. When I went to the village hall to get one they didn't have such a form (no surprise) but I filled out a piece of paper anyway.

That was a week ago Thursday. This is an ongoing protest with a 4'x8' banner that we hope to continue thru Labor Day.

Last Saturday 10 teabaggers showed up for their big "Recess Rally" at her office and none of them knew anything about getting a permit. So I called the Willowbrook police dept and told them there were counter protesters out there without a permit. The day watch commander came by and told me he would arrest me if I didn't pull the tent stakes out of the ground anchoring our banner down even though other officers who stopped by didn't have a problem with it, and the head of public works who was there the day before said it was fine. When I asked him about the Republican protesters lack of permit he said they didn't need one.

I called the Brunswick chamber of commerce. The woman who answered the phone didn't have any info on getting a protest permit so she directed me to the Glynn County headquarters. The woman that answered the phone put me on hold and when she returned told me she talked to the police chief. Apparently, he said that in order to protest you need to get 100 citizens to sign a paper (petition?) then bring it to him. The woman didn't know if that allowed me to get a permit, or if they even have protest permits, or if just having the signatures was all I needed to protest.

I didn't call hm because I don't know if I want to go down this rabbit hole any further. If anyone is interested you can call officer McCoy at 912-554-9822 and ask for a protest permit.

My gut feeling is, angry white man ok, angry black man DANGEROUS.

And by the way, the ACLU needs money, an members if you are not a member already.

Jim Crow is alive and well.
Red states = Confederate states.

those on the right like to say what they are not doing with their fear induced, pandered to, yelling and screaming is no different than what was done on the left during the viet nam war or the fight for civil rights.

what's the difference? those protesting the viet nam war and civil rights were arrested, some shot and killed like kent state, and attacked by police dogs. as one participating in anti-war protests, i and no one i knew or saw ever brought a loaded assault rifle!