Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Our Deep Slide Past Mere Socialism

Geez, harrassed, busted and roughed up for exercising his First Amendment Right.

Gateway Pundit:

Cops Handcuff & Assault Man for Posting Obama Joker Signs - Charge Him With Vandalism

Houston cops slammed Mark Fuhre against the hood of his car, cuffed him, threw him in the back of their car and charged him with criminal mischief and vandalism for posting Obama-Joker signs:


6 comments:

revereridesagain said...

You gotta put your stickers up in the middle of the night. Part of the fun is the WTF looks you know they are going to get next morning.

Also, bring a long-handled brush or something so you can stick them high up on the pole out of reach. It aids in their longevity if people actually have to go get a ladder to take them down.

maccusgermanis said...

Is there a new admendment which covers the defacement of public and private property? You should be able to print and say what you like, but why presume the right to misuse personal or civic property?

midnight rider said...

Ahh, but had a Pro-Obama or Anti-Bush poster gone up the police reaction would have been far different.

Have to disagree with you here, Maccusgermanis, it's gone far beyond worrying about whether a poster is defacing public/civic property. Though I do agree had it ben private property.

midnight rider said...

Mac -- just put up a musical post you'll enjoy.

Damien said...

Midnight Rider,

What was the hazard that they were concerned about? Safety Reasons? What's so unsafe about them? They're just signs. I will admit that they may not be the most intelligent way to criticize Obama, but that doesn't mean much, as far as the right of free speech is concerned.

maccusgermanis said...

Credit due to the camera operator, it can clearly be seen that they'd placed them over reflective warning signs indicating a chunk of concrete that most drivers would want to avoid. - Public property - for a specific public use - not to include our own private bill board-