Dan McCarthy arrested for walking on a sidewalk... with signs

[legendarygospel]

. These guys have no morals, campus policing is the greatest scam ever covered up in this America. Trust me especially all UT campuses

[narukofan2]

Here is a message to those who want a evil Satanic New World Order this is for you:

The New World Order will fall at the hands of the patriots

That is a promise

Tyrants beware you're time on this earth is soon coming to an end

The global awakening has begun

You will be defeated

The New World Order will fall

[godofallbums]

he should have ran,make that old dude run.

[DanforMayor]

Head to l1b3rty.com

[padraicohare]

MORON! lol Have fun in jail! lol

[xDarkside101x]

@padraicohare MORON! lol have fun in a police state! lol

[Aloanstar]

Dan, in response to the comment you sent me today....your 15 minutes are up. Good luck with the mayor thing.....

[dutytocareforothers]

UT Austin is very communist. I didn't like the college at all.

[ChancesTaken1]

Not trying to change the World Aloanstar Were trying to keep what All Americans died for The Constitution.Maybe you should do more research on this matter or maybe you should move to Britain ....WE as Americans are not Control by the United Nations and were not controlled by Britain ....Thats why all Americans are born with an Oath and we don't need to be sworn in the live by the Constitution.

Oath Keeper For Life.

[msoeur]

(cont) Good luck with that Dan McCarthy! Try putting this youtube video of yourself on your campaign webpage...I'm sure the public would really respond well to that.

[msoeur]

and this mccarthy kid refused to obey. He was not arrested for protesting on a sidewalk. He was arrested for refusing to listen and comply with the rules. And this guy is running for Mayor of San Marcos? Really?? I'm sure the good citizens of San Marcos really want a guy who refuses to listen to authority running their town. If this guy refuses to listen to authority, I wonder how well he responds to anyone else. Bad listener and dislikes authority...not the best combo for a mayor in the making.

[msoeur]

If you seriously think that they were asking too much for the protestors to be contained in a certain area, then you are an idiot. This is how tight the security was in there...and I know because I was there: we couldn't leave gregory gym until the president got in his motorcade and was on the road. This cop was just doing what he was asked in order to protect the president, students at UT, and citizens of this city. He gave the protestor several chances to correct his behavior (continued..)

[msoeur]

People are stupid. If a cop tells you to move, you move. Or else you are choosing to get arrested. Its very simple. And dude who is taping the video...you piss me off. "Do you honestly think the sercet service has the right to tell us where we can go or not go on our campus". Answer: Hmmmm...thats a tough one...I'd have to go with YEAH. It's the secret service. Their job is to protect the president from crazies like you.

[Aloanstar]

Dan wasn't arrested for "just trying to walk on the sidewalk" The officer asked him several times to move the area that was sectioned off for protesters. When any POTUS is in the area, I'm glad they don't let just anyone hang out anywhere they want. When you are told you will be arrested ahead of time, it's your choice. Dan chose to get arrested. I've been to DC many, many times for protests and seen tons of people get arrested, but before they were, they knew it was going to happen.

[Protowhilst]

hahahahaha im for ending the war but jesus christ. the guy is standing there with his idiot sign and being asked to move to where the rest of the other protestors are and he asks "am I being detained???". no idiot, you're being asked to move. aahahahahah what a fucking attention whore.

[Protowhilst]

where were you faggots when bush was president?

[Protowhilst]

im glad he got arrested. what a whiny ass bitch.l

[fazadeset]

keep up the fight against the dehumanizers !

[89MCHLL]

Support you Dan!!

[mpolo9]

God Damn the Government to Hell.

[winslowwind]

Free speech zone once again designated....it is sad. Thank you Dan.

[steve77008]

@danformayor - I was through commenting on this video until you sent me a personal message. Actually I have a real life and real job. On the otherhand, I suspect you & highlandhilfarmer are either government employees or college students (attending on govt. loans). You still haven't offered any rebuttal. So go carry your protest signs & protest whatever it is that you're protesting because your posts don't make any sense, your protests accomplished nothing, and I'm bored talking to you.

[steve77008]

@highlandhillfarmer - So the insults & personal attacks begin. You have no rebuttal to my comments & nothing to contribute so you attempt to drag the conversation into the gutter - very mature. Come back when you grow up.

[Whiteplane]

I'm glad the cops are keeping these folks out

[antiskaterfish]

@Whiteplane yeah nobody should have the right to protest authority

[Whiteplane]

@antiskaterfish Protest authority that has done nothing to infringe on your rights save for be of an opposite political affiliation,and attempting to pass liberal laws.

Take you negative liberties and open carry sign waving somewhere else.

[OriginalMamaBear]

@Whiteplane Wow, it is known that America will fall because of those on the inside taking her down. And people who think this is right, are laying the red carpet for our country's take-down. Very sad.

[weatherman2007]

BaracKKK Obama Nazis!!!!!!!!

[griffontalons]

good job Dan. You inspire me to go where I want and do what I want as long as Im not hurting anybody. That sidewalk was for you buddy. 

[DanforMayor]

@griffontalons This brings a tear to my eye.

[griffontalons]

@DanforMayor it makes me sad too but Im confused to his particular protest.

I geuss someone he knew in the war died which is completly understanding but Obama has many negative stipulations. When he called this a fascist country is where i lost it. Fascist believe war is the only way to keep peace. Obama does not. Obama believes in science and medical practises to control population and dictating society through words and limiting free speech.

[Calvarynorwalk]

click my name and watch handcuffed pastor. This is really becoming a police state.

Lawsuits. soon I will be posting my federal civil rights complaint on line. You guys will be able to use it as a guide.

[Calvarynorwalk]

@Calvarynorwalk oops utube carpavel.  this is my alter ego. great vid at this name on gulf oil spill.

[satchi36]

good thing those werent UTSA pigs, they woulda shot ya

[peterson553]

Unbelievable. So it's a "limited free speech" thing again. "You are free to express your speech in a little zone over here, 10 miles from the speaker."

[highlanderhillfarm]

@steve77008 U r a shill, a government employee or fat loser that no one loves or all three. Checkout the steve77008 channel people this is what a shill's channel looks like. No uploads, nothing rational to say, no subscribers - a selfish idiot and worthless feeder that lives off others and paid by the government to spread Disinformation. U r sad excuse for a human being and partly responsible for ruining this country.

[DanforMayor]

@highlanderhillfarm this is true, he looked at one video, made a statist remark, then watched this one, over and over, waiting for y'all to start commenting so he could start moderating. Get a real job, Steve77008, one that doesn't earn us all a front row on the bullet train to hell.

[Wilverine99]

Freedom cannot exist with in a cage!

[msozzlover]

Why didn't he just move over like the cop asked? Do it at a concert and the same thing will happen, UT police will arrest you.What an infant. As a matter of fact, the sign wouldn't be allowed at all.

[OriginalMamaBear]

@msozzlover Because our BoR's give us the RIGHT to not to have to. We are FREE to stand ANYWHERE it is public ground. And UT would face a civil suit because they would have broken the law.

[msozzlover]

The word is "bystander" not "bystandards" LOL. You are stupid, it was not about free speech at all, it was about the Secret Service standards of safety for the president, and there were several issues I saw right there in the footage.

[leafwatch]

You might guess the shrimpy cop was eager to pull his authority as if he were a big tough guy. LOL, he'd be cowering in a corner if he didn't have a badge to hide behind. Oh well, I guess the losers of society have to get work somehow, and the moral degenerates are naturally drawn to professional bullying

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch Seriously? This guy could work anywhere. He is an extremely good guy and works his butt off at everything he has ever done. There isn't one person who has met him, except maybe Dan, that could think of one negative about him. He is doing exactly what he has always wanted to do. He is married to an amazing woman, he is an accomplished artist and I can't think of one person in Austin that I admire and respect more than him. Shrimpy? He was trying to be nice about asking him to move

[leafwatch]

@Aloanstar Sorry to have offended by using an unworthy term referring to his physique. But frankly, I'm offended that someone puts on a badge and immediately assumes he has the authority over another citizen, one who is perfectly peaceful and merely exercising the right to free speech. Laws and regulation of citizens have gone way too far in this country. And too many in law enforcement have become aggressive enforcers of bad laws, instead of thinking clearly of upholding peace and freedom

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch It's not puting on a badge to push people around. Officer Bernal was following orders given to him by the CIA in order to protect Obama. I would hate to be the guy that let some crazed guy into off limits area and the President ends up dead. Would you want to be that guy? I don't think Obama is a war monger and would like to end a war he didn't start. He knows most normal people are against war. At the same time he needs to be protected. Dan just pushed the limit for the camera.

[leafwatch]

@Aloanstar You rely on authoritarianism. History is on my side; all dictatorships and empires fail. The CIA has a bloody record and anyone who blindly follows its "orders" is ignorant or complicit. You give Obama a pass after two more years of war and thousands more innocents murdered. Dan carrying his big sign was clearly no safety threat. He is one of many of us who threaten the establishment only because we tell the truth. That is why you and your friends are hired to silence us.

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch You live in another world. History shows that there has to be order or there is chaos. I don't rely on anything except my paycheck. I am not hired to silence anyone....actually, I help people see. I make eyewear. You read too much into things that are not there. I have protested with the best of them...in DC, not on a campus pretending it's still the 60's. This was small, but I'm sure Dan was hoping he would be making the talk show circuit by now. Threatening? Not a chance..

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch and I'm not giving him a pass, but he couldn't vote for it and was outspoken against it. He can't just have the troops cut and run, that's part of why Bin Laden is pissed at us to begin with. I wish it could be that way, but looking at it without your rose colored glasses, it's not realistic. Someday you will look around and reflect, "man, that was fun being so radical...how did I make it through those days?" Been there over many issues, but I've realized none of it beats voting.

[leafwatch]

@Aloanstar You give Obama a total pass. In his campaign he stated he'd expand the war in Afghanistan, you just weren't listening. Now he's drone-bombing Pakistan as it's struggling with devastating floods. He's meddling in Somalia, Yemen, rattling sabers at Iran big time, and more.

Radical means seeing clearly to the root of issues. It's not playing popularity games. I've been a libertarian since the 60s when I was on campus, working for peace and freedom longer than you've lived.

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch You don't know me Leaf. I could probably could have been your mom's classmate. I couldn't care less what group you aline yourself with. We should have been in Afghanistan all along, not Iraq, if we were looking for Bin Laden, but honestly I don't think they really want to find him and not sure he actually had everything to do with 9/11, but Sadam had nothing to do with it. I didn't vote for Obama, I'm a Hillary supporter, but I think he has done a good job with the pile he was left.

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch You assume too much about people without knowing them at all. Just like Officer Bernal and with me. I met him when I first moved back here and if there is a ass in video, it's not him. I've been in the middle of protests, but I think way more is accomplished without being arrested or using violence. More is accomplished by simply voting. You have your opinion, I have mine, we will not change each other's...so leave it at that. I'm tried of the subject and talking to you about it.

[leafwatch]

@Aloanstar LOL, if I were trying to defend the status quo I'd opt out of the discussion too. My parting answers: we were in Afghanistan all along, initially supporting and arming Bin Laden's fight against the Russians, and meddling/warmongering ever since, your Hillary slugging with the worst of them.

Sadly you don't oppose violence: you support the wars and authoritarianism, approve "officials" using violence against any American non-compliant with government edicts, as in the video.

[Aloanstar]

@leafwatch Not defending anyone, I just think you are endless and not nearly as cool as you wish/think you were. I've met many people in my life just like you and the bs wears thin over time. I wish you all the best in yourt fruitless effort. to change the world. The only you are threatening to is yourself. I still think we live in an amazing country, even after an 8 year nightmare. I remain optimistic. If that video was violent to you, I hope you never get a paper cut.

[leafwatch]

@Aloanstar Like all blatant authoritarians, you pretend not to see the gun behind laws you support. This one video had no blood; but if the peaceful protester had refused to obey your tin-badged friend? If anyone refuses to obey unjust laws, will he be brutalized, handcuffed, tased, shot, slapped into jail -- which will be the response? Violence is the only basis of your BigGov progressivism.

No, the threat doesn't come from peaceful folk like me, it comes from your ideology of force.

[Jeff000000000000000]

any person working for the government can be charged with USC title 18 ss 242.

deprivation of rights under color of law. The penalty can include the death penalty

[BiggTRexx]

WE SHOULD NOW REFER TO AMERICA AS NAZI GERMANY...

[msozzlover]

@BiggTRexx LOL

[mrrandyparker]

Apparently the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution does not apply to the University of Texas - Austin.  It is also apparent their (Barney Fife-type) security guards won't even protect the student's rules and guidelines. Take 'm to jail Deputy Fife. You must feel proud. Great collar.

[Aloanstar]

@mrrandyparker He definitely isn't Barny Fife. You don't know anything about the officer who asked DA to move out of the area that the CIA wanted as a safe zone. He is a really smart, funny, down to earth guy. Dan didn't leave him much choice, other than to let the area become a free-for-all and lose his job. Maybe when you get a job, you will get that part of life. Also, we ARE in the south and there are plenty of lunatics with guns. I remember the last time JFK visited Texas.

[leafwatch]

I guess intellectually challenged guys like the bitty cop feel bigger when they add a badge and uniform. Must be hard to get decent work when all your aspire to is being a bully and helping to control people, for the Empire.

[NushiboNinja]

Did he just say your geting arrested for walking on a sidewalk or did i hear that wrong?

[rickbeckwitt]

At least they did not shoot him like they did to war protesters at kent state decades ago.

[omtara]

@AynRandFanJG You're right, I'm a Nazi. Because this is totally comparable to Nazism.

[AynRandFanJG]

@omtara If you make excuses for authority when they trample on the rights of the citizens, you are not exactly a defender of freedom and morality.

[omtara]

@nrhorn Yes. When you have individual cops deciding on their own what's right and what's not right to enforce, that is trouble. Fault whoever issued the instructions, not the cop.

[omtara]

The cop doesn't make the rules, he just has to enforce them. What exactly do you expect him to do? Decide the rule is dumb and do whatever he wants?

[nrhorn]

@omtara So a cop is supposed to enforce rules that abridge rights? Should cops have enforced the fugitive slave act of 1850?

[AynRandFanJG]

@omtara You sound like a Nazi after WWII. "I was just following orders".

[nrhorn]

@AynRandFanJG -- I don't think that's a fair criticism of @Omtara, sir. Don't you think it is better to focus on the issue?

[AynRandFanJG]

@nrhorn The issue is that police trampled on the Constitutional rights of a private citizen because they are either corrupt, cowardly, or evil. When you defend people who trample on the rights of others because they were ordered to, then you are a piece of scum. Omtara used the Nazi defense.

[DOHC2L]

@omtara Police officers have a duty to uphold the Constitution, it's the supreme law of the land. When police officers violate people's constitutional rights, they are violating the supreme law of the land. Therefore they have a duty to refuse the order. It's the same in the corporate world, if your boss orders you to commit fraud, you have no duty to carry out the fraud, instead you should refuse and if it results in your firing, then you sue the company.

[Magetalion2000]

Fight the good fight Dan.

[steve77008]

@Magetalion2000 - I asked before. Exactly what is Dan fighting for? Your rights? Which right? Is he protesting against the war in Afghanistan? Is that what you are supporting? What are you talking about?

[Magetalion2000]

@steve77008 Yes he is protesting the wars.. If you had watched the video you would have been able to deduce this for yourself. We have the right to assemble and peacefully protest. Even the rules for the UT campus are fairly clear on this matter, including where it can take place.

The justice system is supposed to protect us, not arrest people for exercising their rights. I've met Dan a couple of times, and he is no criminal and always has the best of intentions. Deal with it.

[steve77008]

@Magetalion2000 - I watched the video and observed the sign Dan was carrying so I know Dan was protesting against the war. However, if you have read the comments in this thread you would notice that several comments on here have been unclear whether the poster was supporting Dan in regards to free speech or his opposition to the war.

[steve77008]

@Magetalion2000 - As far our rights to assemble & peacefully protest, I believe that has been adressed already. Dan's rights were not violated. However if feels they were, he is free to hire an attorney and sue the University of Texas, their policed department, the Secret Service, the president, or whoever he wants to. The rules of the UT campus are not the issue here. Federal law & case law allow the Secret Service to take the actions they did. But feel free to file a lawsuit.

[Aloanstar]

@Magetalion2000 --I believe the CIA trump the UT rules you thought you had. I guess it would have been better for the officer to just let Dan wander around anywhere he wanted and lose his job?? I didn't see Dan get punched, kicked or thrown around. He was told he would have to move in the other direction or get arrested....he didn't and he was. Besides, protesting to Obama about the war seems sort of late, doesn't it? He didn't start the fire...Baby Bush did. Go beat HIM with the Big Ass sign

[Aloanstar]

@Magetalion2000 --I believe the CIA trump the UT rules you thought you had. I guess it would have been better for the officer to just let Dan wander around anywhere he wanted and lose his job?? I didn't see Dan get punched, kicked or thrown around. He was told he would have to move in the other direction or get arrested....he didn't and he was. Besides, protesting to Obama about the war seems sort of late, doesn't it? He didn't start the fire...Baby Bush did. Go beat HIM with the Big Ass sign

[Magetalion2000]

@Aloanstar Well, perhaps the POTUS should stop going on publicity/ campaign trips and sit in DC and fix this mess of a country we've got on our hands.

inb4 everything is Bush's fault.

inb4 Bush took 3 years of vacation.

inb4 mentioning Bush again.

I protested against Bush plenty. But I'm not living in the past. I'm focused on now and the future.

[DanforMayor]

@Aloanstar I wasn't given choice, just asked a question: Are you going over there or not? To which I replied "what's the difference, between over there and right here?" Nobody said anything about kidnapping as punishment for stepping outside of an imaginary line.

[measouthpk1]

@Magetalion2000 That was not a good fight. That's crap!

[DOHC2L]

See the problem with segregating protesters to certain areas is that then you must have different areas for different protesters. Or would UT Austin have liberal protesters and conservative protesters all confined to the same area? That would turn peaceful protests into chaos and anarchy and it would guarantee violence. But if they designate different protest areas for every different type of protesters, how would they ensure they be separate-but-equal? Obviously they cannot.

[DOHC2L]

@DOHC2L Listen to the protester... he's an anti-war protester. But the police officer keeps telling him to go protest with the people protesting the immigration issue. He kept telling the police officer there weren't any anti-war protesters there, but the police officer just kept telling him to go protest in that area. What a terrible police officer, what a terrible injustice for every American this was.

[Aloanstar]

@DOHC2L I'm against the war, but it's pretty hard to fight from jail. That cop happens to be someone I've known for a long time and he has worked hard to be with the APD. Any job, you will find this out someday, has someone on top handing down orders...the CIA in this case. If you can't follow those rules, you won't keep that job Trust me, if you ever have a job, especially one you love, you will learn.

[DOHC2L]

@Aloanstar I had that job. I had to walk away from the job because of bad management. But the point is not conceded, police officers are sworn to uphold the constitution. If they have an order from a commanding officer to violate people's civil rights, those police officers have the duty to not obey such orders.  This is why we have them swear an oath to the constitution, because corruption of the law by law enforcers is always a possibility they and we should be aware of.

[Aloanstar]

@DOHC2L Maybe you did, but not all police officers are corrupt and this isn't about violating civil rights. I would agree if it were not for the fact that Obama was there and the most important thing was protecting him. There are reasons why protesters are not always allowed to go anywhere they want. Zones are sometimes designated to protect people, abortion clinics are a good example. I think Dan wanted a more a sensational confrontation, but it wasn't exactly Kent State. He needs to grow up.

[highlanderhillfarm]

This is insane! These cops are overpaid criminals and should be fired. America is an Illegal, terrorist state headed toward something much worse than Hitler could have ever dreamed... It is coming fast. BTW, 9/11 was an inside job. The false flag operation to start the police state just like Hitler burning the Reichstag building and blaming the Communists. History does repeat itself...

[steve77008]

@highlanderhillfarm - Get some help/couseling - quick.

[DortchMcGirken]

Wow. If you ever wish to instantly lose faith in humanity simply read the comments under almost any Youtube video.

[steve77008]

@Pointman11B - I understand freedom just fine. He was not denied his freedom of speech. The right to free speech does not guarantee the right to be heard. And if you are calling this officer's actions treason then that's just laughable.

[DOHC2L]

@steve77008 What is laughable is your knowledge of constitutional rights. You lower the bar so low that you'd allow government officials to place protesters in zones out of sight where nobody will hear or see them. The right of free speech allows us the opportunity to place ourselves where we know we will be heard, and if the government can restrict that freedom, then the government can guarantee people won't be heard. You're not remembering that we have the right to peaceful assembly as well

[steve77008]

@DOHC2L - I'm not the one allowing government officials to do anything. The Supreme Court has ruled that reasonable limitations can be placed upon our rights. Allowing the Secret Service to control movement near the president (in order to protect him) is reasonable.  If you disagree, get a lawyer and sue instead of behaving like a child and getting yourself arrested (not directed at you DOHC2L in particular).

[steve77008]

@DOHC2L - I disagree with your statement that freedom of speech allows you to place yourself where you will be heard. You have the right to say what you want (again with reasobable restrictions) but you are NOT guaranteed the right that ANYONE (including the president) has to listen. Again the subject in the video was not denied his freedom of speech or to peacefully assemble. He was not allowed to do it in an area close to where the president was currently at.

[OriginalMamaBear]

@steve77008 NO where in the Constitution does it say you have the right to speak with reasonable restrictions. When our country was founded and our founding fathers were still alive they told the Supreme Court that the BoR and the Constitution were NOT to be interpreted, that the founding fathers used CLEAR AND PLAIN English so that even a simple man could understand what their rights are. In other words, the Supreme Court violated our rights by saying our rights could be curbed.

[steve77008]

@OriginalMamaBear - As you seem to be well aware the Supreme Court has ruled that "reasonable" restrictions can be placed upon our freedoms. I'm not going to argue whether it's right or wrong, just the way it is. You can shake your fist at the sky or wave your Don't Tread On Me flag but that's still the way it is.

[ronpaulsupporter1]

Bullshit.....welcome to the "police state"....... FIGHT IT WHEN IT HAPPENS !!!! Have everyone carry a sign. Let them try to drag everyone away.

[TheOrangebloods]

Dan McCarthy is a dumbass. And so are any of you that think his "God given rights" were violated. UT is a public institution, but that doesn't mean that I can just go and start peeing anywhere I choose. Feedom of speech is what you can say, not where you can say it. Just ask TV and Radio. And for all of you Bush lovers, look at this in regards to feedom of speech; Google: Cindy Sheehan arrested at Bush ranch. They were told to move and they refused. Sounds so familiar.

[DOHC2L]

@TheOrangebloods No you are wrong. Peaceful protesting is not unlawful, yet you equate peaceful protesters to law breaking; your analogy of peeing anywhere you choose is not valid as peeing in public is not lawful. Do you realize you just equated the 1st amendment to being the same as you pissing on the sidewalk? Sir, do not preach the constitution if you do not know it. And you also equated constitutional rights to being unalienable, when clearly they were written by men, not given by God.

[802487710]

It is disturbing to me that a protester of the wars can not hold a sign up for the president to see, but they have the right to protest and desecrate funeral services of our fallen soldiers.

[StagNews]

@802487710 did you not watch the video? he could hold up the sign all he wants, he just had to do it in a different spot. pay attention.

[802487710]

@StagNews Yes I did. Anyway you are missing the point. I totally disagree with what he was trying to protesting about. However, I went to war for this country with the belief of defending its core beliefs. As in, The Constitution and the freedom of speech. Putting people in a corner simply because they don't agree with your policy is a step in the direction of dictatorship. I didn't agree with the young man, but I don't agree with Obama either.

[Aloanstar]

@802487710 That's not true. Fred Phelps little family cult are the one's that protest at soldier's funerals, best know for protesting at Matthew Shepard's funeral and they are not allowed to come anywhere near the gravesite. His group has been arrested numerous times for pushing the limits. People at the funeral usually stand so the protesters can not be seen by the family menbers. Phelps is crazy and he is not a good example to follow.

[802487710]

@Aloanstar No one is allowed at the gravesite the family does not want. It is private property and mortuaries have the right to keep people out. Just like UT had the right to only let Obama supporters into the rally. This guy is a dirt bag! But just like protesters along a funeral precession, they have the right to hold a sign on public property. I wish we could use the S.S. to arrest panhandlers. The S.S. can designate the border as the protestor site. Kill 2 birds w/ 1 stone.

[Aloanstar]

@802487710 Were you calling Fred Phelps a dirt bag? He is lower than that, but my point is that his is the one group I know who protest at funerals, but the distance away has increased. I don't agree that SS should push the protesters to the border. That's as extreme as Dan was. Didn't UT hand out passes to students on a first come first serve basis? I didn't see anywhere that they had to be supporters. I thought Bush was the only one to block people from his rallies...another dirty bag.

[802487710]

@Aloanstar They were allowed to go, however, they were not allowed to bring in protest signs. Not my point. Private property was my point, not a public sidewalk. I don't agree with all policies of Bush, however, he had protesters outside his house in Texas on many occasions. Protestors in San Diego were allowed across the street from the convention center in clear view of the center. I don't agree with any president pushing civil protestors out of sight simply for propaganda. Especially Obama

[Aloanstar]

@802487710 The way I understand it was that perimeters were set up by the CIA and no one was to go beyond that. Bush should have had protesters outside his jail cell. His administration made up the whole lie that got us into this mess and along the way outed a undercover CIA agent....but no one knew who said what or did what...I'm sure. He is a war criminal and I wish he had a conscience so it would keep him awake at night. No normal person wants war or the lives lost at such a cost.

[802487710]

It is disturbing to me that a protester of the wars can not hold a sign up for the president to see, but they have the right to protest and desecrate funeral services of our fallen soldiers

[randomgai1234]

They did give the dude the chance to move without being arrested. It's not like he was walking by and they just ran up on him and arrested him. They tried to be civil and explain it to him. Do I think that they should have to right to tell you where you can walk with a sign? No. Do I think you should move if a cop tells you to move? Yes.

[bdog111]

@randomgai1234 "Do I think you should move if a cop tells you to move?" Depends on why he is asking you to move...

[steve77008]

@sparkleshrh - You really believe that? Really?

[steve77008]

@nrhorn - So are you saying it's not so much an argument of whether or not the Secret Service has the authority to do this but more a matter of how close the Secret Service should allow protesters to get to the president?

[steve77008]

@Hanniballector50 - You have a good point that I didn't catch. I agree that the person recording & the person being recorded may not have planned this together. However I still believe the person being recorded was looking for a confrontation (instead simply moving across the street) and it still appears that the person doing the recording was supportive of this.

[sparkleshrh]

If this had been any of the former Presidents speaking and this student was carrying a sign, he would not have been arrested. This is ridiculous!

[nrhorn]

To the people saying the Secret Service "has the right" to do this, keep in mind that the gym where he was speaking was a football field away, that the president was in said gym for hours at this point, that Dan was not trying to force his way in, and that Dan did not make any violent move at any point.

[steve77008]

Obama is without a doubt a socialist & a statist, but he is still the president and the Secret Service has the legal authority to shut down areas around the president & control access to him. The officer in the video was extremely patient with your behaviour. Sorry but I lost patience with you and didn't watch the end of the video, so if you were arrested, well you were literally begging for it.

[ThePointMan11B]

@steve77008 any action by any gubbment faction against a mans rights defined by the bill of rights is treason. you must not understand freedom and will beg for a patriot to save your ass in a SHTF scenario. lay off the flouride guy

[steve77008]

Thanks but no thanks - I don't want someone like you "defending" my freedom. Stunts like this do nothing to protect our freedom. All you were attempting to do was provoke a confrontation with the police so you could record it & place it on You Tube. All you accomplished with your juvenile behaviour was to demonstrate what a rectal oriface you can be.

[Hanniballector50]

@steve77008. I respect your opinion, but if you listen to the audio, I am inclined to believe that the person recording the video just happened to see what was happening and started recording. In the description of the video post he apologizes for the poor quality of the microphone. Dan also gives the guy his email, I'm assuming to share the video. I think if it were a staged confrontation, it would have been better planned and shot. Just a thought, I could be wrong.

[thezep786]

That was the original "protest area" the cops told us to go to right by the ATM machines.

[Hanniballector50]

@msozzlover, just be thankful there are people trying to protect your freedom of speech since you clearly practice the freedom to sound like an idiot. Read kuhlraum's response to the thread. Having several bystandards coming and going as an onlooker films from feet away, makes one wonder why just Dan and not anyone else was arrested. Your use of profanity clearly shows your inability to formulate anything intelligent that would contribute to an effective debate.

[msozzlover]

People are fucktards. It is obviously for the safety of the president that passageways are kept open.. OF COURSE THE FUCKING SECRET SERVICE HAS THE AUTHORITY to direct people on campus. Nobody would bat an eye if it was for Nine Inch Nails. Why don't these morons really do something that makes a difference? Then they call it a violation of free speech. People are stupid.

[Hanniballector50]

@msozzlover, just be thankful there are people trying to protect your freedom of speech since you clearly practice the freedom to sound like an idiot. Read kuhlraum's response to the thread. Having several bystandards coming and going as an onlooker films from feet away, makes one wonder why just Dan and not anyone else was arrested. Your use of profanity clearly shows your inability to formulate anything intelligent that would contribute to an effective debate.

[Goumindong]

The secret service absolutely do have the right to re-direct people in their duties of protecting the President. What a fool.

[kuhlraum]

@Goumindong I would agree with that except for the fact that you see dozens of people walk by in the video. If they had closed the area off for the safety of the president and he was crossing a barrier, then sure go ahead and arrest him. They singled out this guy because he had a sign and they didn't like what it said.

[Goumindong]

@kuhlraum Keeping the walkway open does not necessarily involve keeping all people off of it at all times, but to keep people moving. Such that everyone can be cleared as the President comes through. I.E. if he was going to the area where the crowds were, or to another place, there would be no problem. But that was not the case

[Hanniballector50]

Wowwwwwww. Please do post the conversation. And keep us posted on your struggle with the police. Best of luck man.

[irishndbabe04]

This is ridiculous! Stand up for what you believe in! Way to go Cousin! I'm so proud of you for standing your ground!

[EndNeoConsNow]

someone should post the conversation words on the screen for us. I cant hear it.

[frosthazard00]

END THE WAR!! end "free speech" zones!!