Taste of Chicago 7-2-06

Video from the "Taste of Chicago" counter-recruitment action on July 2nd, 2006. Four people are arrested, including three young "peace recruiters" and one legal observer.
Update - In April of 2006 all of those arrested were aquitted when the Chicago Police Department failed to appear, for the second time.

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• taste
• chicago
• recruit
• recruitment
• protest
• arrest

[jpatt2]

u can have free speech as long as u do not impede anothers' free speech. for example, if u block an army recruiters door. u are blocking people from listening to the army recruiters speech. just because you are repulsed by the army recruiter does not mean you can deny others from listening, therefore it is an arrestable offense. you are actually blocking free speech. permits are needed to provide medical and police services to the people protesting.

[activistvideos]

Protesters in this video weren't impeding anyone's free speech, only trying talk to people and hand out information near the recruitment booth. Had we been blocking access, I might agree with you, but we were not.

[CPDheadstomp]

Should have gone to Jackson. Way to prove your point to the "man".

[activistvideos]

Nope, whole USA is a "free speech zone" and police are not free to make up their own laws or even obey orders not based on the law. Also, everyone arrested here was aquitted, another waste of city money by the CPD.

[activistvideos]

free speech seems to be going the way of the dinosaurs. i guess we could try and raise tens of thousands of dollars and get our own booth, but i would call that expensive speech.

[activistvideos]

View the story and pictures here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/n­ewswire/display/72849/index.ph­p

[JFizoust]

I see wilmette's point, what if protestors decided to protest in front of your driveway disabling you from going to work. the police are there to protect others free rights from stepping onto your rights is all. all the vendors and booths have to pay to setup, why not these guys?

though, chicago police is currently the cities largest gang at the moment.

its hard enough to get around durring the taste regardless, July 3, 2008 the attendance was 2.1 million ppl to watch the fireworks. PAIN

[tawhay]

You know what? the truth is they can't handle real criminals, Chicago police and the terrorists are no different they're only good at abusing innocent civilians who did nothing wrong but to express their freedom of speech. Chicago police are like mobsters, what a shame!

[circusboy90210]

Last time I checked the whole nation is a "freedom of speech" zone. same for the freedom of speech for street performers who are being limited to certain areas.

[circusboy90210]

chicago has no freedom, you cannot sell or street perform without a permit. both of wich are not supposed to necessary in a free democracy. freedoms are supposed to be everywhere not just certain areas. it's freedom of speech not pay for the ability to ask permision. If homeless peole can win $75million , then buskers and peddlers are worth way more.

[chichild]

Stand up for your rights!....We the people have freedom of speech..unless there upon is physical assult,which i did not see here.

[NsOakland6]

No "RULES" Over Power the Constitution of the United States. It is the Law of the land and cannot be overturned by local Government. The Constitution said NOTHING about "Free Speech Zones". The polices were breaking the "RULES" of the Constitution.

[wilmette2210]

I would like to add that I agree with your opions that the war is unjust and we should not be in Iraq at all. However I think if you want to protest to in front of the whiter house in Washington DC that would be altoment civil disobodence.

[wilmette2210]

At events like taste of Chicago you need to have a permit to hold a protest those are the RULES!!!! No if's and's or but's. Next time get a permit I hope you know what free speach is. You were obsturcting taste pedestien traffic it is an arrestable offensive with all due respect

[DaScribePoetry]

Since when do you need a permit to pass out flyers at the Taste of Chicago? Please don't be blinded by the bullsh@t!! If you stand in front of the Daley center passing out flyers that he is a crooked mayor, don't you think it would only be moments before they told you that was not allowed? The truth is that Democracy is an illusion.

[jpatt2]

u assemnled in a place where u need a permit.