Clear First Amendment Violation

Silent dancing at the Jefferson Memorial is forbidden. Assembly is not allowed and video is off limits. That's the Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Press the state thinks they have the right to use violence against.

From Adam Vs. The Man
http://www.adamvstheman.com/

"On May 28, 2011 Television host Adam Kokesh and several other activists participating in a flash-mob were arrested at the publicly-funded Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Their crime? Silently dancing, in celebration of the first amendment's champion; a clear violation of their right to free-expression. In an excessive use of force, video was captured of Adam being body slammed and placed in a choke for his non-crime."

The original video uploaded was of the same event, but it was two videos from the same event back to back--not edited in sequence. I merely layered them and edited the scenes together from the two angles to give a more fluid understanding of what happened that day.

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[BishopOnAir]

@tiffyj85 This is not about antagonizing the police or about making it unpleasant for tourists. The protest in this video was showing how silly a recent court ruling was. A week after this video was captured more people showed up to TJs and danced and the police did nothing, proving that the ruling and the initial police response is arbitrary and therefore bogus. Sorry, tourists, but expressing freedom can be inconvenient.

[mskiUSMC]

Gestapo at work again! I'm sorry I wasn't there. Probably some stupid ass cops who have no idea of their job or the law. Fuck those assholes. WE ARE NOT NAZI GERMANY! This is America, I have bleed for this country, cops be damned.

[kcherme]

Yea so these people were charged with DIP that's dancing in public and were hung last wends. WHAT THE FUCK PEOPLE!!!!!! wake up and stand up for ur rights!!!!!!

[runningwolfkenpo]

Show a little respect for God's sake. Playing these stupid word games with the police will not help you. They have a job to do.

[bvaluet1985]

Why are all those people standing around and not stopping the arrest????

[paulcarrillo226]

Kind of stupid anyway its free country who cares you cant catch me copers

[tiffyj85]

and all of the other historical sites to see in the Washington D.C. area, and you may have been making it unpleasant for others who are on vacation to see and tour the historical sites..

[tiffyj85]

Does not count as a 1st Amendment violation if you are antagonizing or aggravating the police, trying to see if they will arrest you or trying to get them to arrest you. At the same time I am not completely on the police's side, because there is nothing put in place stating what you can and cannot do. But I can't consider something like this a violation of your rights when you are not being a good reasonable citizen when you are asked kindly of something. I have been to the Jefferson Memorial

[wtf4real123]

I understand totally and like I said it's a stupid law and needs to be changed. But most of the people in the video were warmed over and over and said they were going to be arrested and they still stubbornly danced right in front of them. There's other ways to show your disagreement like to picket or protest.