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Blocking interstate is free speech according to Colorado judge
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:28 am
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:28 am
Solid precedent.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (The Gazette) - A judge has tossed the case against one of 18 people cited in Colorado Springs after a Black Lives Matter protest on Interstate 25, calling it a violation of her free-speech rights.
El Paso County Court Senior Judge Stephen Sletta on Wednesday dismissed the lone misdemeanor filed against 21-year-old Molly Avion. In a two-page ruling, he found that the state statute used against her — which makes it illegal to obstruct highways — was overly broad in a way that could chill the exercise of the First Amendment and invite “arbitrary” enforcement.
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This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 7:29 am
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Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:31 am to Strannix
I have a right to travel. No one has the 'right' to block highways.
The right to peaceably assemble is not blocking others from travel. Judge is freaking loony.
The right to peaceably assemble is not blocking others from travel. Judge is freaking loony.
This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 7:33 am
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:33 am to Strannix
So if I go to the judges home and block his driveway...
Its free speech?
What if I set up tents and deficate in her/him yard?...
Summer of love?
Its free speech?
What if I set up tents and deficate in her/him yard?...
Summer of love?
This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 7:34 am
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:36 am to Strannix
So Biden was wrong again when he said that no amendment was absolute.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:36 am to Strannix
Not surprised it’s Colorado. Would they feel the same way if republicans blocked the busiest road in Colorado for a week straight? The Republican would be in jail in a heart beat and the judge wouldn’t care .
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:40 am to Strannix
Interesting article. The law should be applied equally to all who break it.
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In her motion requesting the dismissal, public defender Amanda Bishop cited evidence of what she called selective enforcement. Although Colorado Springs police went to lengths to track them all down after the I-25 protest, they issued no citations to people at “Stop the Steal” protests, who blocked traffic during post-election unrest based on unsupported claims that the election was “stolen” from former President Donald Trump, the motion said.
“By utilizing this statute to charge only Black Lives Matter protestors, the police violated free speech in a content-based way,” Bishop wrote.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:40 am to Strannix
I have a right to a new hood ornament
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:42 am to Strannix
This should be appealed.
I understand it is just a misdemeanor charge, but stupidity like this shouldn't be allowed.
Free speech on highways has been stopped before for creating attention grabbing billboards that might be dangerous for drivers.
So this is just liberal lunacy.
I understand it is just a misdemeanor charge, but stupidity like this shouldn't be allowed.
Free speech on highways has been stopped before for creating attention grabbing billboards that might be dangerous for drivers.
So this is just liberal lunacy.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:43 am to BobABooey
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The law should be applied equally to all who break it.
Absolutely. But not dismissed.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:44 am to Strannix
If they aren't in a crosswalk I am not legally responsible for what happens next.
This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 7:45 am
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:44 am to BobABooey
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post-election unrest based on unsupported claim
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:46 am to BobABooey
It should have been applied equally, but punish the officers that didn't, don't end around.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 7:58 am to ApexTiger
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So if I go to the judges home and block his driveway...
What I don't understand is why don't people actually do this? Test him
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:03 am to Strannix
This post was edited on 5/21/21 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:04 am to Strannix
So then they have the right to block first responders? So I guess people will die on site.
Honk! Honk! Honk!
Honk! Honk! Honk!
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:08 am to Strannix
We have a nation of educated idiots (the judge).
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:11 am to Strannix
Brilliant legal mind on that one. This country is fricked
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:15 am to Strannix
I suppose the Judge would agree that spreading tacks/nails in his driveway every day would be free speech as well?
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:18 am to Strannix
Kinda surprised. El Paso Co is a red county.
Posted on 5/16/21 at 8:49 am to Jrv2damac
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Kinda surprised. El Paso Co is a red county.
Is there even One blue county in Oklahoma?
ETA: Don’t be surprised, most attorneys are left leaning. That’s one reason we have so much wishy washiness in the Republican Party. Too many lawyer politicians.
This post was edited on 5/16/21 at 8:51 am
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