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Related: About this forumFrom 2011 = Dancing is a crime
A flashmob in Washington has felt the full force of the law, by being forcibly arrested by police - for dancing in public. They'd gathered at the Jefferson Memorial in defiance of a ban on dancing at the monument. Among those held were RT America presenter Adam Kokesh, who says he was slammed to the ground by officers. The ban came in during 2008 when an activist sued police for arresting her for public dancing. The group say they were paying tribute to her as a champion of the First Amendment, guaranteeing freedom, and in response to US District Judge John D. Bates' ruling that denounced dancing on the site.
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From 2011 = Dancing is a crime (Original Post)
Coyotl
Apr 2013
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haikugal
(6,476 posts)1. Amerika...
you're so pathetic!
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)2. LOL The irony is unbelievable.
Facism is fun.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)3. Oh, come ON!!!
Everyone knows these cases will be thrown out because white people can't dance.
20score
(4,769 posts)4. Eighty-nine years before this happened, Upton Sinclair was arrested for reading the Bill of Rights.
Those cops in the twenties were fascists too.
The more things change...
midnight
(26,624 posts)5. Wiscosnin=Singing is a crime