Several protesters outside New York City’s 26 Federal Plaza government building were arrested on Friday for disorderly conduct, with demonstrators accusing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency of operating a covert detention facility there, according to several reports.
Protesters marched to the largest federal immigration courthouse in Manhattan on Friday morning and chanted outside the building. Demonstrators demanded access to the site, which was denied, and they later held a sit-in outside the courthouse, according to ABC7.
Within a few minutes the New York City police department moved in to arrest some of the protesters for disorderly conduct, according to reports, as activists could be seen blocking the street.
To quote something different (emphasis mine):
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Sure, Congress isn’t stripping people of these rights, but it isn’t really a functioning branch at this point. It’s hilarious to me just how many people think all is well since the brown people are getting arrested at hearings they voluntarily showed up for while protesters get arrested for exercising a Constitutional right.
Is it me, or is “disorderly conduct” just code for “we wanted an excuse to arrest you” 95% of the time it’s used?
It most certainly isn’t you.
Sure, Congress isn’t stripping people of these rights, but it isn’t really a functioning branch at this point
I’d say that there isn’t a properly functioning branch on the tree. The Supreme Court, Congress, Executive are so twisted the branches are strangling the trunk.
