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Court affirms removing protesters at 2004 RNC

Posted Aug 4, 2012 by Dennis Joyce

Updated Aug 4, 2012 at 06:29 PM

Food for thought for protesters at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, from a federal appeals court decision reported in The New York Times:

“Calling the challenge of providing security for the crowded area around the Garden “altogether extraordinary,” the court said the city had not violated the First Amendment when it restricted the protesters to a demonstration zone on Eighth Avenue.”

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