Bloomberg takes a page from Scientology

[Not Kuno]

http://www.ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-ne...protest-rights

Parents, students and teachers say the New York City Police Department violated their civil rights during a protest last week.

They released a video Sunday showing several officers taking pictures of them as they protested plans to close city schools outside Mayor Bloomberg's home on Tuesday.

In 1985, a federal court ruled it is illegal and a violation of civil rights for the NYPD to take photos of protesters, unless they have cause to believe a crime may be committed.

"It was a very peaceful demonstration, and I'm outraged that I'm being photographed. There was no mention of any photography going to take place at that meeting and I resent the fact that I have to come home after living up to my fulfillment, fighting for my rights to protest on that block and having my picture taking without my permission," said protest participant Lydia Bellahcene.

"We want an explanation as to, one, why these officers were taking pictures of the demonstration, and two, what is the NYPD planning to do with those pictures? We need to be assured that no one, no one's civil rights have been, or will be violated," said civil rights attorney Norman Siegel.

A police spokesperson says the pictures did not focus on individuals and were taken for crowd control planning which is permitted under the 1985
law.

All hail King Bloomberg.

[Not Kuno]

Oh yeah and for anyone that isn't aware of all that's been happening maybe I should of posted this too.

http://gothamschools.org/2010/01/21/...not-his-stoop/



Basically he declared his street to be a private street and didn't allow any protesters.

A group of parents, students and teachers sued in federal court last week for the right to demonstrate on both sides of the street outside of Bloomberg’s home. They said their protests at Tweed Courthouse — home to the Department of Education — had fallen on deaf ears.

On Friday, the protesters won their case. But the city appealed, and this morning a panel of circuit court judges overturned the first decision, ruling that the demonstrators had to stay on the south side of East 79th Street, across the street from the mayor’s door.

And so protesters, who had vowed to demonstrate regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome of their lawsuit, took their chants of “Phase out Bloomberg” to just the south side.

“The north side becomes a ‘no First Amendment’ zone,” said the civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, who argued the case for letting protesters gather directly in front of the mayor’s residence. “What are they afraid of? Are they afraid of criticism?”

“It’s not for the government to choose where the protest is,” Siegel added.

[wipers]

He must not be familiar with the first amendment.

[Mizango]

lolBloomberg. He's got some sort of serious Napoleon-esque inferiority complex type of shit going on. Dude might want to be checked out at some point.

[Mizango]

He must not be familiar with the first amendment.

Bloomberg: "FUCK YO AMENDMENTZ NUKKA"

No seriously, he's probably telling that to his aides.

[wipers]

I'll send him some school house rock videos to properly inform him.

[ZarakiKujata]

I'm okay with this as long as he isnt a scientologist.

[Not Kuno]

I'm okay with this as long as he isnt a scientologist.

Well he seems to be living in his own reality so it's not too different.

[BerenTebogo]

I'm curious about what the appellate judges were smoking when they overturned the first ruling. Apparently in order to be seated as an appellate judge in New York you don't have to know anything about the law.

Brb Judge Dredd.

[Mizango]

I'm curious about what the appellate judges were smoking when they overturned the first ruling. Apparently in order to be seated as an appellate judge in New York you don't have to know anything about the law.

Brb Judge Dredd.

LOOOOL ilu Sath.

[Stumblingdrunk]

New Yorker's are morons for voting him back in.

[Not Kuno]

New Yorker's are morons for voting him back in.

I just hope that by his 6th or 7th term people will wise up.

[Alleya]

Silly Kuno. Don't you know that any act of dissension is automatically a red flag for terrorism and security concerns? Our glorious leaders are trying to protect us from these animals--the constitution says nothing about a right to peaceably assemble. What they are doing (questioning leadership) is borderline treason.

[Mizango]

Silly Kuno. Don't you know that any act of dissension is automatically a red flag for terrorism and security concerns? Our glorious leaders are trying to protect us from these animals--the constitution says nothing about a right to peaceably assemble. What they are doing (questioning leadership) is borderline treason.

*brofist.

imu Alleya QQ No homo

[Cleverness]

I didn't vote for him, I knew better.