Free Russell Rally

[TackleTheWorld]

Well that fat guy in the blue shirt is me. 

The smaller person in the pink shirt next to him is me.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Kat!  We need a middle finger emoticon!

[earthhaven]

Thursday noon, IRS office?

Sounds like a plan, I'll be there.

[d_goddard]

Kat!  We need a middle finger emoticon!

Dude, a quick google search is all you needed. Here, have two, on me.

All for you, Lloyd!

[Kat Kanning]

I got to talk to Russell on the phone for two hours, thanks to the jail superintendent.  He's OK and he's eating again.  More later...have to leave now.

[d_goddard]

He's OK and he's eating again.

[FTL_Ian]

Mmm... jail slop.

[Tom Sawyer]

Thanks for the update Kat.

[Braddogg]

Did he give a reason as to why he was breaking his fast?

[mraaron]

 In response to Def. of Liberty's question, when we were walking on the public right-of-way near the jail, the deputy who blocked the road said this is an unlawful assembly+protest, and that we "need to stop"  and that if we tried to  cross the roadblock he "would not allow that to happen."  It happened while you were in your vehicle.  The rest of the staff outside seemed reasonable. 

[FrankChodorov]

where was the peaceful assembly & protest allowed to occur?

wasn't it also on  a "public right of way"?

there is a difference between a public right of way called a "road" and a public right of way called a "sidewalk".

obviously one is designed for cars and the other pedestrians but the pedestrians who are excercising their individual common right of freedom of speech, assembly and use of the right of way can not infringe in anyone else's use of the right of way for other purposes - that is why they have to constantly keep moving and not block anyone.

[Recumbent ReCycler]

Hmm, how could he think that it was an unlawful assembly+protest if nobody was carrying signs or raising a ruckus?  I guess he didn't notice that the protest had ended earlier and that the group had started to split up/disperse.  I guess he assumed that if more than one person is walking on a road, it is an unlawful assembly or protest.
Frank, the actual protest occured on a grassy lawn, and not on the road.

[Pat K]

Well that fat guy in the blue shirt is me. 

I was figuring that was Lloyd Danforth. Thanks for the correction.

You should have kown it was not Lloyd. I was smiling.

[FrankChodorov]

Frank, the actual protest occured on a grassy lawn, and not on the road.

was that not a compromise?

[Tom Sawyer]

where was the peaceful assembly & protest allowed to occur?

wasn't it also on  a "public right of way"?

there is a difference between a public right of way called a "road" and a public right of way called a "sidewalk".

obviously one is designed for cars and the other pedestrians but the pedestrians who are excercising their individual common right of freedom of speech, assembly and use of the right of way can not infringe in anyone else's use of the right of way for other purposes - that is why they have to constantly keep moving and not block anyone.

Man do you play any other tunes or what? Take your cut and paste comments to somewhere that folks are eager to discuss your beliefs.
Never thought I'd want Fisher back as our pet troll... he was less annoying.

Folks stood on a grassy spot where the local sheriff said he was ok with it.

Then, leaving the signs behind, some of said group went for a walk down a road that any member of the public may drive. No one blocked anyones access. The confusion was that the local authority, the new shift perhaps, got tense and declared it to be an unlawful assembly. I attempted to calm him down and we reversed our direction.