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They caused 5 accidents. How many more before you classify it as a hazard?
No they didn't
That is the excuse the cops told them, but they were there and no accidents had happened the entire time they were there.
Your standing on a street corner holding a sign. You have been there for an hour, no accidents. Then a cop comes along and tells you to move it, because your a hazard. "how so officer" you have already cause 5 wrecks, dude..... You are holding the sign, you have been there, when this cop rolls up.
Who do you believe.
2 of these idiots were taken off our own I-4 in Orlando a couple days ago. I personally don't want to see their stupid banners polluting my highways. These fools need to stop watching the fox network and grow a brain. If they would expand their outlook they would realize there are no grounds for such an action.
The far right has gone bat$hit crazy, lock them up, I really don't care
The 1st amendment is not with us any longer.
I'd be back tomorrow.
“Charges were filed against two men for their protest against President Obama in St. Charles County. Police were called to the overpass of Interstate 70 where the protesters were reportedly holding up signs in St. Charles. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the protest distracted drivers, causing five minor accidents on I-70 near Fairgrounds Road so they asked the group to move anywhere beside the overpass.The troopers then arrested Marc Messmer for refusing the trooper’s order to move and resisting arrest. Jimmy Weed was also arrested for refusing the order. The men claimed their ‘Overpass for Obama’s Impeachment’ is free speech.”
The police are acting like there aren’t any other distracting signs on a freeway. What about all the giant billboards with scantily clad women? Do those distract you while you’re driving? If you got into a “minor” traffic accident because you were “distracted” by the billboard, would you call the police and tell them that the billboard needs to be moved because it’s causing accidents? They’d laugh at you. Try calling the advertiser and complaining. They’d tell you, “Get over it. We have a 1st Amendment right to free speech. If you get into an accident, that’s your fault, not ours.” Somehow, all the distracting traffic signs, billboards, radar gun-wielding cops on the side of the road, and bumper stickers are all fine, but a group of people who are voicing their opinion about Obama are a “public hazard.” I don’t buy it.
try reading the article you posted.
Last edited by CaseyB; 08-22-2013 at 04:41 PM..
Reason: language
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the protest distracted drivers, causing five minor accidents on I-70 near Fairgrounds Road so they asked the group to move anywhere beside the overpass.
There were no accidents reported by the dispatch logs
What hazard are they creating. They are on the sidewalk of a bridge, with a fence between them and the cross traffic.
Control..... Just like they want it.
That was a determination of the police, something you don't get to rule on. In any case, expressing your First Amendment right doesn't give you the right to cause a hazard.
Right, Two words impeach Obama is such a distraction.. does the word stop also become a distraction or the words one way, bike route or keep right cause accidents too? They should remove all those signs because reading them is such a distraction.
Right, Two words impeach Obama is such a distraction.. does the word stop also become a distraction or the words one way, bike route or keep right cause accidents too? They should remove all those signs because reading them is such a distraction.
They had multiple signs, probably in god awful print, and colors, and more than likely making a spectacle of themselves. Their actions were deemed to be a distraction by police and were told to move. Accidents on the highway prove that their actions were a hazard.
They caused 5 accidents. How many more before you classify it as a hazard?
Consider the source.
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