Re: Gasp! For broadcast media, patriotism pays

["A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>]

On 28 Mar 2003 at 14:55, Sven Franklyn Weil wrote:

> Yesterday morning a few hundred people got arrested after lying down on
> 5th Avenue in front of Rockefeller Center here in New York City.
> 
> There was no mention in the media of a riot or "civil unrest."  So then
> yes they were arrested for protesting peacefully, even though they were
> blocking traffic....

No, they were arrested for blocking traffic.  Their right to protest ends where other people's 
right to pass begins.
 
> No, they're being prosecuted for practising "civil disobedience."
 
As the concept was formulated by Martin Luther King, civil disobedience consists of 
breaking the law with respect for the law and an acceptance of the legal consequences.

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