The removal of
barricades at Baywalk this weekend was a positive development (Read
acknowledgment).
About 130 people from all over the Tampa Bay area came out to
peacefully voice their dissent.
Unfortunately, the St. Petersburg police continued to harass the
demonstrators.
Two more people
were
ticketed for honking their car horns in support of the protesters. One
such person was handcuffed and taken away in a police cruiser.
Additionally, a young activist
playing a traditional religious
instrument was told to
stop or face a citation.
All the
while, music
was blaring from Baywalk's bars above.
In another sign of uneven application of the law, two of our signs
were maliciously destroyed by Baywalk patrons, yet at least one of the
instigators was not even questioned by the police.
ACLU NEGOTIATING TO
PROTECT FREE SPEECH RIGHTS OF ANTI-WAR PROTESTORS (pdf)
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