Farewell, First Amendment. We hardly knew ye.

Blogger: Hi, I'm a blogger, this is my business card, and I'm here to film some beatdowns on my handycam to generate clicks for my shiatty blog.

shiattyHead: Looks like the police gave the mob a lawful order to disperse but instead of dispersing, the mob chanted defiantly back at police. That's disorderly conduct.

You are sincerely an idiot

mantabulous: Blogger: Hi, I'm a blogger, this is my business card, and I'm here to film some beatdowns on my handycam to generate clicks for my shiatty blog.

Blogs are not in the Constitution!

The first Amendment does not apply to situations that the government does not want the public to see.

/Waiting for the flame throwers

quickdraw: Just. Walk. Away.

farking police state. Anyone have any word on the current status of what's going on, and if anything's planned?

PreMortem: What press credentials might look like:


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New York City actually has a specific press pass issued to journalists and photographers cleared by the NYPD to give them access to shiat like this for coverage. Specifically ones where the fire, police, or other emergency departments have blocked access to everyone else.

Read here.

Stuck in a van with two university (?) students, another reporter (kinda), and a councilman?? BRILLIANT!

I mean, you can't MAKE news that good!

Bloody William: farking police state. Anyone have any word on the current status of what's going on, and if anything's planned?

I'm concerned it's winding down but I have no evidence of that.

So far the only support I've given is to tell my boomer mom to STFU. I don't have money to buy supplies or donate, and November is not a good "drive down and volunteer" month. :(

SkinnyHead: Looks like the police gave the mob a lawful order to disperse but instead of dispersing, the mob chanted defiantly back at police. That's disorderly conduct.

Seriously. When will these jerks stop doing being un-American by protesting. George Washing wouldn't have prostested.

/on a side note, I am in the market for a GED in Law and an alt. I heard you can help. Please let me know if I'm mistaken.

More whacks. Less whining.

Weaver95: I am almost overcome by the sudden urge to kidnap you, dress you up in hippie clothes and dump you in front of a line of cops shooting tear gas cannisters into the crowd.

Giggity....go on.....

ginandbacon: I'm actually eligible for one but I don't think I can afford to travel for the story. I doubt I could sell my editor on it either.

I just do tech coverage, so even though I work in the city, I don't think I'm eligible. Although I cover a handful of local events, even if they are PR stuff.

"They hate us for our freedom!"
They must not hate us anymore.

Chimperror2: More whacks. Less whining.

Those damn hippies. Trying to end unnecessary wars and reduce the size of government. They should have learned their lesson in the 1960s, when they had their skulls justifiably pounded. Peace and love? There's no money in that. Let's invade some countries really far away.

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That guy has some pull...

How can anyone who supports OWS not be horribly embarrassed by this video?

It's impossible to watch this video objectively without acknowledging the utter pathetic whininess of the protesters.

Chanting "shame"? Really?

Bloody William:
New York City actually has a specific press pass issued to journalists and photographers cleared by the NYPD to give them access to shiat like this for coverage. Specifically ones where the fire, police, or other emergency departments have blocked access to everyone else.

Read here.

Since you're obviously a bit more fluent in the local legal stuff than most of us, I'll direct the question toward you:

Is a media blackout something that the Mayor has the actual legal authority to do in this case? I know that in my state you don't get to bar journalists from covering things from the sidelines short of a danger of physical harm to the journalists, and you certainly can't just straight-up not allow them to cover a story at all. But I know New England is a lot more closely tied to old-school British law, which has all sorts of legal ways for the state and even private individuals to suppress information, so it sounds like it might be legit.

//Well, legit in the "NY law might actually allow this" sense, not in the "i approve of this bullshiat" sense.

mantabulous: Blogger: Hi, I'm a blogger, this is my business card, and I'm here to film some beatdowns on my handycam to generate clicks for my shiatty blog.

"Common Sense" was just a blog of its time.

Anyone who approves of this should take a good farking look at themselves and think about this being done to a tea party protest. Seriously.

Let's face it: Americans deserve fascism.

Weaver95: if he fights that charge, he'll most likely win. the cops have been skipping a few steps when it comes to the law and the protesters.

I didn't hear his Miranda rights