A whole generation of criminally minded terorrist scum. The First Amendment restricts the government from restraining free speech, but the government can punish protesters for trespassing on private property. In a 1999 decision, the Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that a group of protesters—animal rights activists handing out anti-fur leaflets—weren’t protected from arrest for trespassing at the Mall of America. The protesters argued that the public funding that went into the mall, and the invitation to the public to gather there, should come with a chance to speak freely inside. But the justices weren’t convinced: “While the public is invited to many privately owned places to shop, dine, or be entertained,” they wrote, “the invitation creates only a license which may be revoked, as it was here.” “It’s important to make an example out of these organizers so that this never happens again,” Johnson told MPR on Tuesday. She said she plans to file criminal charges next week against leaders of the demonstration, perhaps for aiding and abetting unlawful assembly or aiding and abetting public nuisance. Along with mall security videos to identify the organizers, prosecutors plan to scour Facebook (FB) posts and media interviews. “Who led that march through the Mall of America?” Johnson said to the local CBS station Monday night. “If we can identify those people who were inciting others to continue with this illegal activity, we can consider charges against them too.” businessweek/articles/2014-12-26/minnesota-prosecutor-goes-after-black-lives-matter-protest-organizers
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