Judge restricts protesters at Seminole courthouses

[Baitball Blogger]

Fearing throngs of Trayvon Martin protesters outside the Seminole Criminal courthouse, Chief Judge Alan A. Dickey has signed an order, requiring demonstrators to stay 100 feet away from the front door.

The order says nothing about Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black 17-year-old who was killed by a Neighborhood Watch volunteer five weeks ago in Sanford.

But it applies to the building where any criminal proceedings would take place if Special Prosecutor Angela Corey files charges.

The Neighborhood Watch volunteer, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, says he shot Trayvon in self-defense after the teenager punched him, knocked him to the ground then began banging his head on a sidewalk.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-04/news/os-trayvon-martin-protest-area-seminole-courthouse-20120404_1_special-prosecutor-angela-corey-protesters-courthouse

Do you all suppose they're getting prepared?

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1. Stand your ground, Florida!

Will we see Tea Bagger Hatriots carrying their guns and massing around the courthouse to protest this activist judge? Or has the goose and gander principle been repealed?

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2. here's the correct headline:

Florida Judge Takes Giant Shit on Constitution.

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3. Nothing unconstitutional about it. The 1st Amendment has

been held to be OK with reasonable 'time, place and manner' restrictions for demonstrations.

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4. protest is ok as long as it has no effect, I guess.

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5. Protest and obstruction are not the same thing

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6. I don't agree that protest carried out with reasonable limitations

(such as allowing access for people to conduct their business in the courthouse) doesn't mean it has 'no effect'.