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Free speech shot down at school

By William R. Toler

A protester at a town hall meeting at a school in Reston, Va., late last month was threatened with arrest for a sign featuring the “Jokerbama” image, according to Alex Jones’ PrisonPlanet.com.

The altercation was captured on video and posted on YouTube and is at the bottom of this post.

Security officer Wesley Cheeks tells the man that he could not hold up his placard, which was similar in message to the others, because it had a picture on it. The words accompanying the picture were “Organizing for National Socialist Health Care – The Final Solution.”

Cheeks told the protester if he put the sign back up he would be charged with trespassing. When the protester questioned the charge, Cheeks old him, “If I told you once to take it down and you put it back up, I can charge you with whatever I want to charge you with.”

The protestor then said, “This used to be America,” and Cheeks responded with “It ain’t no more, OK?”

No, Mr. Cheeks…that ain’t OK.

An unidentified man standing nearby said “school grounds have very different First Amendment rights than anywhere else.”

Sad…but true.
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