Illegal To Kiss In Public In America

Airports are public property, try again.

My limited knowledge of the entire situation suggests yes but obviously I can't know for sure.

Assuming their dance was a matter of happenstance and being in the moment of being a couple, it seems rather obscene the manner in which this law was enforced. If this was some assembled protest to call out how juvenile the law is, then they executed it quite poorly. Besides, why not perform civil disobedience on more pressing matters than dancing at a memorial?

There is a law that states that demonstrations are prohibited at the Jefferson Memorial. It stems from a court decision from 2008.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Go ahead feel up little kids, but dare try to stop me from dancing and kissing in a place where it's strictly banned.

Not saying TSA policy isn't ***, but it honestly comes with the territory of a choice purchase. Just sayin.

Lack of knowledge on the situation puts all our arguments to be flawed.

Not saying TSA policy isn't ***, but it honestly comes with the territory of a choice purchase. Just sayin.

Just like these people choose to demonstrate in a place where demonstrations are banned.

On public grounds; as opposed to refusing mandatory protocol of a purchase?

Washington - Five people were arrested for dancing at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, in defiance of a ban on demonstrations at the site.
The flash mob was organized through Twitter and Facebook as a protest against a recent court decision upholding a 2008 verdict that banned dancing at the memorial.
Andrew Sharp, a protester, told radio station WTOP:

"I think some people thought it was a joke at first, and then they started putting handcuffs on people and were very, very serious about it."

Sharp also said that people were told that no warnings would be given, and arrests would be made on the spot.
The court's decision stems from 2008, when Mary Oberwetter was arrested by police for dancing at the Jefferson Memorial on the eve of the former president's 265th birthday. Oberwetter, then 28, was charged with a misdemeanor count of interfering with agency functions, and was later released.
Oberwetter sued the Park Service in 2009, saying that her arrest for dancing was a violation of her First Amendment rights. In her suit, she asked U.S. District Judge John D. Bates to stop the Park Service from preventing such demonstrations in the future.
In his final decision, Bates took side with the Park Service, writing in his 26-page opinion:

“...the purpose of the Memorial is to publicize Thomas Jefferson's legacy, so that critics and supporters alike may contemplate his place in history. The Park Service prohibits all demonstrations in the interior of the Jefferson Memorial, in order to maintain an "an atmosphere of calm, tranquility, and reverence,"'”

The Justice Department, acting on behalf of the Park Service, wrote in court papers:

“The Memorial is, has long been, and is intended to be a place of calm, tranquillity, and reverence—a place where visitors can go to celebrate and honor Jefferson and enjoy and contemplate the Memorial itself without the distraction of public demonstrations and other expressive activities. The Memorial is akin to a temple or a shrine (both in terms of its purpose and its physical characteristics), not a place of public expression.”

A second event is planned for June 4.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/307284#ixzz1Nil36ptSp

I guess these folks didn't read on the protocol for holding a demonstration. http://www.ehow.com/how_2051467_organize-protest-washington-dc.html

I guess these folks didn't read up on the protocol for holding a demonstration. http://www.ehow.com/how_2051467_organize-protest-washington-dc.html

I don't think there was any brutality in the video. Maybe if you play it muted (which I typically do). The guy taken down to the ground was warned (to get on his knees) more than once before the cop did so. The cop had his hand on his throat, yeah, but I don't think he was actually choking the guy. He was simply keeping him in place while giving TWO more 'final warnings'. I could be wrong on that, but I seriously doubt there was more than minor pressure on the guy's neck.

I was more bothered by the one cop being unprofessional when he yelled at the guy on the bench to shut up. I don't know if he tried to get the guy to quiet down peacefully before that, but don't sink down to their level.

I don't think there was any brutality in the video. Maybe if you play it muted (which I typically do). The guy taken down to the ground was warned (to get on his knees) more than once before the cop did so. The cop had his hand on his throat, yeah, but I don't think he was actually choking the guy. He was simply keeping him in place while giving TWO more 'final warnings'. I could be wrong on that, but I seriously doubt there was more than minor pressure on the guy's neck.

I was more bothered by the one cop being unprofessional when he yelled at the guy on the bench to shut up. I don't know if he tried to get the guy to quiet down peacefully before that, but don't sink down to their level.

They could have simply been kicked out if they failed to comply.
Simple as that. I don't see a need to arrest anyone for the sake of dancing in a memorial; whether it is illegal or not.

If I were the cop, and some people were just dancing, I wouldn't have even asked them to leave. I'd have just asked them to stop and let them know it wasn't legal to dance there.

If I told them it wasn't legal to dance there, and they go out of their way to antagonize me, you can be your sweet *** and half a titty I'd do everything legally within my power to return the favor to them.