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Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What Is the Justice System for?

http://www.truth-out.org/print/12679

 

 

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2012 at 1:04 PM and filed under Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Philosophy, Politics. Follow comments here with the RSS 2.0 feed. Skip to the end and leave a response. Trackbacks are closed.

One Response to “Punishing Protest, Policing Dissent: What Is the Justice System for?”

  1. Ian Alterman said:

    I am actually working on a piece about this issue, from the perspective of the following two articles:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/death-penalty-protesters-arrested-at-us-supreme-court.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=death+penalty+protesters&st=nyt

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/nyregion/permit-for-rally-against-citizens-united-decision-is-denied.html?scp=1&sq=judge+says+protesters&st=nyt

    My contention is that it is almost Kafka-esque that protesting is being barred from in front of courthouses, including SCOTUS; i.e., if there is anywhere that protests should be MOST protected, it is at courthouses, since they represent the “justice” system.

    Posted on 22-Feb-12 at 10:26 am | Permalink

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