“Free-Speech Zone”
"Police have repressed protesters during several Bush visits to the St. Louis area as well. When Bush visited on Jan. 22, 2003, 150 people carrying signs were shunted far away from the main action and effectively quarantined. Denise Lieberman of the ACLU of Eastern Missouri commented, “No one could see them from the street. In addition, the media were not allowed to talk to them. The police would not allow any media inside the protest area and wouldn’t allow any of the protesters out of the protest zone to talk to the media.” When Bush stopped by a Boeing plant to talk to workers, Christine Mains and her five-year-old daughter disobeyed orders to move to a small protest area far from the action. Police arrested Mains and took her and her crying daughter away in separate squad cars."
Here's where things get really scary: the American Conservative offers a richly factual article about Bubba Bush's drive to suppress dissent in the US and elsewhere (London, Sydney). The message of this article is very clear: Bush's anti-dissent activities are highly un-American.
Thanks to cursor.
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