For the life of my I can’t figure out what this guy, who happens to be a retired police officer, did wrong:
Apparently, the reason he was removed was because he didn’t have a ticket permitting him to speak:
In four short years Carol Shea-Porter has evolved from a rabble-rousing, town hall disrupting anti-war activist who once had to be forcibly removed from a President George Bush event in Portsmouth to a Member of Congress who instructed armed security guards to remove a frustrated voter from her own town hall event in Manchester on Saturday.
In the appended video, Shea-Porter can be seen instructing security to remove a man for standing to ask a question without a ticket. Shea-Porter previously held a lottery to determine who could ask questions. She can also be heard taunting the man on his way out by saying, “I do hope the movie theater can be a little quieter for you.”
The last time I checked, the First Amendment didn’t have a “you must have a ticket” requirement.
H/T: Hot Air
August 30th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
He should have been quarantined in one fo bush’s “free speech zones: 5 blocks from the event.
August 30th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Free speech rights do not make a commons of a private event. Apparently even events with politicians are private events. The controlling authority (property rights) may vary, depending on owner and circumstance.
Of course, we judge politicians by the means in which they interact with constituents. It’s not about First Amendment, at that point, but the solicitude and respect and interest of the candidate/politician.
August 30th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
This was an illegal removal of a constituent..the congresswoman should be impeached, her two goon cops should have their badges removed