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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1371847" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>When government employees on government property at government events open to the public are trying to regulate how private citizens express themselves there are First Amendment issues. </p><p></p><p>Kent Brown, U of Illinois’ SID, acknowledged that in his Penny interview on 8/25/17 when he said that the DIA couldn’t stop fans from doing the “War Chant.” (Despite the fact that a DIA employee had done that very thing at a soccer game the day before.)</p><p></p><p>So when Rosenstein - a government employee on government property at a government sponsored event - is harassing a private citizen by following him into the bathroom with a camera - an act that is so well understood to qualify as harassment that it is specifically made illegal by State statute - in an effort to control the way in which that private citizen expresses himself, there is a First Alendment problem there. This is not two private citizens having a difference of opinion and both expressing themselves freely. </p><p></p><p>You can love or hate the Chief as much as you want, but government officials cannot harass and intimidate people to control their speech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1371847, member: 26283"] When government employees on government property at government events open to the public are trying to regulate how private citizens express themselves there are First Amendment issues. Kent Brown, U of Illinois’ SID, acknowledged that in his Penny interview on 8/25/17 when he said that the DIA couldn’t stop fans from doing the “War Chant.” (Despite the fact that a DIA employee had done that very thing at a soccer game the day before.) So when Rosenstein - a government employee on government property at a government sponsored event - is harassing a private citizen by following him into the bathroom with a camera - an act that is so well understood to qualify as harassment that it is specifically made illegal by State statute - in an effort to control the way in which that private citizen expresses himself, there is a First Alendment problem there. This is not two private citizens having a difference of opinion and both expressing themselves freely. You can love or hate the Chief as much as you want, but government officials cannot harass and intimidate people to control their speech. [/QUOTE]
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