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mauser June 9 2011, 09:57:35 UTC
Except of course, "Dancing at the Jefferson Memorial" is a bit of linguistic legerdemain to disguise what was really going on.

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polaris93 June 10 2011, 02:03:12 UTC
So what was really going on?

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mauser June 10 2011, 09:23:42 UTC
Video from the event http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eak6VKnbJaY

Looks like they had a whole lot of people in an organized event. One normally needs a permit from the Park Service for something like that, otherwise they break it up.

Clearly it was a publicity stunt, probably aimed at getting the exact headline it got.

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polaris93 June 12 2011, 23:59:52 UTC
Oh. Code Pink. That explains a lot. Yes, I can see why the cops busted it up. That wasn't spontaneous dancing, it was a well-organized mob.

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mauser June 13 2011, 00:15:17 UTC
Yeah, and I've specifically seen this written up as "Arrested for dancing" like it was just an innocent, spontaneous thing, using the exact same verbiage in multiple liberal places, which made me rightly suspicious.

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polaris93 June 20 2011, 04:26:34 UTC
I'd have been suspicious sooner, except that currently I'm in a lot of pain, probably a reaction to a new medication, and on top of that, my computer went on the fritz and had to go into the shop. Which it did. Now it's back and working fine, and yes, I agree.

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montieth June 15 2011, 19:06:29 UTC
But THAT was in response to a previous case of a of several people (including MARY BROOKE OBERWETTER) dancing on the eve of TJ's birthday at the memorial. The same were arrested for dancing just as it says. Not so square as you state.

http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/748BE2DE8AF2A2A485257893004E07FC/$file/10-5078-1308285.pdf

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mauser June 15 2011, 20:17:27 UTC
Hmmm, so reading this, she wasn't arrested for "Dancing" specifically, but for violating 36 C.F.R. § 2.32 ( ... )

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polaris93 June 20 2011, 04:24:46 UTC
And, it turns out, the dance was organized by Code Pink. The whole thing was a Leftist demonstration. They deserved to get shut down.

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