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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 10, 2008

Danger Zones

In creating "free speech zones" where protestors are confined to a particular, often isolated location, the government is missing the point of the First Amendment - that the whole country should be a free speech zone, writes Marcy Strauss. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Marcy Strauss
This article appears on Page 4

      With the Democratic and Republican conventions around the corner, and the prospect of rowdy demonstrations at both, political operatives are actively at work to minimize potential disruptions and perhaps more important, the specter of unruly protesters broadcast around the nation (and world). One tactic being employed by the police departments in St. P...

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