Erosion of Free Speech Rights During Political Conventions

Filmmaker Michael Schiller was taping protesters marching down a sidewalk near New York's ground zero site during the 2004 Republican National Convention when police used orange netting to form a cordon and told everyone inside they were under arrest. "We figured we'd be fine. If they said disperse, we'd disperse. But we never got the chance," recalled Schiller. He and nearly 1,200 people across the city were arrested that day. The incident underscored what critics say is an alarming erosion of citizens' free speech rights during political conventions.
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Posted by Editor at August 25, 2008 07:17 AM