City of Bloomington charges 10 organizers in Mall of America demonstration

pioneer press ^ | 1-14-15 | Nick Ferraro, Sarah Horner and Joseph Lindberg

[digger48]

You don't have a right to “peaceably assemble” on private property

[Secret Agent Man]

wow a whopping ten out of 1500-2000.

guess it didn’t really bother them that much.

guess they don’t give a sh1t about real shoppers and their potential safety.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

The same PUKES that shut down I-894 towards Milwaukeestan, WI a few weeks back had Sheriff Clarke arresting and charging 73 out of the 100 arrested that day.

Law Enforcement is pushing back against this stupidity.

And, GOOD!

[MeshugeMikey]

lots of these dumb schmucks dont even recognize the term Private Property.

and “If It BIG it must belong to EVERYONE...”

[rockrr]

Fortunately they don’t have to indict and prosecute all 1500-2000 - they can convict one or all ten and make them pay for everyone’s misdeeds.

[cripplecreek]

Target the leaders and make them pay a lot.

[faithhopecharity]

2009 lawbreakers and only a dozen or two charged? So, 99+ percent of law breaking is just fine with the public servants of Minnesota — It appears the citizens and merchants have to take matters into their own hands now

[PROCON]

Well Sheriff Clarke is obviously a racist!

Oh, wait...

This guy is the real thing! You're fortunate to have such a man.

[onyx]

AMEN!

[joshua c]

On the highway demonstrations:

As a counter demonstration the motorists should have either blown their horns or blasted their stereos to drown out the protesters.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

He’s right up there in my Top Five. And his duty horse ain’t half bad lookin’, either! :)

We are BLESSED to have this man! BLESSED!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

LOL! Yep. Sure. ;)

[Veggie Todd]

Barry and Holder promised federal investigations into Ferguson and Staten Island. Where are the indictments?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Good !

[rockrr]

“It’s just not (big sigh) Faaair!”

[cripplecreek]

But its the way these things are usually handled.

Probably considerably cheaper to charge a few leaders.

[Hebrews 11:6]

They face an array of misdemeanor charges, including public nuisance, trespassing and disorderly conduct.

Seems undercharged. Did the DA consider a felony conspiracy charge? That would more fairly encompass their role as the leaders and instigators.

[ArmyTeach]

Kudos to Sheriff Clarke.

[TurboZamboni]

Imagine that. Proponents of bigger government complaining about bigger government coming down on them.

Sounds like they need bigger government. Maybe further blurred lines between what’s public and what’s private would help them.

(like it or not, the MN Supremes ruled MOA is private property. I think maybe the case should be revisited since the mall gets more money every legislative session.)