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The Trump DOJ goes "woke" and will target free speech.

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Jacob Frey rejects Noem’s call for protest zone: Free speech ‘not limited to one park’​

“First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You are allowed to protest, so long as you’re doing it peacefully."

“So no, you can’t have just one section of a city. That’s not the way First Amendment works,” he continued.

Frey was asked to respond directly to Noem’s suggestion, earlier on the program, that Frey “set up a peaceful protest zone so that these individuals can exercise their First Amendment rights and do so peacefully.”
 
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essentialsaltes said:

Jacob Frey rejects Noem’s call for protest zone: Free speech ‘not limited to one park’​

“First Amendment speech is not limited to one park or one section of the city. You are allowed to protest, so long as you’re doing it peacefully."

“So no, you can’t have just one section of a city. That’s not the way First Amendment works,” he continued.

Frey was asked to respond directly to Noem’s suggestion, earlier on the program, that Frey “set up a peaceful protest zone so that these individuals can exercise their First Amendment rights and do so peacefully.”
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Shades of the Bush admin.
 
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The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says​

FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements, launching a new front in the Trump administration’s conflict there with potential free speech implications.

The investigation quickly drew skepticism from free speech advocates who said the First Amendment protects members of the public who share legally obtained information, such as the names of federal agents or where they are conducting enforcement operations.

“There are legitimate reasons to share such information, including enabling members of the public to observe and document law enforcement activity and to hold officials accountable for misconduct,” Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said in an email.

Patel did not say which laws he thought Minnesota residents may have violated. An FBI spokesperson said the bureau had no further information to provide.

“Unless the FBI has evidence of a crime, and not just evidence of activity the Constitution protects, it should stand down,” [free speech expert guy] said.
 
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essentialsaltes said:

The FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE, Patel says​

FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday that he had opened an investigation into the Signal group text chats that Minnesota residents are using to share information about federal immigration agents’ movements, launching a new front in the Trump administration’s conflict there with potential free speech implications.

The investigation quickly drew skepticism from free speech advocates who said the First Amendment protects members of the public who share legally obtained information, such as the names of federal agents or where they are conducting enforcement operations.

“There are legitimate reasons to share such information, including enabling members of the public to observe and document law enforcement activity and to hold officials accountable for misconduct,” Aaron Terr, director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, said in an email.

Patel did not say which laws he thought Minnesota residents may have violated. An FBI spokesperson said the bureau had no further information to provide.

“Unless the FBI has evidence of a crime, and not just evidence of activity the Constitution protects, it should stand down,” [free speech expert guy] said.
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R.I.P. Probable Cause.

Funny how, for a president so keen to claim he doesn't want to be a dictator, the Trump administration sure seems more than willing to follow the dictator handbook.

-- A2SG, almost like those claims are a lie....but why would a felon convicted for fraud lie?
 
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