Chicago Cops Arrest Local Journalists: ‘Your First Amendment Rights Can Be Terminated’
- Posted on March 19, 2012 at 1:58pm by
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Chicago police arrested WGN reporter Dan Ponce and WMAQ photographer Donte Williams Saturday, saying that they were “creating a scene” outside of Mount Sinai hospital.
The two were covering the fatal shooting of a six-year old girl and, though they were already across the street, the officer demanded they go another street over.
“F*** news affairs, I don’t care about news affairs. Forget news affairs,” he said.
When the journalists spoke to their rights, the officer replied, “Your first amendment rights can be terminated, if you’re creating a scene, or whatever. Your first amendment rights have limitations.”
After the journalists responded, “how have we created a scene? This is what we do for a living,” the officer replied, “Your presence is creating a scene.”
Ponce and Williams maintain that they never went into the hospital. Ponce elaborated on Sunday, saying, “What upset me about last night was this was not an active crime scene…This is in front of a hospital. The reporters and photographers were standing on the median sidewalk when the officer started yelling at us, telling us to get further away. We decided to take a stand.”
A police report says otherwise. “We removed two individuals from the hospital at the request of hospital security guards, who asserted that the individuals had tried to go past them into secure and private areas of the hospital. The security guards declined to press charges and the individuals were released.”
Though it is very possible that the journalists attempted to enter the hospital— their video appears to be edited— does that warrant the police officer’s graphic response, and his threat to “terminate” the first amendment rights of the journalists?
(H/T: TV Spy)
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Comments (348)
AJAYW
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:53pmThis is just the a start, I think we will see more and more of this- its the only way obama and holder can stay in power. You will shut up or be jailed
Report Post »Rioexxo
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:55pmHow about we hear from some Law enforcement types on this one?
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:59pmI will not comply!
Report Post »SpeckChaser
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:57pmOfficer: I told you to leave. Your mere presence is a disturbance. You didn’t. You’re under arrest. Fluke you very much!
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:10pmBlacks everywhere in America can now take away the Constitutional Rights of white people at a whim and anywhere.
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:10pmRio,
I‘ve been a cop a long time and all I can say is that we’re not all like this. Unfortunately thare are some cops who don’t know the law well, don’t understand The Constitution at all, and don’t handle adversity in a mature and intelligent way. But I hope you and others on The Blaze realize that there are many, many outstanding police officers who handle themselves much better than the ones that show up on the internet in stories like this.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:15pmHere is a prior police thought. It wasn’t like this 35 years ago. Then the politically correct started getting promoted in order to fill quotas. Things changed slowly at first, until the special interest supervisors started voiding citations and releasing suspects on the premise of claiming racist. Release the minority violators or suffer department wrath. Don’t complain!!! Your job is on the line. END of STORY!!!
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:38pmI will not comply!
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:42pmCous1933
Report Post »I want to believe you and I know there are good cops out there. However, I saw a bunch of pigs going along with this joke. It won’t last forever, my friend.
ProbIemSoIver
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:16pm@Cous1933
I agree there are good cops, but most are running amuck.
Report Post »They are not patrolling the streets getting real criminals for the most part. 95% of the time they are generating revenue for their city (Corporation) by bullying good citizens for trivial statutory Infractions of ordinances and codes. Want an example?
The City (corporation) in which I live can fine a person 100 dollars a day for surface rust on a fence.
A person painting a fence or installing a mailbox for a neighbor and being financially compensated
can be jailed for up to a year for “contracting without a license”. The person hiring the contractor can be fined up to 5000 dollars.
I was riding by bike on the sidewalk the other night to get some groceries.
A man with a gun stopped me and demanded 62.50. He called a friend. His
friend arrived to help mug me.
Want a description? They Drove Sheriffs Cars. They Wore Sheriffs Uniforms.
Treated me Like a criminal in a condescending manner.
Stopped me because I had no Light on my bike.
I am 46 years old with a 168 I.Q. I was no threat to anyone’s wellbeing or safety much less my own.
I was accosted, Imprisoned and mugged, all under the BS guise of “safety”.
You call as you will. I call a spade a spade.
I see you either understand the importance of 1933 when we lost our Country or you were born at that time, either of which would show a semblance of wisdom.
ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:34pmI need your name???? No Sir! I got your name for an illegal arrest. This is an ignorant man with arresting authority and he is playing like he is god of thunder out there. This is a clear case of government run amuck and a police state. None of the other cops even challenge this rentacop for what he is doing.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:46pm@Cous1933 – I‘ll take your word for it that you’re one of the good guys. These days, though? Your brothers scare me to death – and I’m of that generation that grew up KNOWING the police were your friends. Since they’ve been militarized all you see is them harrassing the public for kicks because they can. A bunch of bullies that no one trusts anymore.
Report Post »kellied
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:53pmThe police were here to keep us safe at one time. Now???? We are all prisoners one way or another, because they can just make up laws as they go.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 11:50pmIt’s Chicago, of course.
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:11amI will not comply……….and I am armed………………
Report Post »cous1933
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:22amLordJosh, Problemsolver, and From Virginia,
I hear you, and I understand completely. Outrageous behaviour by cops is probably as prevalent on the internet as pornography. It disgusts me and I wish I could say that it’s rare in comparison to good police work, but there is obviously an abundance of on-line video evidence against police.
All I can say in our defense is that you very rarely hear of the good that police do every day. I personally know many police officers who are outstanding, honest, courageous, decent human beings who want nothing more than to remove those who harm others from society according to the law and without breaking the oath we swore to the Constitution. You may not believe me but we do exist.
You would be hard pressed to find a bigger proponent of the second amendment than me and whenever I encounter a cop on my department who has the mindset that only cops should carry guns, I’m very quick to give them a harsh lesson on how ignorant and immoral that position is and how they are breaking the oath. It has worked many times (to varying degrees) and I will not quit.
I can promise you that I dislike corrupt cops as much, if not more than any of you. They embarass and tarnish the entire profession. I only ask that good people like yourselves don’t make the mistake of thinking, in a collectivist manner, that we’re all the same. The honesty and professionalism of police officers runs the entire gamut from criminal to saint.
Report Post »trappedinwv
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 3:24amRio..
Without knowing more information. It depends a lot on the local laws and who property they were on. No matter what the use of that terminology is extremely stupid. However, nearly every jurisdiction has a creating a scene/disturbance/failure to obey catch all type law.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 4:04amOfficer Ward seems to be out of his depth.
Report Post »scruffycat
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:26amIF YOU don‘t think that a BIG DAMNED PACK of yapping news hounds all trying to swarm a scene to make their BUCKS can’t cause problems for the cops, then you ARE STUPID. The cops are in control of the scene and if they tell you to JUMP, well buddy you better damned well ASK HOW HIGH should I jump for you officer. SENARIO: The cops are trying to control an OCCUPY WALL STREET gang of stinking commie thugs wearing Guy Fawlkes masks. Some OWS street theatre commie gets the brilliant drug addled idea to dress up a gang of OWS commie thugs to look like REAL TV REPORTERS and then to overwhelm and critically interfere with the cops who are trying to corral their stinking commie thug bretheren. Don’t trust the media any more than OWS / Anon. Most of them are there to spin for Obama anyway. Nightstick ‘em and truncheon them a little bit to toughen them up and seperate out the commies…
Report Post »lordjosh
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:59am@Cous1933
I appluad you for standing up to your brothers for what is right. That takes guts. Just wanted to let you know that, being from RI, I don’t need the internet to see the corruption.
@ Scuffycat
Get back in your pen.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 9:06amI agree about the city ordanances…however you spell that, bad day due to the lowered barometric pressure… I got hit for a “vermin hazard” because I had stored planks of wood FLAT ON THE GROUND next to cinder blocks, also stacked so there were no crevices. I was supposed to get everything up off the ground at least 6 inches…so, what, the vermin can hide in the space created? I have more problems with rats now than I did before. I have to have the trees that are planted on the other side of the side walk trimmed to 15 feet overhang of the sidewalk or road (meaning there has to be 15 feet clearance). I can’t fix my own curb, I have to hire a city worker to do it, but they don’t do it for free, I have to pay for half. Trust me, the curb is going to remain broken. I have to have everything stored on “improved pavement” but I can’t pour my own concrete slab, I have to hire a contractor. I took split half cinder blocks and put them on the ground to make paving stones. FIND FAULT IN THAT! BUT, that said, it isn’t a cop who goes around and finds all the violations, it’s a city worker hired for just that. Ordinance compliance officer.
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 9:07amThe policeman that did this should be charged with kidnapping,assault,and dereliction of duty. His oath is to protect and serve the citizens and their consttutional rights.
Report Post »BSimpson
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 11:00amWhat I’m wandering is how long before these types of people start disappearing….
Report Post »paperpushermj
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 11:40amIt’s this type of Police Officer that other Oath Keeper Officers will have to confront when the order to disarm the citizenry is given.
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:45pmI will NOT COMPLY! I will NOT COMPLY! I will not SIT DOWN! I will not be SILENT! You will have to kill me–got the balls!!??
Report Post »red_white_blue2
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 12:47pmI will not COMPLY, I will not SIT DOWN, I will not be SILENT!!!
Report Post »PlowMan
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:04pmAnother good discussion! It looks as if SOME of the officers (and maybe entire agencies) are picking on law abiding citizens for revenue. I guess they think if they are otherwise law abiding there will not be any trouble. For the most part this is correct but I pray things change soon, I don’t want the wheels to fall off this thing but it looks like they are about to. Lord please help the USA!
Report Post »AZRACISTBIGOT
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:25pmThis chump is a total fool. He needs to go back to school and take a 6th grade civics class. It seems to me I remember some local thugs in police uniforms going around and confiscating fire arms from law abiding people after Huricane Katrina. I guess that they think that wearing a badge entitles them to make up the rules as they go along.
Thank god that most cops aren’t this way
Report Post »StraightEdge3
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 1:29pmThis officer is a fool. If you watch the video you do not see the other officers on scene assisting him with the arrest, other than covering his back as he tries to load them into the wagon. That is a red flag to me…back away as quickly as possible and don’t become involved in this false arrest/detention. This guy does not know what he is doing.
Report Post »As far as standing in the median … that depends… it appeared wide enough to hold everyone so it probably was not a problem… I guess the City of Chicago has enough money that they wanted to give some of it to the news crew….
Sidewinders74
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 6:29pmthis cop needs to be suspended
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 10:25pmI agree, this is just the start. When Obama first came into power the liberals kept saying “what freedoms has anyone lost?” I don’t hear that talking point anymore….do you?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfgeFnOZbI
PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 9:05amLand of the free and the brave…until you run into a power tripper or a bully. There should be a way to screen out these type of individuals from any authority position. There are to many bullies and people on power trips. Freedom of the press is so very important and this ‘peace officer’ is nothing but a bully and should be re-trained and then put behind a desk. God Bless the good peace makers serving the public everyday. Clearly, this officer was creating and escalating tension beyond reason.
Report Post »desertspeaks
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:50pmwon’t comply and withdrawal of consent to be governed.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:59pmAnd How many Republicans voted for HR 347?
Report Post »biker mike
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:04pmsmokey typical liberal spreading rumora,, the count was 399 – 3 for the vote
Report Post »thorkyl
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:44pmHow many times do we have to hear this kind of thuggery before the sheeple realize they live under the doctoral government that we have?
This is not an obummer problem, this is a US Federal Government problem.
This crap has been going on for decades and people are blaming it on the moron in chief.
Yes the illegal alien in office office has something to do with it, but the people that vote have been asleep at the wheel for so damn long we are getting what we deserve.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:01pmRepublican backed HR 347′s future for the Tea Party.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:12pmGetting what we deserve? That’s like saying an innocent child that gets beat over and over gets what he deserves? We try to do what is right, abide by the law and support our families. These people are treasonous crooks that took over our government one step at a time. As US citizens we were brought up to trust, help and care for others. These people took advantage of our good nature and yes, we trusted them. However, you believe we deserve this? Close to half the people in this country did not vote for this dope and now almost 70% of the population is awake and “fighting” back and they know. That is why they are pushing and shoving.. don’t back down. Take video and be peaceful and prayerful There are still plenty of honest, abiding, moral citizens in this country that will seek truth and justice!
Report Post »Cincybearcatfan
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:25pmHR 347 “ The bill expands current law to make it a crime to enter or remain in an area where an official is visiting even if the person does not know it’s illegal to be in that area and has no reason to suspect its illegal.”
Read more at http://www.inquisitr.com/206017/president-obama-signs-anti-protest-bill-h-r-347/#ziTgxh5Ut7gQhkjB.99
It has nothing to do with with a police officer closing down a street for no apparent reason other than he was annoyed.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:56pmSMOKEY_BOJANGLES, Okay, how many democrates voted for it? Furthermore, how in the world do you think it applies in this case? Get a grip and read the bill.
Report Post »http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr347enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr347enr.pdf
XScramblerX
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 5:53pm@Smokey_Bojangles
HA HA HA You really think the Tea Partiers are going to let
this communist government curb their 1st amendment no matter
what bill has been passed? Better think again!
TEA!
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:41pmI think getting what we deserve to mean we deserve it for being stupid and too darn trusting our government. Yes some are innocent and some are part of the problem because all they want to do is live in the moment and for their own sinful wants and desires. This is the cage they built while we played for the past 30 odd years. We’ve got morons running law enforcement operations with barely a 9th grade education.
Report Post »Dinkiecb
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:44pmOk everybody get their cameras out and start taking their picture…they can’t arrest everyone
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:59pmNo, they can’t arrest everybody. That is what FEMA camps are for.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 5:14amWrong. They have the laws, equipment and facilities to do just that. Martial law is just around the corner.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:42pmI’ve got my share of suspicions about the “media” and their affinity for all things Obama. I don’t trust them. However, if these guys were just out filming and doing a story – they have a CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT granted by God himself to do it.
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 4:56pmThat right is not granted by God, but by man…. I don’t think God EVER had freedom of the press in mind…
Either way, the cop was just being an @ss (like usual for many officers…) I understand the un-easiness that many officers have. Most people dislike, and many people HATE police. For the most part we only care about the police when they are “helping” us.. But this shouldn‘t give the boy’s-n-blue the right to behave like petulant children…
“Get Back!!”
-”We are Back, Sir”
“Get Back Further….”
-”How Far Back?”
“Ohh, your not going to listen to me??? Lets see if you listen to me when you are in an 8‘x8’…”
I am sure that may have been how it went… I doubt that cop cared about the law, only that people were following “HIS” law….
This is why I respect police, but NEVER trust them….
He may have been in the right, he may not have, but I can’t imagine this was the proper way to handle this… But who knows… Maybe the “reporters” are lying, and tried to “break-in” to the hospital after being told to leave… Only they know what really happened.
Report Post »railgrinder57
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 9:26pmPolice academies should have a mandatory course based soley on the US CONSTITUTION. Taught by DVD’s from one source…DAVID BARTON of WALLBUILDERS. Police for most part, clear across the country are totally clueless about their role, and our rights. They (the ignorant ones) make it up as they go, and will go as far as you are ignorant enough, or afraid enough to let them go.
Report Post »CS_GUY
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:39pmThe Police “thugs” can be terminated just as quickly.
And my father and grandfather were Police officers, but they never acted like this…….
looks like class action time……….
Report Post »Twinspeedr
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:50pmExactly. Anyone who experiences this kind of oppression should be filing lawsuit after lawsuit over this kind of garbage and make a massive Federal Case out of it.
Not to mention that they are not applying the law equally, why haven’t they hauled all of the Occupy Chi-Town cretins in for causing a scene?
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 20, 2012 at 7:55amBefore comtinuing- pls note compexion of officer in question. Hr may go but it would cost millions.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:30pmThe jack booted thugs are arresting reporters now,soon they’ll be going for the guns.The patriot act and NDAA two unconstitutional laws every tyrant needs to crush the people.The mask is off and these bastards have their pedal to the metal.I believe our military officers will order the troops to fire on citizens when the SHTF but the enlisted,the men who do the real work will refuse those illegal orders,just my opinion.
Report Post »martinez012577
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:50pmExactly, all of the people expressing their dismay at this yet they support candidates for president that are pro taking freedoms away.
Our problem isnt just Obama. Its on both sides left and right. Trading one tyrant for another isnt winning. Going down the same road as Obama at a different speed is just as bad as voting for Obama.
Report Post »Jessff00
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:30pmLet em try and come for the guns….Ive been stocking up on precious metals just for an occasion were they can…..brass and lead..hahaha FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS…COME AND TAKE IT YOU SOB….that goes for you dirt worshiping tree hugging godless liberal zombieheaded son of a bi tches too!!! ARE YOU WILLING TO DIE TO COME GET MY GUNS…..BECAUSE I AM WILLING TO DIE TO KEEP YOU FROM GETTING THEM!!!! HHHHHOOOOOOOOORRRRAAAAAAAA!!!
Report Post »libertyisnotfree
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:35pmProgressiveslayer:
I partly agree with you…accept I think a scenario with citizen unrest the military will arrest and shoot US citizens at first before many realize what they are doing is against the constitution. I believe that becasue they are so well trained to follow orders they will follow them to start with before it sinks in what they are doing. Then it will get really dangerous for the country’s survival pitting deserters against unyielding military purists believing they are upholding the constitution.
My Theory: I was in Wash DC for the first 9/12 rally in 2010. Suddenly many heavily armed police dressed in black uniforms appeared in the streets on one side of the capital building where many Tea Party people were standing. My surprise at their appearance prompted me to go and ask one of the police why they were there. They said they were protecting the area. I looked him in the eye and asked if he and his fellow officers woud fire on peaceful protestors. He said they would fire if they believed they endangered the parameter they were protecting. Rumors grew that Obama was coming but he nor anyone ever showed up. I believe they were sent out in the streets to intimidate the Tea Partiers….but I could be worng. Maybe they just canceled Obama’s arrival due to the massive crowd that was present. Maybe they were in fear if someone did do something they would have to test whether their guards would fire into the crowds. Maybe they didn’t want to fin
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 5:32pmJESSFF00 We’re probably related and I like your attitude.
Report Post »hidden_lion
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 5:44pmBoth these bills were authored by Republicans and voted for by all but 3. The is within the gates, the fortress has fallen
Report Post »shiftingcargo
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 5:44pmMaybe, just maybe, as the media keep kissing Obama’ rear end, and they discover he really does not give a good crapola about them, they might, and notice I only said might, get a clue as to what the President really is.
Report Post »Jessff00
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:11pmProgressiveslayer I live deep in the heart of God’s Country, also known as TEXAS….There are tons of us that think like this and if you dont live in this great state….I suggest you get here as fast as you can….I have a feeling this is were we will make our stand and tell the rest of the liberal dirt worshipping tree hugging idiots to go to HELL…..
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:29pmChicago, home of the Communist Party… naturally, has Communists… in the Police, Education, Unitions, Local Governments. BIG SURPRISE!
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:09pmIt’s the norm since it has been unusually warm entering spring just wait for the heat of the summer rolling blackouts and brownouts in Chicago. All the big cities Detroit, Chicago, New York crime always increases in the summer with all the heat. If they were smart they make plans now to start bugging out of the cities. It will be a bloody summer.
Report Post »western_red
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:28pmCan anything good be from Chicago?
Report Post »starchy
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:36pmYes – they have the best deep dish pizza! I love to go to Giordana’s when I am there, and maybe get a gooseneck to wash it down with.
Report Post »The real question is can anything from the government be good? You give them an inch and they will take a mile. Our representatives have been giving inch after inch for over 100 years, now they can do whatever they like to us. We have lost most of our freedoms already, it is only a matter of time until the feds take it all from us.
texasoysterman
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:43pmThe blues…other than that, I got nothing.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:04pmI know he’s from Brooklyn…but Jordan. 84-03
Report Post »kylebradley
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:46pmShitcago is the result of multiculturalism and forced integration… The whites have been driven out, and Detroit has a new identical twin…
Report Post »Seadawg
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 6:54pmGo Cubs. I love Chicago, just can’t stand what those idiots are doing to it politically. It’s a great city, but it’s been under the thug rule for way too long. People need to wake up before they lose it. How in the heck they let Rambone back in there is complete insanity. All the same, when the Cubs win the series this year, they’ll burn that city down.
Report Post »4xeverything
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:23pmAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
If you go outside right now, you may hear the echo of my frustrated yell.
Report Post »Popp40
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:28pmI heard it!!! But I don’t think it was just your frustration I was hearing!!!!
Report Post »fangbanger
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:22pmpolice state? this clearly fally into the “need more information” category. if they were trying to get into the hospital then the police were justified. if not then there is an issue. the video is edited and you dont know what really happened by watching it.
i find the comments to be the most interesting. many who post on the stories on the occupy movement were defending the police, now on this story they are condemning them. little ironic, dont you think?
Report Post »nappy
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:43pmexactly.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:20pmSend THAT Officer to all the Westboro Baptist Church protests at Military Funerals so he can do something worthwhile…
Report Post »bhelmet
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:19pmDon’t worry the 1st Amendment will be just fine – just so long as you are on the right side. As much as I follow Glenn – why does he always have to be right? The 1st Amendment is under severe attack and just about GONE!!!
Report Post »LOJ
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:19pmYou want to see some of the worst crime, take a trip to Chicago. The State of Illinois has been run by so many bad governors who cannot balance a budget it is going to be more dangerous to visit there because of lack of resources to keep up with the gangs.
Report Post »western_red
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:26pmProblem is the Chi-gangs are now elected by the residents!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:20pmHope Obummer takes a trip to Chitago in January 2013
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:18pmThe occutards will now get camera equipment and claim to be journalist so they can disrupt traffic and go wherever they want whenever…one way to not live in a police state is to behave like you got some cents
Report Post »bigmel754
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:17pmHow can executive orders like the one signed by Obama on Friday, of this magnitude not make headlines and where are the elected officials who are to protect us from tyranny! Here It Comes!!! What is stupid is this entire one sided media people are going to be in the same barrel! All great dictators have their own government ran tv and radio!!! They already control most of them and all they can do is grin and take it. Just one major media outlet; try and be negative and watch the results! It’s happened several times already and they couldn’t see through their drool.
Report Post »h158x
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:16pmfour simple words….“I will not comply”
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:24pmMaking a banner for our home to fly near our AMERICAN FLAGS and making shirts to wear that say, “I will not comply with satan or his minions.” Can’t decide whose picture to use as satan, but have some really good ideas thanks to this administration and its backers.
Report Post »Thevoice
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:15pmAnd soon we will all be seen as creating a disturbance with our comments….
Report Post »Paul
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:36pmYep…
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:15pmNow the pressure will really begin, with each such incident the takeover by Obama will grow and grow worse by the day.
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:25pmYup!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:33pmWe pray on! And we stand and fight fully equipped in the armor of GOD.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:40pm@kickagrandma
Yes We do !!
Report Post »ChildofJesus
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:56pmI’m feeling like being a prayer warrior will be my part in this fight. Even in bible times some people prayed while others faught with swords and stuff everyone has a part.
Report Post »Espada
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 7:43pmOpiate of the masses.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:13pmRahm Imanuel is doing a good job training his brown shirts.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:22pmDa furor speaks
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:10pmWell,
with the numerous (and growing)
“traffic” black box and other survelance camers,
> who needs journalists anymore???
NOTE: Besides, The drones, the dones –are coming!
Report Post »piper60
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:08pmChicago goons passing as police officers. I hear the jackboots coming………coming down our street.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:13pmI was wondering when this right would go. Only in Chicago….no..If NoBama gets re-elected it will be everywhere.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:14pmThat can only mean one thing, The end is near!
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maryanne3935
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:07pmare you surprised that this happened in Chicago, land of free speech violations. This is the city to test all this freedom of speech. Then we have california another testing ground which is quickly becoming a 3rd world country. Just vote our all the people who dislike and want to dismantle our constitution.
Report Post »this is just so wrong.
HKS
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:04pmBesides, da furor said so.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:02pmHow ya liking that Police State? How’s it working for you numbskulls?
We are finished…
Report Post »Even Glenn dismissed the executive order signed by Obama on Friday…
Hi all of my Commie friends! We are all COMMUNISTS now!!!!
Let’s have a dance and start goosestepping!!!!
momrules
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:44pmBad……..Are you Kidding? Glenn didn’t think this was important? I wasn‘t able to listen today and I’ve been waiting for the story on the Blaze. Every other site I visit is covering it.
Report Post »It IS important.
rawmilker
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:42pmBeck is afraid to report on the EO signed by commrade Barry on Friday. He is afraid he’ll be shut down. Maybe he has been threatened? He needs to grow a pair. I personally am ready to get this thing started, time to eliminate some communist tyants!
BTW he is pi**ing in the wind endorsing Santorum, truly a let down on his part…..
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:49pmGlenn dismisses everything these days unless it’s about Goldline or Food Insurance. He has become nothing more than a money hungry nobody. I am so thankful that I cancelled GBTV. Got tired of having to pay just to watch his commercials
Report Post »Twinspeedr
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 3:57pm@Rawmilk
“Beck is afraid to report on the EO signed by commrade Barry on Friday.”
I disagree. How about; Beck is getting his ducks in a row so he doesn’t go of half-cocked and misreport the implications of the EO. If you watch the show he has stepped up his rhetoric in the past couple of weeks, he is far from acting afraid.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 8:13pmI say again…Hello my commie friends! We are all Commies now!
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