tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post1694808745456953008..comments2024-03-28T06:21:34.602-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: Is It OK to Protest on a Freeway?Bill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-35303043580735884172016-11-18T13:15:04.038-06:002016-11-18T13:15:04.038-06:00I clicked the link you provided to the Minneapolis...I clicked the link you provided to the Minneapolis City Code, and found that you conveniently left out a very important part of the paragraph when you were quoting it.<br /><br />It says, "Acts authorized as an exercise of one's constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly, and acts authorized by a permit issued pursuant to the Parade Ordinance, Chapter 447, or the Block Event Ordinance, Chapter 455, of the Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, shall not constitute interference with pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (88-Or-019, ยง 1, 2-12-88)"<br /><br />So the city code says that blocking passage as a way of protest does not count as interference. It backs this up in the cross-reference statutes.Cozmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020525318884112309noreply@blogger.com