Hi, I just saw the current protests that surged due to Netanyahus speech in the US. I’m just curious to know why the authorities permit them burning the American flag and vandalism of monuments.
How do freedom of speech laws work in the United States and where’s the line drawn to the action one can take when protesting.
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Burning flags is protected. Vandalizing is not.
Cops aren’t going to enforce something when enforcing it could be more dangerous to them, i.e., there are 10 cops among 1000 protestors, the 10 cops aren’t going to engage the protestors out of self preservation. Same like when there would be the smoke out protests where a few thousand people would fill a park and all publicly smoke some MJ. The 4 cops in the park are not going to attempt to arrest anyone as its not safe, they are significantly out numbered.
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