Ahead of a presidential campaign fundraiser over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued a warning over what they referred to as a “possible first amendment activity.”
Posted on X on December 8th, the LAPD wrote:
The LAPD is aware of possible first amendment activity in the Los Angeles area over the next few days. In coordination with the US Secret Service, additional uniformed personnel and other resources will be deployed to ensure the highest level of public safety.
The statement continued:
The Department will continue to work with any protest organizers to facilitate lawful demonstrations while protecting the safety of all involved including surrounding communities.
The Los Angeles Police Department is asking that all individuals and groups involved in protest or counter-protest activities not allow individuals who express the intent to commit violence or property to compromise the otherwise lawful demonstration.
The First Amendment states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
This so-called “first amendment activity” is a term that specifies a particular type of protest warranted by residents speaking out, as explained in a number of documents presented by The National Policing Institute.
Published in 2018, the Institute presented findings from a review of the LAPD’s actions on January 20, 2017, regarding interactions with First Amendment assembly demonstrators in the District of Columbia…
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