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Shocking Video: Americans Arrested Violently at the Jefferson Memorial -- for Dancing

So now the Jefferson Memorial is a "protected area" per the Patriot Act?

May 29, 2011 |

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Watch what happened today at the Jefferson Memorial in DC. CodePinker Medea Benjamin and others were arrested for "dancing," and others were body slammed for the crime of movement!

Since Congress reauthorized the Patriot Act, more acts of self expression may be deemed “protesting in a restricted area.”

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