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In Tiananmen Square they used tanks. In Israel rubber bullets. However, those who choose to challenge the policies of the United States government in Lafayette Park will be discouraged in a more civilized manner: they'll be measured.

Over the years the play of judicial games has resulted in transforming "constitutionally protected" free thought and expression into "criminal activity." The vigil has been one of few critical voices to claim this transformation is irrational and factually unjustified.

Upon retiring, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall noted, "This court no longer rules by reason, it rules by force." As if to illustrate Justice Marshall's premise, the Park's excellent adventure in the halls of justice sheds some light on how, "national security," "aesthetics," and "official immunity," has effectively created a state where police vigilantism has become "official" business.


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