krylex wrote:
He threatened to do the same down here for a soldier. He did that until he was pretty much threatened with his life if he showed up.
Phone convo between bikers and him went pretty much like this:
Fred: I'm going to protest your funeral
Bikers: Nope. You aren't going to.
Fred: Yes I will and you can't stop me.
Bikers: How about this: You show up, you won't leave.
Fred: You can't touch me. I'll have you arrested.
Bikers: You can't be arrested if you can't be found.
The police would have helped bury Fred, too. That's Dimmitt Texas for you.
XD
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution wrote:
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
If I understand this correctly, a law banning peaceful protests of any sort is irrelevant. I might also point out that (a law) protecting funerals in any way shape or form <strike>is</strike>
can be argued to be illegal:
Amendment I of the U.S. Constitution wrote:
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.
The second bold segment is there to emphasize the last point I made. While the protestors may be assholes, I'm pretty sure that the only ways to make their protests illegal are already in place. It would involve either proving that they are causing a disturbance/breaking another law or that they are harassing the funeral-goers. I think harassment is the most likely charge to get through, but it's a very minor one.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/harassment wrote:
harassment (either harris-meant or huh-rass-meant) n. the act of systematic and/or continued unwanted and annoying actions of one party or a group, including threats and demands. The purposes may vary, including racial prejudice, personal malice, an attempt to force someone to quit a job or grant sexual favors, apply illegal pressure to collect a bill, or merely gain sadistic pleasure from making someone fearful or anxious. Such activities may be the basis for a lawsuit if due to discrimination based on race or sex, a violation on the statutory limitations on collection agencies, involve revenge by an ex-spouse, or be shown to be a form of blackmail ("I'll stop bothering you, if you'll go to bed with me"). The victim may file a petition for a "stay away" (restraining) order, intended to prevent contact by the offensive party. A systematic pattern of harassment by an employee against another worker may subject the employer to a lawsuit for failure to protect the worker.
Edited for clarification and spelling.
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