IPFS News Link • Bill of Rights
Federal Court Recognizes Chalking Freedom in Orlando
• CopBlockAfter a cost of eighteen days in a cage and a few months of legal
threats, there is good news to report on chalking freedom out of
Orlando, Florida. The ABA Journal published yesterday that Timothy Osmar, who was twice arrested for chalking at the Orlando
city hall plaza, had his rights violated when he was legally kidnapped
over protected political speech. US district magistrate David Baker’s
ruling deemed the arrest for violation of a city ordinance to be an
overreach of a code designed to prevent unauthorized commercial
advertising. Unlike NH, Florida’s towns and cities are endowed with the
power to write words powerful enough to invoke arrest for their
violation.