A federal judge has rule that US police had probable cause to arrest a Marine Corps veteran in the Supreme Court building for wearing a jacket that said “Occupy Everywhere”.
The Courthouse News Service reports that a police officer approached Fitzgerald Scott, and told he that he either must remove his jacket or leave the building. Scott refused and was arrested for unlawful entry.
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Charges were later dropped, but Scott then filed his own suit for wrongful arrest but was unsuccessful.
This is the perfect illustration of how the first amendment right of free speech in us constitution, is trumped by federal law. The rules regarding arrest authority are governed by section 51 USC 20134 which explains police “may arrest without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony”.
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