gregory alan bolcer wrote at zones to most expediently keep order the problem is that politics have gotten so muddied nowadays that shouting down and unpeaceably disrupting political rallies that you don t agree with has become common practice the courts have constantly ruled that there are some restrictions on the first amendment they teach you that your very first year of law school what a load of crap politics are somehow more muddy now i d say that its considerably clearer the vast majority of people feel disenfranchised and the common practice of putting protestors in boxes is done usually to hide them from tv cameras visiting dignitaries etc further exacerbating those feelings unpeaceably disrupting political rallies is now usually done by police with riot gear and pepper spray we had a good one here a month or so ago a few people peaceably strayed from the permit area which was nearly a mile from the site of the meeting of finance ministers held here the motorcade drove by it for about NUMBER seconds and were immediately gassed beaten and arrested not very muddied at all owen 