There’s nothing wrong with the right to assemble, either to ask for a redress of grievances or in support of a cause or a candidate we approve of — even during the pandemic.
We’re all given that right by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
At the point at which we’re having mass demonstrations every weekend, however, it’s pretty much taken for granted that America is indeed open for business again. We can’t pretend that we’re keeping the shutters down due to the novel coronavirus.
Someone please tell Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that, please.
This weekend, there was a massive protest in New York City — as there were across the nation — drawing attention to what activists say is the high rate of murder and violence against black transgender individuals.
According to The New York Times, the organizers of the “Brooklyn Liberation” protest said that 15,000 people participated in the march on Sunday.
Judging by video footage, that’s not a bad estimate:
This was just one of a number of Black Trans Lives Matter protests across the United States on Sunday, although it was the most prominent, both in terms of the attendance and the juxtaposition with what Gov. Cuomo had tweeted the same day.
Cuomo — who cannot help but to give us our daily scold about how his state’s residents need to behave in the face of COVID-19 — tweeted this out on Sunday just hours before the crowd you saw above:
There’s nothing wrong with the right to assemble, either to ask for a redress of grievances or in support of a cause or a candidate we approve of — even during the pandemic.
We’re all given that right by the First Amendment to the Constitution.
At the point at which we’re having mass demonstrations every weekend, however, it’s pretty much taken for granted that America is indeed open for business again. We can’t pretend that we’re keeping the shutters down due to the novel coronavirus.
Someone please tell Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that, please.
This weekend, there was a massive protest in New York City — as there were across the nation — drawing attention to what activists say is the high rate of murder and violence against black transgender individuals.
According to The New York Times, the organizers of the “Brooklyn Liberation” protest said that 15,000 people participated in the march on Sunday.
Judging by video footage, that’s not a bad estimate:
Happening now in Brooklyn.. Silent march for Black Trans lives.. shot by my friend who has this amazing view from her living room…
This was just one of a number of Black Trans Lives Matter protests across the United States on Sunday, although it was the most prominent, both in terms of the attendance and the juxtaposition with what Gov. Cuomo had tweeted the same day.
“We have received 25,000 complaints of reopening violations,” Cuomo tweeted.
“Bars or restaurants that violate the law can lose their liquor license. People with open containers in the street can be fined. Police & protesters not wearing masks can be fined. Local gov’t must enforce the law.
“The violation complaints are predominantly from Manhattan & the Hamptons. Lots of violations of social distancing, parties in the street, restaurants and bars ignoring laws,” he continued.
“Enforce the law or there will be state action.”
There was one mention of protests in that whole thing and it consisted, essentially, of saying protesters need to wear masks. And, one presumes, this wasn’t done in reaction to the Black Trans Lives Matter protest, nor was he threatening that the long arm of the law ought to come down upon this protest — or upon protests in general.
