Pro-lifers were arrested for writing "black preborn lives matter" on the sidewalk after @MayorBowser allowed "defund the police" to remain on the streets of DC. First Amendment experts tell me that this is blatant "viewpoint discrimination."
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"It's going to become clear...that the city and it’s law enforcement have violated clearly established First Amendment precedent that bars treating similarly situated circumstances of free speech differently,” says @pnjaban, CEO of the Center for American Liberty.
“Washington, D.C., cannot exclude pro-life individuals from exercising their constitutionally protected freedom to peacefully share their views, even if those views are not shared by those in power," warns @AllianceDefends senior counsel Denise Harle.
Jeremy Dys, @1stLiberty Special Counsel: “Whether it is banning singing religious songs, but supporting the chants of protestors; sealing off city blocks for riots, but penalizing church members for sitting in their cars in the church parking lot to worship..." 1/3
"....ordering city officials to paint the streets with the mayor’s message in giant, yellow paint, but then arresting kids expressing their speech with chalk on a sidewalk..." 2/3
"...the American people are growing weary of being told that their freedom belongs only to those who express messages approved by the government." 3/3
