I'm sorry, but I thought the entire U.S. was covered under the 1st Amendment!!!!
Miami police have also gone beyond their Sanford counterparts and have deemed two different parks as ‘First Amendment zones’ where they suggest people gather if they want to express their thoughts about the trial.
‘The point is, we just don’t want people sporadically in places unplanned, spontaneously, voicing themselves in such a way that it brings up anger and hostility and violence,’ Mr Patterson said.
While the trial was still going on, Sanford police took a pre-emptive approach as they went door-to-door in the area warning residents about possible riots or uprisings should the former neighborhood watch member be acquitted in the murder trial.
According to Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith, who was promoted after the former police chief resigned amid the Martin shooting scandal, they are more concerned about out-of-towners causing trouble than local residents.
‘Our worst fear is that we will have people from outside of the community coming in and stirring up…violence in the community,’ Mr Smith told CNN.