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'We are going nowhere': Organizer of out-of-control drug-fueled Washington Square Park raves that have turned landmark into a violent no-go zone for residents says it's his 'First Amendment right to be there' and he will NOT stop
2021-06-20
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Party promoter David Ortiz, who calls himself 'the Shaman', has insisted that the after-dark raves in Washington Square Park will continue, saying it is his First Amendment right to be there

  • Speaking to DailyMail.com, Ortiz said 'We're going to be here every single day. Just like the police are, we are too. Because this is as much our home as to the other residents that actually live here'

  • Hundreds of revelers returned to NYC's Washington Square Park again on Saturday night

  • The landmark Manhattan park has been plagued by late night raves which often descend into chaos

  • Residents and nearby business owners have demanded police step up their enforcement of a midnight curfew

  • There have been claims of prostitution, public sex acts, hard drugs, and people carrying weapons
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David Ortiz: 2018-09-16 Border Patrol agent arrested, accused of killing 4 women and kidnapping a 5th
David Ortiz: 2004-10-19 Boston Beats Yanks 5-4 in 14 Innings
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Posted by:Skidmark

#4  Blanket parties make for clean socks.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-06-20 17:41  

#3  saying it is his First Amendment right

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

No.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-06-20 16:45  

#2  So would the residents holding a good old fashioned blanket party (followed by a good ole fashioned tar-and-feathering) be also considered a First Amendment Right?
Not advocating it but asking for a friend of a friend...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-06-20 13:32  

#1  Noo Yawkers are definitely going nowhere but down into an abyss of depravity.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843   2021-06-20 13:26  

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