Wow. An officer could not even cite a law violation before arresting two peaceful protestors other than resisting an arrest for which cause could not be cited.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_-otAbkJ4

It's okay for a panther to call to kill white babies but, it's a crime to protest a tyrant.

Canada might be in my future plans. This is absurd.

I agree. When the person asked what law the officer was citing his response was, " I am not reciting a law sir, I am just asking you to leave." The protestor said he would gladly move off the bridge which was the original request. Police claimed it was causing a disruption in traffic but the protestors were in the sidewalk meanwhile there were like 8 patrol cars with lights on all in the street. I'm sure that didnt cause a back up with all the looky lews. Total BS!

Disturbing the peace aka an excuse for the Government to destroy the 1st Amendment.

Exactly. So manipulative. We have NO VOICE!

Oh we have a voice but most people are too stupid to use it. You want change? Vote the sons-a-******* in office, out of office. This includes state level, county level and city level in addition to federal.

Another thing that should start happening is when cops are out of line the people standing by should put down their cell phones and kick the **** out of em.

Arrest of anti-Obama protesters on St. Charles overpass sparks controversy

August 19, 2013 6:29 pm • By Mark Schlinkmann

ST. CHARLES • The arrest Saturday afternoon of two anti-Barack Obama protesters on an Interstate 70 overpass is stirring controversy - fueled by a video of the incident circulating on the internet.

The two — Marc S. Messmer, 41, of St. Charles, and Jimmy D. "Duane" Weed, 57, of Bridgeton — say that their constitutional rights were violated.

"Citizens have a right to peaceably assemble," said Messmer, who was part of a series of overpass demonstrations around the country seeking the president's impeachment. "We were simply doing that. There were no laws broken."

Sgt. Al Nothum, a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol, said the potential for a traffic hazard was why the two and 10 or so other protesters were told by officers to leave the Fairgrounds Road overpass about 2 p.m.

The two were arrested, he said, for failing to obey. Nothum said the patrol wants charges filed but prosecutors have yet to decide. The patrol also wants Messmer to be charged with resisting arrest.

Nothum said the traffic volume on I-70 was unusually heavy Saturday because of the many motorists heading to St. Charles' annual Festival of the Little Hills.

The patrol supervisor at the scene, Nothum said, "was concerned people are going to be distracted" by the protesters' banners and a serious crash could result.

"People are looking up when they should be looking forward," Nothum said of drivers.

Earlier Saturday, he said, there had been five accidents near
the location; no one was seriously injured.

Nothum said the patrol doesn't believe the protesters intended to cause any traffic problems but that it could have become an unintentional "outcome of what they were doing."

Weed, who made the video, and Messmer insisted that their group wasn't causing any problems. "We were not on the road; we created no traffic hazard whatsoever," Messmer said.

Both supported former Rep. Ron Paul's bid for the Republican presidential nomination last year. However, they emphasized that the protests involved people who backed various candidates.

Messmer and Weed both complained they were kept in a holdover area for 24 hours at the St. Charles County Jail and released Sunday afternoon.

Nothum pointed out that the patrol did not take any action against people involved in similar overpass protests Saturday in Wentzville and Springfield, Mo. The traffic in those areas wasn't as heavy, he said.

Messmer said he hopes enough attention will be generated in the arrest so officials "will see the errors of their ways" and charges won't be filed. Weed said he believes charges won't be filed.

"We're doing this to drum up more support for our cause," he said, including a repeat protest at the same overpass at 10 a.m. this coming Saturday.


http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mark-schlinkmann/arrest-of-anti-obama-protesters-on-st-charles-overpass-sparks/article_1470b643-9c15-5c20-99de-28e0a54ababb.html

Resisting an arrest when no law was broken meriting an arrest is ridiculous. So far that is the only charge they can come up with? What gives.....

the terms 'public safety' and 'national security' now trump any expectation of constitutional protection from these types of gestapo tactics.

National security *** they should have shown up with search warrants then and searched their bodies and poster board sign for any hidden bombs. It was two people and like a girlfriend. Thumbs down to gestapos!

Plus they didn't arrest them on grounds of national security or public safety, they arrested them on grounds for resisting arrest. LAME

Same tactics Hitler used to silence people who disagreed with him.

Pretty much EFF THE PO PO!

Prior to the protestors there were accidents.

I don't live far from there. It's a very busy area. Hwy. 70 is an interstate highway. The Festival attracts a large crowd. There's a university there, a casino, and a huge amphitheater for concerts. It can get very congested there.

And there can't be more? This is not a small town. It's part of the St. Louis Metro Area. We have high volume interstate highway traffic and traffic was unusually heavy that day.

That happened in St. Charles Saturday and this happened in St. Charles Monday:

A stranded motorist who was setting up emergency cones Monday night along Highway 370 in St. Charles County was hit by a car, police say.

Her injuries were described as moderate. She was being treated at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles.

The Missouri Highway Patrol said Bacon had left her stranded vehicle and was walking east on the shoulder of Highway 370, putting out emergency cones, when the eastbound Yaris traveled off the right side of the road and hit her.

Hatred for President Obama is used as an excuse to do anything that one wants, even if what one does may cause a public safety hazard.

They don't hate the idiot.
They want him to be accountable for his lies and crimes.

I think it would be fair to say that the FAIR which was going on was causing a back up more so than the protestors. Is not like there was a mob of people with signs marching around, it was like 3 people standing on the sidewalk. InI California when there's a protest it usually involves several people blocking the streets with their mobs. That's a safety hazard and blocking streets is illegal. That's how we roll!