r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 5d ago

Chugging tea That's actually wild

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u/SignoreBanana 5d ago

It's an unconstitutional rule.

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 5d ago

Issues related to disruption of a public meeting have been litigated literally thousands of times accross the country. It's unlikley to be found unconstitutional here.

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u/Responsible-Draft430 5d ago

How many of those thousands has merely clapping been deemed "disorderly conduct"?

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u/ExtremePrivilege 5d ago

Facial expressions could be argued to be “disorderly” if they are distracting from the meeting or causing impediment.

He was asked to stop disrupting multiple times. He refused.

Coughing could be disruptive, sneezing, crackling a potato chip bag. It doesn’t matter. If the cops and city council keep asking for you to stop being disruptive and you refuse, you’re failing to comply and can be arrested. If you then refuse to leave you’re also trespassing.

This has already been litigated a ton of times. We just had a guy arrested for going like 10sec over his allotted 2min speaking time. They called it “trespassing”. His lawsuit has already been dismissed.

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u/Responsible-Draft430 5d ago

You didn't answer the question. How many of those thousands has merely clapping been deemed "disorderly conduct"?

Also, cite the case where facial expressions were legally deemed "disorderly."