“No single encroachment upon liberty, considered
alone, ever seems worthy of great effort to destroy. Ultimately, the
established precedents justify the greater invasion, and the aggregate of these
tyrannies become unbearable. Then comes the revolution…”
Free Speech for Radicals: Seven Essays
--Theodore
Albert Schroeder
When
the First Amendment is conquered and handed over to der Trump or such a future
embodiment, it will not have happened with advance notice, parades in the
street, or Blue Angels flyovers. It will be death by a thousand cuts.
This
is what we are witnessing in America, especially since Sept. 11, 2001, and now
primed for acceleration in the Trump era.
The
City of Memphis is not exempt.
A
recently proposed replacement of the current “Parades and Public Assembles”
ordinance, Chapter 12-52, has drawn attention, partly because it has been
pitched as less than what it is.
Link
to newly proposed ordinance:
Link
to existing ordinance which would be replaced:
“This
only applies to parades and races,” City Council member and ordinance sponsor
Reid Hedgepeth told the City of Memphis Public Safety Committee on Tuesday when
only committee members Worth Morgan, Hedgepeth and Mativius Jones were in
attendance. The ordinance passed unanimously out of committee and will begin
its three-reading trek through the larger City Council on Dec. 5.
