Free the Jefferson 1!
It’s 4:49AM and I’m at home uploading video and blogging as one of my friends is in jail and six (or so) of her friends are waiting for her release at the US Park Police parking lot near the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Here is my report of what happened (with much more to follow).
After 11PM, eight of us walked from Metro Center to the Jefferson Memorial to participate in the Thomas Jefferson Dance Party. It’s his birthday so about 20 of his fans showed up to pay respect to the man who created a system of government that would respect our “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.” Or so he dreamed.
First I’d like to make a few things clear. We decided to use iPods to be respectful of other people’s experience at the Jefferson Memorial. No music was heard by anyone other than those wearing headphones. We chose midnight so that we wouldn’t disturb anyone. There were about six other people there that were not with us or the police. If you were one of these people I’d like to hear from you to get your account of what happened.
Perhaps six minutes into the event, security tried to stop us and kick us out of the memorial. Most of the Jefferson fans questioned the officers to try to understand what authority they citing to use force against us. Unfortunately I wasn’t near the “Jefferson 1” so I can’t tell you what she did or didn’t do but she was hauled away, handcuffed, in a police van and charged with disorderly conduct.
So in the 2008 version of the USA you cannot dance at the Jefferson Memorial without being disorderly it seems.
I’d like for you to think about the country we are living in and how far we’ve drifted from what Jefferson and the founding fathers wanted for us. The wrong people and ideas govern us and we need to change the direction we’re heading in. Not by electing different politicians but by electing to take charge of our own lives and removing a government that controls us to the point where we can’t dance to celebrate the birthday of our hero on public property.
Video will be available soon. Updates will be fast and furious.
5:15AM Update: The Jefferson 1 has been released
Fast Breaking Blog Posts:
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