Sunday, April 13, 2008

Wasn't the Taliban Against Dancing?

To celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday, several people organized on Facebook to go to the Thomas Jefferson memorial at midnight with iPods and dance.

"The background: twenty people were at the Jefferson Memorial, dancing to the private groove of their own iPods so as not to disturb anyone. Apparently cops showed up and ordered them to disperse anyway, despite the fact that they were not doing anything obviously illegal. One of the libertarians joyfully (yet tastefully and quietly) celebrating the birthday of a favorite founding father questioned why they should have to move along--at which point one of DC's finest shoved them up against a pillar, cuffed their hands behind their back, and hauled them away."

More info and links here. I'm curious to see how this develops. Is there more to it or were the park police just self-important. And yes the memorial is open 24 hours a day.

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