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simple legal question (sorry)

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posting a non-threatening document to the door of a public building (courthouse and legislative buildings)- how illegal? i'd imagine almost nil for one building, unless you stapled it to an antique door and netted yourself a vandalism charge or something- a simple flier would just get torn off and maybe you'd get a soliciting charge or something if caught.

how about if you did it to, say, hundreds public building? like a certain reformist of a different variety that shall remain nameless would have done...if he had the internet.

:ninja: the revolution comes. :ninja:

seriously, though, i'd honestly like to know. laws about peaceful protest and whatnot are well-documented. drive by martin-lutherings are not.
 
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and yes, i might as well put it out there that the idea has struck me to organize a ninja 'flashmob' for peaceful protest. i think simply putting intelligent thoughts out there for all to see, without violence, without hate, without littering papers and pamplets everywhere, would be to set an example.

the message, however, is not the point here, and i don't wish to get flamed for being some goddamn teabagger/hippie environmentalist or whatever conclusion people are jumping to these days.
 
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There may be local ordinances about posting things in areas that you haven't been given permission to post things in. You'll have to look at your local laws.
 
What's the message? It may help if we knew that.

Flashmob may be construed as disturbing the peace, inciting a riot, unlawful assembly, etc.
 
Alone said:
This idea sounds stupid.
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thanks for your input.

Bignate603 said:
There may be local ordinances about posting things in areas that you haven't been given permission to post things in. You'll have to look at your local laws.
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this makes sense. to prosecute to the fullest extent would probably require it to be treated the same as staging a demonstration in public without a permit, no? yeah, i'd take that heat...

edit: flashmob is a bad term, it's just popular...i mean more like a bunch of random internet pals post a document of protest against a certain item, all on different building in different towns. there is no 'mob' outside of cyberspace (i just used that word for the first time, it feels dirty).

now, if i get 100 people to show up every five minutes and post notices on the same building....that could get me arrested.
 
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If it's a federal building, you'd have to look at fed law.

If it's a state building, look at state law.

If it's a county building, look at county ordinances and state law.

If it's a city building, look at city and county ordinances and state law.

IANAL, but imho I don't think much of anything would happen if you were caught unless the material was offensive.

The most probable thing is that the cleaning staff will take it down and toss it.

Fern
 
Fern said:
If it's a federal building, you'd have to look at fed law.

If it's a state building, look at state law.

If it's a county building, look at county ordinances and state law.

If it's a city building, look at city and county ordinances and state law.

IANAL, but imho I don't think much of anything would happen if you were caught unless the material was offensive.

The most probable thing is that the cleaning staff will take it down and toss it.

Fern
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ok...IANAL is a new one for me, i had to google it.

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I almost got sent to the principal for putting "Vote xxxxxx for school president!" stickers on the urinals and trash cans, and I was only ten years old. Just imagine the punishment for an adult.
 
In most places your notice would remain unmolested until the next pass by the cleaning crew. If your sign looks like an official endorsement of yor position by the agency/entity it will come down sooner. Candidate endorsements come down immediately in most places.

Use gaffers tape, post-it flip chart paper, or other non-marring adhesives and you should be good.
 
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